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Social networking has become an integral part of the social activities, whether personal or business contacts. Through these social networks, family and friends anytime, anywhere in the online exchange, goods for sale via the Web, social networks can continue to expand, news can be spread wider; and business customers through these sites with a more user-friendly communication.
No intention of social media is changing the whole society is run. A few days ago we published an article on the subject of visits per day on the world of social networking sites more than 1 million articles, some of these sites rely on the accumulation of many years, while others are the outbreak of the growth in recent years. Today we'll pick the 10 known web2.0 company, tells the story behind their birth, their growth, their prosperity and their decline.
01. Digg
No intention of social media is changing the whole society is run. A few days ago we published an article on the subject of visits per day on the world of social networking sites more than 1 million articles, some of these sites rely on the accumulation of many years, while others are the outbreak of the growth in recent years. Today we'll pick the 10 known web2.0 company, tells the story behind their birth, their growth, their prosperity and their decline.
01. Digg
A long time ago, it was in December 2004 one day, there was a guy named Kevin Rose suddenly had an idea, so that some users with common interests to dig out more related content, so was born Digg the. Although the site is based on "mining", but Disney has long been the domain dig.com possession, so Rose had to use the digg advantage of such a strange domain name similar to but alsothe formal name of this wave of the Internet has become synonymous with a generation !
Digg the story is this : Rose is only the beginning for this site into a $ 6,000, almost exclusively, and some personal sites or small business site the same scale. Then two years later, in October 2006 when, Digg to get 250 million investment. By September 2008, Digg has received $ 28,700,000 in investments. This is the original site of the initial investment in sharp contrast. Digg's success will be Rose brought fame and wealth peak.
From the creation date, Digg has been working to improve the user experience. January 2005, when, Digg added a dig and bury the feature that allows users to use the mouse to express their point of view of information. In 2006, Digg Spy 2.0 release, this tool allows you to track other users in the implementation of the movement on the site.
Also in 2006, Digg added the most of our social networking sites some common features, including collections, podcasts, videos, sidebar information, and friends the most popular pages and more. By 2010, when, Digg already has 40 million users, this figure are still growing. 2010, Digg4.0 released and launched a Iphone and Android client application, everything indicates that the site of the solid positioning and the ability to meet future challenges.
02. Stumble Upon
Digg the story is this : Rose is only the beginning for this site into a $ 6,000, almost exclusively, and some personal sites or small business site the same scale. Then two years later, in October 2006 when, Digg to get 250 million investment. By September 2008, Digg has received $ 28,700,000 in investments. This is the original site of the initial investment in sharp contrast. Digg's success will be Rose brought fame and wealth peak.
From the creation date, Digg has been working to improve the user experience. January 2005, when, Digg added a dig and bury the feature that allows users to use the mouse to express their point of view of information. In 2006, Digg Spy 2.0 release, this tool allows you to track other users in the implementation of the movement on the site.
Also in 2006, Digg added the most of our social networking sites some common features, including collections, podcasts, videos, sidebar information, and friends the most popular pages and more. By 2010, when, Digg already has 40 million users, this figure are still growing. 2010, Digg4.0 released and launched a Iphone and Android client application, everything indicates that the site of the solid positioning and the ability to meet future challenges.
02. Stumble Upon
November 2001, Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, Justin LaFrance, and Eric Boyd 4 co-founded a software engineer Stumble Upon. Almost from the date of birth, Stumble Upon popular and quickly attracted the attention of some of the Internet bigwigs, including the Mozilla Foundation Mitch Kapor, the first round of capital, Google's Ram Shriram and Ron Conway, etc, also officially Internet bigwigs such concerns, so that's worth Stumble Upon rapid rise to 120 million, a figure very amazed, but with Ebay in May 2007 compared with $ 75,000,000 paid, this is just a fraction.
Stumble Upon while Ebay has only two years to April 2009, when founder Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith combined with some investors turn Stumble Upon repurchase. Stumble Upon on a larger service upgrades, in December 2006 on the line Stumblevideo. Users can now "unexpected visit" to go to those other users to submit videos, and can easily be their score. April 2007, when, Stumble Upon launched StumbleThru feature, this feature allows users who use the toolbar to browse some popular random sites, including YouTube, Wikipedia and so on. According to statistics, Stumble Upon has 15 million users, and the number is growing.
03. Delicious
Stumble Upon while Ebay has only two years to April 2009, when founder Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith combined with some investors turn Stumble Upon repurchase. Stumble Upon on a larger service upgrades, in December 2006 on the line Stumblevideo. Users can now "unexpected visit" to go to those other users to submit videos, and can easily be their score. April 2007, when, Stumble Upon launched StumbleThru feature, this feature allows users who use the toolbar to browse some popular random sites, including YouTube, Wikipedia and so on. According to statistics, Stumble Upon has 15 million users, and the number is growing.
03. Delicious
Del.icio.us, a Web bookmarking service, providing online save, share and discover collections and other functions. Created in 2003 by Joshua Schachter, just two years later, Delicious it caused the rapid development of Internet giant Yahoo's attention to more than 2000 million dollars to acquire. And, like Digg, Del.icio.us is a programmer's reputation and wealth, the road of myth. In 2008, Delicious announced that its users has reached 5.3 million, at present, Delicious total of 1.8 billion collection of independent pages.
Prior to the Delicious, Schachter called Muxway has created a text file of a link from the blog, this Muxway is the precursor version of Delicious. March 2005, Schachter quit his job to them all the energy into Delicious. April 2005, Delicious, and Amazon from the co-extensive investment of 200 million U.S. dollars for investment.
Domain of the story: Schachter, a friend had told him, found a good Web links, just as delicious to eat cherries in general. September 6, 2007, del.icio.us Delicious and enable the new renamed domain Delicious.com.
04. Twitter
Domain of the story: Schachter, a friend had told him, found a good Web links, just as delicious to eat cherries in general. September 6, 2007, del.icio.us Delicious and enable the new renamed domain Delicious.com.
04. Twitter
There was one day, a man named Jack Dorsey who was sitting in the park next to a child eating Mexican chicken slide volume. Perhaps the kind of spicy Mexican gave him inspiration to create a SMS to his service to the way people can interact in groups; and maybe inside the park was the cry of birds twitter spawned "Twitter (a bird sound meaning) "of such a name. Dorsey was later explained himself, Twitter is like a bird in some places, because they are always very sudden issue some irrelevant gossip!
March 2006, Twitter officially born (see: 5-year history of Twitter .) Odeo employees initially for internal use only, to April 2007, when, Twitter from Odeo, an independent operating companies. Since then, also officially, Twitter at an alarming pace, with 190 million users a day, 65 million messages a large social networking sites. In order to keep up with the explosive growth of data, Twitter recently created Russia launched a new version and features.
05. Facebook
March 2006, Twitter officially born (see: 5-year history of Twitter .) Odeo employees initially for internal use only, to April 2007, when, Twitter from Odeo, an independent operating companies. Since then, also officially, Twitter at an alarming pace, with 190 million users a day, 65 million messages a large social networking sites. In order to keep up with the explosive growth of data, Twitter recently created Russia launched a new version and features.
05. Facebook
Harvard University's Mark Zuckerburg created in 2004, when Facebook was reading to second year. Web site a week after birth, the three seniors over the claim that they invented Facebook. To replay the story to 2003, but Mark has created a website called Facemash in this website, Mark also put two pictures of students at Harvard University, and then let us comment on one of the more popular.
Mark encountered this site to a lot of trouble, but according to its own argument, it is also the appearance of the site, so that the three seniors to consult him about the site on a Harvardconnection recommendations. Mark violation of the three seniors agreed that the theft of their ideas to create a Facebook. End in February 2008 when the two reached a settlement!
Let us put aside the dispute continues to pull the story unclear, Mark moved in the summer of 2004 began full operations Palo Alto, Facebook. Paypal founder Peter Thiel soon as Mark offers a $ 500,000 investment. Today, in just 6 years, Facbook users has reached 600 million, monthly online time to reach 70,000 million minutes. Everyone today knows Mark created the most popular online social networking sites, only a few months to beat the Myspace, catch up with the Twitter, user activity.
06. LinkedIn
Mark encountered this site to a lot of trouble, but according to its own argument, it is also the appearance of the site, so that the three seniors to consult him about the site on a Harvardconnection recommendations. Mark violation of the three seniors agreed that the theft of their ideas to create a Facebook. End in February 2008 when the two reached a settlement!
Let us put aside the dispute continues to pull the story unclear, Mark moved in the summer of 2004 began full operations Palo Alto, Facebook. Paypal founder Peter Thiel soon as Mark offers a $ 500,000 investment. Today, in just 6 years, Facbook users has reached 600 million, monthly online time to reach 70,000 million minutes. Everyone today knows Mark created the most popular online social networking sites, only a few months to beat the Myspace, catch up with the Twitter, user activity.
06. LinkedIn
Created by a professional service and social networking site for professionals. Reid Hoffman team with Paypal and Socialnet co-founded in 2002, Linkedin, websites and May 5, 2003 the official line. Linkedin rapid birth of commercial customers and some professionals to come together, and got rapid development.
The end of 2003, LinkedIn already has 81,000 users, 14 employees. linkedin to online resumes and business cards, from the beginning since attracted global attention. In fact, this 81,000 members of which almost half are outside the United States. Today, Linkedin's monthly traffic has reached 21.4 million U.S., while global traffic was 47.6 million.
2009, Yahoo executive Jeff Weiner as the former CEO, the office undoubtedly Jeff dug for himself a gold mine, to December 2010, when, Linkedin's valuation has reached $ 157,500,000. January 2011, Linkedin users reached 90 million.
07. Mixx
The end of 2003, LinkedIn already has 81,000 users, 14 employees. linkedin to online resumes and business cards, from the beginning since attracted global attention. In fact, this 81,000 members of which almost half are outside the United States. Today, Linkedin's monthly traffic has reached 21.4 million U.S., while global traffic was 47.6 million.
2009, Yahoo executive Jeff Weiner as the former CEO, the office undoubtedly Jeff dug for himself a gold mine, to December 2010, when, Linkedin's valuation has reached $ 157,500,000. January 2011, Linkedin users reached 90 million.
07. Mixx
See this is Mixx, but not Japan's Mixi. Mixx, a concept DIGG site, its content includes a variety of sources of news sites and video and image publishers. Mixx so popular because of its release, a simple user on the network almost easily found in the release of their information. This site was born from a man named Chris McGill, when he was head of Yahoo News.
Chris found that smoke from the Korea Network in the sea looking for some interesting content is really difficult, so he decided to build a website to help those with common interests are more likely to find their counterparts in the information. So Mixx born in 2007!
After the Beta release, Chris immediately the cheap, a strong management team, including former AOL vice president of the contents of Kerry Pearce-Parkins, a MIXX's products and vice president of marketing. Joe Dzikiewicz and Ph.D., former AOL engineer first, a MIXX's CTO. At this point, MIXX beginning to rapid development, and soon established a large site with a number of partnerships, including CNN, Weather Channel, and so the media.
08. MySpace
Chris found that smoke from the Korea Network in the sea looking for some interesting content is really difficult, so he decided to build a website to help those with common interests are more likely to find their counterparts in the information. So Mixx born in 2007!
After the Beta release, Chris immediately the cheap, a strong management team, including former AOL vice president of the contents of Kerry Pearce-Parkins, a MIXX's products and vice president of marketing. Joe Dzikiewicz and Ph.D., former AOL engineer first, a MIXX's CTO. At this point, MIXX beginning to rapid development, and soon established a large site with a number of partnerships, including CNN, Weather Channel, and so the media.
08. MySpace
In becoming the first social networking site Myspace before, there is a site called Friendster, but for reasons the server because of the incredible abandoned by the user. Born in early 2003 when, Myspace is just a simple online store-style service. Until 2004, Myspace was well known to all of us transform into a social networking site. Unfortunately, today's Myspace has entered old age, decadent unstoppable.
Back before 2006, Myspace has become America's most popular social networking site. However, living on the later ones, Facebook in 2008, quickly surpassed Myspace. During this period, Myspace has function and style of the website was revised to upgrade. The summer of 2010, Myspace changed the color scheme really a website; September 2010, Myspace increased photo area and joined the Fotoflexer third-party applications, but also began to allow users to link your Twitter and Facebook accounts. Then these changes can not change the trend of decline, in January 2011, Myspace announced the layoff of 47%.
09: Ning
Back before 2006, Myspace has become America's most popular social networking site. However, living on the later ones, Facebook in 2008, quickly surpassed Myspace. During this period, Myspace has function and style of the website was revised to upgrade. The summer of 2010, Myspace changed the color scheme really a website; September 2010, Myspace increased photo area and joined the Fotoflexer third-party applications, but also began to allow users to link your Twitter and Facebook accounts. Then these changes can not change the trend of decline, in January 2011, Myspace announced the layoff of 47%.
09: Ning
Ning to create the idea that all brands can create their own social networking website. Marc Andreessen from Ning in October 2004 in Palo Alto, created, belongs to private companies. Formally launched in February 2007, Ning group of users to create a social networking site has reached 17,000, to October 2008 with more than 30 third-party developer has released OpenSocial, APP common interface, a week has increased over 80 different applications. The end of 2008, Ning social networking site group has reached 70 million.
March 2010, Jason Rosenthal as CEO, as Ning's development has brought new opportunities. CafePress and HeyZap Ning has become a partner, which also Ning created more profitable way. To July 2010, Ning has sponsored by the Pearson Publishing released a South African educators Ning Mini Edition, and sponsored by the WEGO Health issued health-related social networking sites.
10. Bebo
March 2010, Jason Rosenthal as CEO, as Ning's development has brought new opportunities. CafePress and HeyZap Ning has become a partner, which also Ning created more profitable way. To July 2010, Ning has sponsored by the Pearson Publishing released a South African educators Ning Mini Edition, and sponsored by the WEGO Health issued health-related social networking sites.
10. Bebo
Another innovation of the social networking site, Bebo by a young couple Michael and Xochi Birch's experience in Friendster wear parts. This site looks old-fashioned features, some users share information, some users comment on information. Bebo is the website name "blog early, blog often" acronym. Bebo site was built in 2005, then to 8.5 billion AOL bought in 2010 and again in a very low price (rumored less than 100 million U.S. dollars) sold to U.S. private investment company Criterion Capital Partners.
July 2007, Bebo added a group function, similar to the Facebook group. When Bebo has joined OpenSocial, and released over an APP API interface to be used to develop applications, but most of the users to vote but the address of a most of the APP application.
May 2008, Bebo security problems, and then repaired. Bebo changed hands in 2010 after the release of the new design interface, and to continue to add new features to compete with other social networking sites.
July 2007, Bebo added a group function, similar to the Facebook group. When Bebo has joined OpenSocial, and released over an APP API interface to be used to develop applications, but most of the users to vote but the address of a most of the APP application.
May 2008, Bebo security problems, and then repaired. Bebo changed hands in 2010 after the release of the new design interface, and to continue to add new features to compete with other social networking sites.
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