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| URL | Hi5.com |
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| Commercial? | yes |
| Type of site | Social Networking |
| Registration | Required |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual |
| Owner | Sona Networks |
| Created by | Ramu Yalamanchi |
| Launched | June 27, 2003 |
| Alexa rank | 17 [1] |
| Current status | Active |
Hi5 is a social networking website. It is currently the twenty-fifth most popular website according to Alexa Internet, a website-usage information website. The company was founded in 2003 by Ramu Yalamanchi who is also the current CEO.[1][2] As of January 2009, Hi5 claims to have over 60 million active members.[3]
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Features
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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 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 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.
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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).[4]
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Market share
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According to comScore, in 2008 Hi5 was the third most popular social networking site in terms of monthly unique visitors.[5]
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Although created and headquartered in the United States, it is more popular in other countries, particularly in Latin America, being ranked 16th in the world only among people who have the Alexa toolbar installed on their browser [6] but only 84th in the US [7].
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Criticism
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Phishing
There have been phishing emails posing as invitations to Hi5.[8][9]
Spamming
Hi5 often markets the site by using unsolicited bulk mail. Often the mails will appear as user invites, but the users that have invited the spammed party are rarely known to the recipient. It is virtually impossible to get removed from these spam lists as Hi5 does not appear to respond to removal requests.
See also
References
- ^ ([dead link] – Scholar search) Web Sites Push, The Hispanic ButtonTampa Tribune, April 22, 2007, http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBGG2H8U0F.html
- ^ Young Hispanics online, Albuquerque Tribune, April 27, 2007, http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/apr/27/young-hispanics-online/
- ^ Social-networking sites going global, USA Today, February 10, 2008, http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2008-02-10-social-networking-global_N.htm
- ^ Allwood, Brandon (May 03, 2005). "Entertain yourself online". Jamaica Observer. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20050502T210000-0500_79775_OBS_ENTERTAIN_YOURSELF_ONLINE_.asp.
- ^ Social Networking Explodes Worldwide as Sites Increase their Focus on Cultural Relevance, http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2396
- ^ http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none
- ^ http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?cc=US&ts_mode=country&lang=none
- ^ Hi5 "Add Friend" Malicious Spam, http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3205.aspx, retrieved on 2009-01-04
- ^ Great, One More Friend Or So You Think., Sophos, http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/12/2214.html, retrieved on 2009-01-04
External links
- hi5 - Official Website
- Traffic Stats - Traffic Data For The 20 Most Popular Social Networking Websites
- Hi5 mobil by Birkalem.com
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