Voyage of Social Media from Classmates.com to Google+

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 23:58 IST
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2. Friendster It is a social gaming site focused on gaming and music based in Mountain View, California. The website was also used for dating and discovering new events, bands, and hobbies. Users could share videos, photos, messages and comments with other members via their profile and their network. This site service became popular in Southeast Asia and is a major site in that region of the world.
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Friendster had over 8.2 million registered users and over 1 million unique visitors a month globally, however since it deleted all content and became a gaming site that number has dropped to 1.2 million registered users. Over 90 percent of Friendster's traffic came from Asia. In Asia, as of 2008, Friendster had more monthly unique visitors than any other social network. The top 10 countries accessing Friendster, according to Alexa, as of May 7, 2009 are the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, South Korea, Bangladesh and India