by Abigail Abanilla

Created on: September 27, 2009

Social Networking has been a hobby nowadays. People get online more often than before, mostly because of social networking. A Social Network is where you can meet new people, make friends with them, share activities, photos, music and videos. There are so many things you can do in a social network. You can also have your group, or join existing groups about certain events. A lot of people also join Social Networking Sites for business purposes. You can showcase or advertise your business in a growing community, cause that will increase its popularity.

This article will be more about the most popular Social Networking Websites where people go to everyday. Here are the top three, and that's according to popularit and Alexa Ranking.

1. Facebook - second most popular website in the world (Alexa) and the most popular Social Networking Website, leaving Myspace (Most popular on 2008) and twitter in the 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. 23.44 % of global internet users visit Facebook monthly.

Facebook offers many features, and one of the most common trademarks of facebook would be the "Facebook Status". It's a stylish feature of facebook that's been copied by many other minor social networks. It's basically one of the main features of Facebook. When a user puts an update - all of the user's friends will receive the updates on their homepage. That keeps them all connected and that makes facebook alive.There is more to facebook, it's up to you to check it out!

2. Myspace - eleventh most popular website in the world (Alexa) and the second most popular Social Networking Website, previously the most popular Social Network that was back in 2008. 4 % of global internet users visit Myspace, daily.

Myspace, basically famous when it comes to music and artists, is more into profile showcase and music production. If you haven't noticed, most starting bands have a myspace account rather than a facebook account. It's because with myspace, you can sign up as an Artist with all the features for a band like your a music player for your own music. And, you can connect to all other famous bands and artists in the world. You can exchange ideas and listen to new artists as well. A lot of bands and artists started out as a myspace user. And almost all the artists and bands in the world have myspace accounts. There is more to myspace though, why don't you check it out?

3. Twitter - thirteenth most popular website in the world (Alexa)and the third most popular Social Networking website, twitter

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