Facebook.. More Than Just a Website5

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An online service, platform, or site that focuses on building

and reflecting of social networks or social relations among

people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social

network service essentially consists of a representation of

each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety

of additional services is called social networking service.


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According toFacebook.com:

Facebook is an onlinedirectory that connects

people through socialnetworks.


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Facebook was founded byMark Zuckerberg with his

college roommates andfellow computer sciencestudents Eduardo Saverin,Dustin Moskovitz and ChrisHughes.


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The website's membership wasinitially limited by the founders toHarvard students, but was expanded

to other colleges in the Boston area,the Ivy League, and StanfordUniversity. It gradually added support

for students at various otheruniversities before opening to highschool students, and, finally, toanyone aged 13 and over.


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Facebook's homepage features a login form on the top right for existing users, and a registration form

directly underneath for new visitors.


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Facebookrequires a

user's nameand profilepicture(if applicable)to be

accessible byeveryone


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ChatPublicMessagePers Info


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We can also create and joininterest groups and "like

pages" (formerly called "fanpages", until April 19,2010), some of which are

maintained byorganizations as a means of

advertising.


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1,700 employeesoffices in 12 countries

Regarding Facebook ownership,Mark Zuckerberg owns 24% ofthe company.


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FB and MicrosoftMicrosoft is Facebook'sexclusive partner forserving

banner advertising, andas such Facebook onlyserves

advertisements that existin Microsoft'sadvertisement inventory


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Facebook generally has a lowerclickthrough rate (CTR) foradvertisements than most majorwebsites

For banner advertisements they have

they have generally received one fifthnumber of clicks on Facebook compared to the Web as a whole


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Year Revenue Growth

2006 $52

2007 $150 188%

2008 $280 87%

2009 $775 177%

2010 $2,000 158%


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DateUsers

(in millions) Days later Monthly growth

August 26, 2008 100 1,665 178.38%

April 8, 2009 200 225 13.33%

September 15, 2009 300 150 10%

February 5, 2010 400 143 6.99%

July 21, 2010 500 166 4.52%

January 5, 2011 600 168 3.57%
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In many ways, Facebook has impacted

on the social

life and activity of people. One of suchimpacts is

with the ability to reunite lost family

members andfriends.


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