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Voyage of Social Media from Classmates.com to Google+
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 00:19 IST
7. Twitter
Twitter is a popular medium for celebrities. It was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched in July of that year. Twitter rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 200 million users as of 2011, generating over 200 million tweets and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day.
Twitter is ranked as one of the ten-most-visited websites worldwide by Alexa's web traffic analysis. Twitter had annual growth of 1,382 percent, increasing from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009. It was followed by Zimbio with a 240 percent increase, and Facebook with a 228 percent increase. However, Twitter has a user retention rate of forty percent.
Twitter has been used for a variety of purposes in many different industries and scenarios. For example, it has been used to organize protests, sometimes referred to as "Twitter Revolutions" The service has also been used in emergencies and political campaigning.
8. Jaiku
Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engestr'm and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year.
It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007. After acquired by Google, there was an attempt to break into the micro-blogging scene. In 2008, the service is made available to the public by open-sorcing the product. Alexa rankings place the service at 9,732 globally and 1,178 in India.
Jaiku's goal is to bring people closer together by enabling them to have conversations. It offers a way to connect with the people you care about by sharing updates with them on the Web.
