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== Market supremacy == |
== Market supremacy == |
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While hi5 maintains its strong hold in [[Central America]], it faces tough competition in Asia from many social networking sites like [[Friendster]], [[Multiply (website)|Multiply]], [[Facebook]] and [http://www.ishoals.com iShoals] |
While hi5 maintains its strong hold in [[Central America]], it faces tough competition in Asia from many social networking sites like [[Friendster]], [[Multiply (website)|Multiply]], [[Facebook]] and [http://www.ishoals.com iShoals]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20070625081447/Article/index_html |title=Friendster mania lights up cyberworld |accessdate=2007-06-25 |publisher=The News Straits Times Online}}</ref>. |
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As of 2007, hi5 is the leading social networking site in several, diverse countries. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://valleywag.com/tech/data-junkie/the-world-map-of-social-networks-273201.php |title=The world map of social networks |accessdate=2007-06-29 |last=Denton, |first=Nick |date=2007-06-28 |work=Data Junkie |publisher=Valleywag}}</ref>, including: |
As of 2007, hi5 is the leading social networking site in several, diverse countries. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://valleywag.com/tech/data-junkie/the-world-map-of-social-networks-273201.php |title=The world map of social networks |accessdate=2007-06-29 |last=Denton, |first=Nick |date=2007-06-28 |work=Data Junkie |publisher=Valleywag}}</ref>, including: |
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Revision as of 16:47, 1 July 2007
Type of site | Social Networking |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ramu Yalamanchi |
| Created by | Ramu Yalamanchi |
| URL | http://www.hi5.com/ |
hi5 is a social networking Internet service founded by Ramu Yalamanchi who is also the current CEO.[1][2]
Features
In hi5, users create an online profile in order to show information such as interests, age and hometown and upload user pictures where users can post comments. Hi5 seems to be mainly used by people to meet romantic partners from the same or different countries. hi5 also allows the user to create personal photo albums and set up a music player in the profile. Users can also send friend requests via e-mail to other users. When a person receives a friend request, he or she may accept or decline it, or block the user altogether. If the user accepts another user as a friend, the two will be connected directly or in the 1st degree. The user will then appear on the person's friend list and vice-versa. Some users opt to make their profiles available for everyone on hi5 to view. Other users exercise the option to make their profile viewable only to those people who are in their network. The network of friends consists of a user's direct friends (1st degree), the friends of those direct friends (2nd degree) and the friends of the friends of direct friends (3rd degree).[3]
Market supremacy
While hi5 maintains its strong hold in Central America, it faces tough competition in Asia from many social networking sites like Friendster, Multiply, Facebook and iShoals[4].
As of 2007, hi5 is the leading social networking site in several, diverse countries. [5], including:
| Colombia | Costa Rica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador |
| El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Kuwait |
| Mauritius | Mongolia | Nicaragua | Peru |
| Portugal | Romania | Thailand | Tunisia |
See also
List of social networking websites
References
- ^ Web Sites Push, The Hispanic ButtonTampa Tribune
{{citation}}: Text "date April 22, 2007" ignored (help) - ^ Young Hispanics online, Albuquerque Tribune, April 27, 2007
- ^ Allwood, Brandon (May 03, 2005). "Entertain yourself online". Jamaica Observer.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Friendster mania lights up cyberworld". The News Straits Times Online. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ^ Denton,, Nick (2007-06-28). "The world map of social networks". Data Junkie. Valleywag. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
External links
- hi5 - Official Website
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