7 Companies that Could Have Been Facebook

Bangalore: Before Facebook came into existence there were many other websites that were already present online. These companies were popular but they were unable to beat Facebook’s popularity. One major reason why the other websites were unable to compete with the fast growth of Facebook was because now the web is stronger, faster and more crowded. Now people rely on an Internet connection to earn revenue, to interact, and to entertain etc, this was not there few years back.

AOL

Aol was a huge name in 1990s, it had chat rooms, instant messengers etc. the company acquired many others small companies like the Netscape which was a desktop brower and WinAmp which was the a popular music and MP3 service provider.

Aol also acquired Time Warner, though the merger proved as a disaster in business history. This downfall led the company to be distracted from the evolving nature of technology like broadband and social channels. It tried to get back was unsuccessful. Now it is known as a media and advertising company and it owns properties like The Huffinton Post.