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The Future Of Social Networking Websites - By Bob Muller

Hello this is Bob,I had some free time so i thought of Analyzing the various new Social networking websites that are emerged today and give a review of them.Remember i have not included the famous websites like mypace, hi5, orkut etc..

In the past few years we could see the huge popularity in social networking as the giants of internet have already starting their own websites. But we could also see some of the new websites emerging today. But the question is who will be the winner???In this analysis i have chosen 5 websites

1. www.frooler.com
2. www.hikut.com
3. www.hashbush.com
4. www.snehah.com
5. www.iamflirt.com (beta)

1. www.frooler.com - Started on the mid of November 2006 by an individual whose identity is still unavailable.This website has shown a constant growth and has achieved a 890% up change according to Alexa. When i registered and logged in i immediately got a welcome mail and a welcome scrap (the term used in Orkut for comments) from the moderators of the website who seems to be really active. Even though most of the features are already known to us, the difference that made this website different from others is their FROOLER SPECIAL where the profiles of famous Celebrities, Musicians, Movies, Companies, Institutions & Products are displayed.The website is clean with no porn or spams.This website will probably be the next giant in Social networking.

• Pros :-Good design, Friendly staffs, Frooler specials, Clean contents.
• Cons :-Speed is quite slow, No Search engine Optimizations.
• Rating - 4/5

2. www.hikut.com - Started on the beginning of October 2006 by a agroup of people powered byFm Infomatic Solutions popular for Spamming in other social networks. When i entered the website i was shocked to see the main page as the welcome image of orkut was taken and modified and was placed there. Other than that the website was normal with all the same old contents. There are same contents posted multiple times so it confuses the users very much.The staffs are friendly here and answered few of my questions. Since there is nothing new in this website, There are very few returning users. This website will fall soon.

• Pros :- Friendly Staffs, Number of members
• Cons :- Poor design, Confusing features, Lots of spamming
• Rating - 2.5/5

3. www.hashbush.com - Started on the mid of September is quite similar to mylot.com where people get paid for writing scraps, messaging etc. This is a good feature but has resulted in lots of spams all over the website. When i logged in the first thing i could see was the advetisements all over the website. Which was irritating to go further. And there is no proof still that users are getting paid.There are staffs but no one bothered to reply and was busy making money. There have good chance for them to improving and becoming the Social networking giant.

• Pros :- Earning money
• Cons :- No proof of earning, Payments only to paypal (which many country dont have) , site loading speed.
• Rating - 3.5/5

4. www.snehah.com - Started on the beginning of october has already started to fall. The reputation of this website was strangled when they started spamming in the growing social networks. when i entered only i was online .

• Pros :- NONE
• Cons :- ALL
• Rating - 0/5

5. www.iamflirt.com (beta)Started a day ago with a totally diferent concept that only people who are ready to show their real pictures are allowed inside. This reduces the chances of getting fooled by fake profiles.More review about this website coming soon.

Thanks Bob we really appreciate your effort.

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