Why is Social Networking used so much?
Social Networking is used by many people all around the world. Some Social Networking sites have specific purpose such as YouTube for videos, and CNN.com for news. Other websites such as Facebook don’t have such purpose, it is more of a free website to contact others who are related or are friends with you.
The great thing about Social Networking is that it provides an easy way to communicate to family and friends. If you have a busy life, it can be difficult to keep in touch with others. Online Social Networking allows you to add people as friends so that you can easily keep in touch with them.
Social Networking is used by many people all around the world. Some Social Networking sites have specific purpose such as YouTube for videos, and CNN.com for news. Other websites such as Facebook don’t have such purpose, it is more of a free website to contact others who are related or are friends with you.
The great thing about Social Networking is that it provides an easy way to communicate to family and friends. If you have a busy life, it can be difficult to keep in touch with others. Online Social Networking allows you to add people as friends so that you can easily keep in touch with them.
History of Social Networking
1971 The first email was delivered.
1997 The internet had one million sites, blogging begins AOL lets users.
1998 Google opens as a major Internet search engine and index.
1999 Friends Reunited remembered as the first online social media formed.
2000 Seven million internet users.
2001 Wikipedia the first online encyclopedia was made.
2002 Friendster was made and grew three million users within three months.
2003 MySpace was made, another social media website.
2004 Facebook was created originally for Harvard College students and now used for social media all around the world.
2005 YouTube began storing and retrieving videos.
2006 Twitter was made.
2007 The first iPhone was made.
2009 Google had used one trillion unique URL’s.
2012 Facebook reached a billion users.
2013 Twitter had 500 million registered users; more than 200 million were active.
2013 Google+ had 343 million users.
1971 The first email was delivered.
1997 The internet had one million sites, blogging begins AOL lets users.
1998 Google opens as a major Internet search engine and index.
1999 Friends Reunited remembered as the first online social media formed.
2000 Seven million internet users.
2001 Wikipedia the first online encyclopedia was made.
2002 Friendster was made and grew three million users within three months.
2003 MySpace was made, another social media website.
2004 Facebook was created originally for Harvard College students and now used for social media all around the world.
2005 YouTube began storing and retrieving videos.
2006 Twitter was made.
2007 The first iPhone was made.
2009 Google had used one trillion unique URL’s.
2012 Facebook reached a billion users.
2013 Twitter had 500 million registered users; more than 200 million were active.
2013 Google+ had 343 million users.
Nashylee A
Taft Academic Center
Date Created: February 9, 2014
Last Edited: February 9, 2014
Taft Academic Center
Date Created: February 9, 2014
Last Edited: February 9, 2014