TOP SOCIAL NETWORK PLATFORMS / CATEGORY

No doubt, the social networks plays an important role in the social life of each of us. So, what is social networking? A social network is a social structure made of nodes and connections that is based on interdependency between individuals or organizations. How it works these social networks? Virtually each of us all are part of a giant social network web sites, that allows us to interact by web support. Which are the most important social networking? In top of most popular social networking sites stands according eBizMBA Rank, Alexa Global Traffic Rank and U.S. Traffic Rank are: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning and Google Plus+. So let's talk a little about top three On first place with 750,000,000 estimated monthly visitors lies Facebook. Facebook is one of the most popular social utility network in the world. It was founded In February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. At first, it was developed as a closed social network of the Harvard University but, later was open to other U.S. universities. Since september 2006 Facebook network immediately became a very popular global social network but also controversial, being banned in several countries in the Middle East. In May 2007 Facebook launched a platform that interact with other Web pages. In the same purpose, the company had developed technologies and launched many applications that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. The most important features provided by Facebook include your own profile, friends, groups, advertising, messages, wall, and a new feature, My Photos, that was added on October 7, 2005. The second most popular social network is Twitter with 200.000.000 estimated monthly visitors. Twitter is an online social networking created and launched in in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey. Is an microblogging service that allows its users to write, share, send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters with others users through short messages. One of the most interesting features provided by Twitter is that allows users to update their profile using only their mobile phone by way of text messaging or by apps released for certain smartphones / tablets. The company that operates the service, Twitter Inc. launched a series of free software like Twitterfox - wich is one of the most popular applications for Twitter, is an extension for Mozilla Firefox browser, and Tweetdeck - a stand-alone desktop application based on Adobe Air, also available for iPhone. On third place of most popular social networks stands Linkedin with 100,000,000 - estimated monthly visitors. LinkedIn is a social network directed to business environment. It was founded in 2002 and began operating on May 5, 2003 and by the end of the first month in operation, LinkedIn had a total of 4,500 members in the network. The company is publicly owned and has a diversified business model with revenues coming from hiring solutions, marketing solutions and premium subscriptions. This business social network represents a valuable social community with an affluent & influential membership, thousands of developers using LinkedIn APIs to create innovative tools and services for professionals.

So...here it is the top three of the most used social networks, but besides these there are many more than those presented. It is a true evolution of society not because of natural evolution of humanity but because of the success with which people have embraced these modern communication solutions. It is not relevant what tipe of social network we prefere or use, instead it is important to simply interact with each other, with is the fundamental purpose of thouse social networks.