hi5
hi5 is a social networking website, which, throughout 2007, was one of the 25 most visited sites on the Internet (among people who have the Alexa toolbar installed on their browser.[1]) The company was founded in 2003 by Ramu Yalamanchi who is also the current CEO.[2][3] As of February 2008, hi5 claimed to have over 70 million registered members[4]
Contents
1 Features
2 Market share
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
1 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 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).[5]
2 Market share
Although hi5's advertising claims it to be the third largest social network in the world, there is no independent evidence to back up this claim.
Although created and headquartered in the United States, it is more popular in other countries, being ranked 16th in the world only among people who have the Alexa toolbar installed on their browser.[2] but only 83rd in the US [3].
3 See also
List of social networking websites
4 References
^ Alexa-Only Traffic Details for: hi5.com, http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=hi5.com, retrieved on 11 September 2008
^ Web Sites Push, The Hispanic ButtonTampa Tribune, 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.
5 External links
hi5是一个社交网站，其中，在2007年全年，hi5是互联网上25个社交网站中访问人数最多的一个（此数据基于有安装Alexa控件的网民的浏览器统计结果）。Hi5公司成立于2003年由该公司现任首席执行官拉姆•亚拉曼奇所建立。截至2008年2月， hi5声称其已拥有超过70万名注册会员。
目录
1、特点
2、市场份额
3、另见
4、参考资料
5、外部链接
1、特点
在hi5里，用户可以创建一个在线的个人资料，以显示其个人信息如：兴趣、年龄、家乡，还可以上传其个人照片，对此，其他用户亦可发表评论。 hi5还允许用户创建个性化相册，并建立个人音乐播放器中。用户还可以通过电子邮件发送好友请求给其他用户。当某个用户收到了好友请求后，他或她可以接受或拒绝它，或设定不再收到该请求。如果该用户接受另一个用户的好友请求，双方将可在第一时间内相互联系。然后用户会出现在那人的好友列表中，反之亦然。
用户可以选择将他们的个人资料展示给hi5上的其他用户查看。用户也可选择只让同网络的人查看自己的资料。该网络包括用户及其直接朋友，朋友的直接朋友以及朋友的朋友的直接朋友。
2、市场份额
虽然hi5的广告声称它是互联网上第三大的社区，但并没有直接的证据来支持这种说法。
虽然它在美国创建并总部设在美国，但它在其他国家却更受欢迎。在使用安装了Alexa工具条的网民中排行世界第16名，但在美国国内只排行83名。
3、另见
列表的社交网站
4、参考资料
^ 只含Alexa详情： hi5.com ， http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=hi5.com ， 08年9月11日 回收
^网站推送，西班牙裔ButtonTampa论坛， http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBGG2H8U0F.html
^西班牙裔青年在线，阿尔伯克基论坛报， 2007年4月27日， http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/apr/27/young-hispanics-online/
^社会网络网站走向世界，今日美国报2月10日， 2008年， http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2008-02-10-social-networking-global_N.htm
^ Allwood ，布兰登（ 2005年五月三日） 。 “娱乐在线” 。牙买加观察员。