MAP OF SOCIAL NETWORKS USING

INTUITIVE THINKING FOR E-

COMMERCE AND MARKETING
TOOLS
GRADE 11 GAS & HUMSS
 Writer Gagan Mehra (2015) lists 91 social media
networks operating worldwide where individuals
and community members can use in airing their
concerns and promoting products and services.
E commerce is one of marketing techniques to
reach a wider audience and consumers.
The target market can directly query, call, and
buy online thus, saving man power from
tentrepreneur or company.
GENERAL PURPOSE SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES
FACEBOOK
• Facebook is the world's biggest social
network with more than 1.4 billion
members.
• Facebook users can make personal profiles
here they can post messages, pictures, and
videos.
• Members can also use their messengers for
video calls and chats. Applications for
retailers and consumers are available in this
QQ
• QQ has been launched in China with
800 million subscribers with six
languages such as English, Japanese,
Spanish, German, French, and Korean.
• It offers virtual money the “Q coin”
for commercial transactions.
WhatsApp
• WhatsApp has been aquired by
facebook in 2014 but in a separate
entity wover 700 million members.
• This social network offers instant-
messaging.
QZone
• QZone is another sonetwork that only
operates in China with over 600 million
subscribers.
• Owned by Tencent, it markets accessories
where users customize the features in their
websites.
• “QZone does a cross-promotion across the
QQ platform to get more users”
WeChat
• WeChat specializes in mobile application with
text messengingand voice calls. It has almost 500
million users and is part of Tencent and
collaborates with QQ.
• Members of WeChat may be able to register
thgrough their cellular phones or through the use
of their Facebook accounts.
• About 100 countries support WeChat.
LinkdIn
• LinedIn focuses a network for working
professionals of 350 million followers.
• It is available in 20 different languages
and is a gateway for recruiting workers
and selecting the best candidate in
their respective fields.
Skype
• Skype permits 300 million active users to call
using a microphone, video using a web camera,
and instant messaging over the internet.
• Skype-to-skype conversations are free while
calls using cellular phones and landline phones
are credited through a credit card and will be
indicated in the Skype Credit.
Google+
• Google+ has over 300
million subscruibers with
Hangouts, a video
conferencing highlights.
Instagram
• Instagram provides photo and
video sharing to over 300
million members.
• It connects to facebook and
Twisharing Instagram pictures.
Baidu Tieba uder the brand name Postbar
• Baidu Tieba uder the brand name Postbar engages in
engines to link to continuing accounts or to be able to
make a new social network for a particular theme to
over 300 million members.
Twitter
• Twitter is an online news at the same
time a social k that allows more than
300 million users to post 140-
character messages known as tweets
from members across the globe.
Viber

• Viber provides free phone calls

and text messages to oveer 250
million members who installed
Viber applicatio to their mobile
phones.
Tumblr

• Tumblr as a microblogging site that

permits over 200 million userws to
post text, images, videos, quotes,
link and audio clips to their
tumbleblogs.
Snapchat

• Snapchat allows 200 million users to

shoot videos, pictures, insera text,
and drawings then transmit these
file(s) to a list of contacts.
Line
• Line is a social network messaging
that permits 200 million users to
send and receive texts, images,
audio, and video files.
• Japan has the largest subscribers'
base.
Sina Weibo

• Sina Weibo with popular

sites in China is another
microblogging social network
with over 150 million users.
VK (VKontakte)

• VK (VKontakte) is similar to
facebook and is among the
largest Russian social network
with over 100 million users.
Reddit
• Reddit is a social news and media
aggregation as well as a web
content and discussion website
where over 100 million community
members can text or post direct
links.
• Subreddits are contents organized
by the members in each respective
fields.
YY
• YY another famous social network in
China that provides group video chats
allowing users to watch an individual
lecturing or performing an event.
• There is an estimate of 100 million
mebers where they can convert virtual
money to real currency.
Taringa!

•Taringa! makes 75 million

members in Latin America.
It shares information,
contents, and experiences
to each other.
Telegram
• Telegram is social network that focuses on
instant messaging, privacy, and multi-platform
to over 50 million users.

• What is nice in telegram is the ability to send

hidden, encrypted, and self-destructing
messages of videos and photographs.
Tagged

• Tagged is a social discovery

website/social site with 300 million
members.
• The company also acquired Hi5,
another social network.
Myspace
• Myspace being a social networking
site isd edicated to have an
interactive, “user-submitted” link of
aquaintances, private profiles and
blogs, music, pictures as well as videos
among 200 million members.
Badoo

• Badoo is an online dating social site that is

participated in almost 200 countries with
20 million users.
StumbleUpon
• StumbleUpon with a browser toolbar
recommends its 10 million active members to
web content and allows them to rate web pages,
photos, videos in tune to their interests and
tastes.
• It is also uses peer-sourcing and principles in
social networking.
Foursquare

• Foursquare as a local search and

discovery service assists mobile users
of the perfect place to go such as good
food, restaurant, and entertrainment
nearby.
MeetMe (Yearbook)
• MeetMe (formerly my Yearbook) is a social network
intended for making new friends to chat with using their
mobile phones.
• Most of the users are under 18 who are perfect target
group for business retailers.
Meetup

• Meetup allows group users to meet in person

from different places to deliberate and discuss
on politics, books, games, career, pets, movies,
health, hobbies, among many others.
Skyrock

• Skyrock focuses on the French

speaking community where it
offers members to make their
profiles, blogs, and allows users
to interact with each other
through messaging.
Delicious

• Delicious is a website
that stores, shares,
and discovers web for
Bookmarking to its
members.
Kiwibox

• Kiwibox is a social network for young

adults and teenagers where they
browse through its online magazine.
Itlso highlights blogging, status,
updates, photos, event pictures,
forums, as well as acheduling of
events.
Photo Sharing Networks
Snapfish

• Snapfish is one of the biggest web

photograph sharing networks that
provide unlimited space for
pictures for its members.
Flickr

•Flickr is a video and imaging

hosting site allowing
bloggers and photo
enthusiasts to post photos.
Photobucket

• Photobucket is an image and video

hosting website specializing in
pictures intended tfor personal and
business opportunities.
• It also shares pictures with twitter
members.
DeviantArt

• DeviantArt ia an online website

that partitions artworks into
photography, digital and
traditional art, film making,
literature, and among many other
genres in art.
Fotolog

• Fotolog that is based from

South America specializes in
photo blogging network and is
available in 200 countries.
Pinterest

• Pinterest is another photo

sharing website that
motivates mostly women
members to take pictures for
posting.
Buzznet
• Buzznet allows members to share
journals, photos,and videos based
from the interest of their
members.
• It is also provides links to
Facebook.
We Heart It
•We Heart It enlightens photo
enthusiasts to share their pictures for
inspirations for over 20 million
members.
Path

• Path is a photo sharing

and messaging services
where members are allowed to post and
share with 500 of their contacts.
Lifestyle Networks
Last.fm

• Last.fm provides music services

allowing members to share, watch,
and listen to their favorite songs
through a music recommender
known as “audioscrobbler”. It also
details the profile of every user.
Reverb Nation

• Reverb Nation is a website that

guide musicians run a manages their
careers aa well as suggests to them
the companies where their artistry
will flourish.
Cross.tv
•Cross.tv is a social network
where 500, 000 Christian
members watch television
programmes based from the
Bible.
 Flixter
• Flixter ia an American movie website that
allows users to view new an box office
movies.
• It has a movie review feature known as
Rotten Tomatoes.
Gaia Online

•Gaia Online deals with

anime works such as virtual
worlds, avatars, gaming,
and many others.
BlackPlanet

• BlackPlanet ia social nwork

providing match making profiles,
jobs, and political dialogues
among African Americans.
Care2

• Care2 link activists,

organizations, and businesses
from around the globe to
create a difference.
CaringBridge

• CaringBridge is a non-profit website

that provides help to the needy
when they are being hospitalized,
facing medical treatment, or
undergoing recovery.
VampireFreaks

• VampireFreaks ia an online
community website featuring Gothic-
industrial subcultures. It highlights
user groups to create their own
communities (cult).
CafeMom

• CafeMom is an advertisement-assissted
social site where mothers and mothers to
be meet online. They share slice of life
experiences and topics
about motherhood.
Ravelry
• Ravelry ia a website that discusses and
teaches people about weaving, spinning,
crocheting, and knitting.
• The members get feedback from their
creative crafts from each other.
ASmallWorld

• ASmallWorld is an exclusive social network

with an annual membership of $110
subject for approval where members enjoy
the perks of an international lifestyle club.
Nextdoor

•Nextdoor is a site for

neighbors in the United
States that allows members
to connect with the person
next door.
Travel Networks
Wayn
Waynis a social network geared towards
travel allowing members to make their own
profiles and upload photos in the site.
Wayn guides members where to travel
and what to do, encounter “like-minded”
individuals, as well as impart inspiration and
tour experiences.
CouchSurfing
CouchSurfing offers unique privilege for members to
browse online when they want to find a place to stay
while on travel. Hosts offer travelling members to let
them stay in their couches and meet other members
nearby or when there are events being scheduled.
TravBuddy
TravBuddy engages in linking and
connecting travellers. It shows who
are going to travel in the same
places, timelines and thus members
create blogs likely showing travel
pictures, writing reviews for sites and
places, hotels, bars and restaurants.
Mobile Networks
Cellufun

Cellufun is a secret social gaming

group where users make avatars to
signify themselves and all these
can be accessed to any cellular
phone.
MocoSpace

MocoSpace is a gaming
network that embraces
HTML5 for mobile phones.
Itsmy

Itsmy is another cellular gaming

site developed in Munich
Germany that allows
communication between gamers.
Video Networks
Youtube

Youtube, one of Google's

subsidiaries is a video sharing site
that allows users to upload, share,
and view videos of all genres.
Youku

Youku is one of China's leading viral video

and streaming facility, a duplicate of
Yourtube. It is only available in Chinese.
FunnyorDie

FunnyorDie is a video site that

features comic videos from well
known actors.
Tout

Tout as a micro-blogging site that

allows users to create and send
15-second video clip known as
“touts”.
Vine

Vine that is owned by twitter is a

snippet video sharing site where
members can post 6-second video
clips. It also merges with other social
networks.
Reunion Networks
Classmates

Classmates is a social network that

connects and links high school
friends and classmates as well as
uploads the high school yearbook.
MyLife
MyLife (formerly
Reunion.com and Wink.com)
serves as a tracer in finding
family members, friends,
business partners for a
certain amount.
MyHeritage

MyHeritage keeps and shares family history

where members can create their family tree at
the same time examine ancestry records. It
also links new relatives as well.
Business Networks
Viadeo

Viadeo as a professional network

encourages business managers and
entrepreneurs to engage advertising
campaigns and delve into a new vision for
European trading.
 Ryze

Ryze allows its business oriented

mers to get in touch with their
business contacts, avail of a
homepage, and get advices from
business experts.
Xing
Xing is similar to LinkedIn that permits
closed groups to discuss business
privately. Most of its members come
from Germany, Austria, anSwitzerland.
Pre-Teen, Teen, and Young
Adults Networks
WeeWorld
WeeWorld is a gaming site for teenagers
where they can meet new friends, do
instant messaging, and-based avatars
Habbo
Habbo is a gaming website for teenagers
in Finland that makes them to select
their avatars, meet new friends, and do
instant messaging.
Tuenti
Tuenti is a Spanish technology
enterprise that started as a “Spanish
Facebook” but through time has
provided an online experience using
their own application and website.
Blogging Related Networks
Xanga
Xanga provides photoblogs, weblogs,
and profiles for its users.
Solaborate
Solaborate showcase technology
experts and corporations so they may
have easy access for opportunities
and collaborations so they may have
easy access for opportunities and
collaborations in the creation of
products and services.
Plurk
Plurk is a micro-blogging and social
network that sends not more than 210
characters for links or short message
updates. Most of the Plurk
memberships are from Taiwan.
LiveJournal
LiveJournal makes members sustain their
blogs, diaries or journals. This is available
in 32 languages ans is commonly used in
Russia where many public figures are
members of this website.
International Social
Networks
Mixi
Mixi is a famous match making social
network website in Japan featuring the
members. interests.
Douban
Douban is a Chinese website that offers
search engines and provides feedback
ratings of music, books, and movies. It
caters to both registered and those who
are not members to access the site.
Renren (Xiaonei Networks)
Renren (Xiaonei Networks) is another
social website and Chinese internet
finance enterprise to 30 million college
students.
Odnoklassniki
Odnoklassniki is a people finder website
among Russian society in finding old
friends and former classmates of 200
million users.
NK
NK is a school-based social website in
Poland preferred by alumni and
students in high school and college.
Netlog
Netlog is a Belgian website where
teenagers make their own web page,
chat, play games, share videos, and meet
new aquantances.
StudiVZ
StudiVZ considered as the largerst social
networks iEurope features college and
university students.
Friendster
Friendster is now a gaming website based
in Malaysia, prior to redesigning the
social network, it allowed members to
get in touch and share content with other
members.
Kaixin001
Kaixin001 is a gaming network in China
that draws workers doing white collar
jobs.
51.com
51.com is one of the biggest social
networks in China connecting more than
50 million members.
Nexopia
Nexopia is a Canadian website that invites
members aged 14 and abovebut then in
later years lowers it to 13. Members make
their profiles, blogs, picture galleries,
contact list, articles, and forums. Interaction
is possible through internal messaging.
Draugiem
Draugiem is a netwoking website in
Latvia that shelters start up groups and
coanies.
Glocals
Glocals is a Swiss social website intended
for immigrant groups where members
establish, communicate, and meet
among themselves.
Cyworld
Cyworld is South Korean social website
that allows members to make friendships
among members through the use of
avatars. It is equivalent to Myspace in the
US and Cyworld operates in Vietnam and
China as well (Mehra, 2015)
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