This is a social networking website owned and operated by Facebook. It was founded in February. 2004. Initially, membership was restricted to Howard University students.
This site helps you communicate with your friends, family, and co-workers. Anyone can sign up and communicate with people.
Facebook is the second most used social site in the world. It has led the industry in giving people the tools to control what information they share and who they want to share it with.
Here are some facts:
1. It has more than 900 employees.
2. There are 31 million active users.
3.Since January 2007, more than 100,000 new registrations
4. Hosts more than 1.7 billion photos
Offices: Headquarters: Palo Alto California. Offices in the US Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and New York
International offices: Dublin, Ireland, London, Paris. Sydney and Toronto
User Data:
1.The average user has 130 friends.
2.The average user spends 55 minutes a day.
3.Average writes 25 comments on Facebook per month.
4. The average user is invited to 3 events per month.
5.Average user member of 12 groups.
About 70% of Facebook users are outside of the US.
Mobile: More than 65 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices. People who use Facebook are on their mobile devices almost 50% more active on Facebook than users who do not use mobile devices. There are more than 180 mobile operators in 60 countries working and promoting Facebook’s mobile products.
Some products:
1. Facebook Chat – Allows users to communicate in this way without any additional facility.
2. Networking – There are many networks and most of them are based at school or workplace.
3. Events: This app is a resource for letting friends know about interesting upcoming events and also for organizing social gatherings.
4. Marketplace – This is an app to list items for sale, homes for rent, jobs, etc. You can also use this to find items you want to buy or use.
5. Newsfeed: This is up to date. It is a list of new stories about the activities of users’ friends on Facebook and the main section on the home page.
In January 2009, compete.com conducted a study and ranked Facebook as the most used social network by active users worldwide.