How Facebook was founded, Facebook's founding story. Founded on February 4, 2004 by Harvard University's 2006 class student Mark Zuckerberg, facebook was primarily designed for Harvard students. Facebook, which then included schools around Boston, covered all Ivy League schools in two months.
In the first year; All schools in the United States were available on facebook. Members could only be members of the school in question by email address (.edu, .ac.uk, etc.). Later, high schools and some large companies joined the network. On September 11, 2006, facebook was opened to all e-mail addresses with some age restrictions. Users can access the networks they wish; they can participate in high schools, work places or places they live.
As of July 2007, it has the world's largest university-based users with 34 million users.
According to Alexa statistics, as of October 20, 2007; It is the 7th most visited website in the world. And also; Canada, South Africa and Norway's most visited sites; England and Sweden's 2nd most visited site, Egypt and Panama 3, USA, Australia and Turkey is the 5th most visited sites. At the same time, Turkish is the most widely used language on Facebook, other than English.
[quote_box_right] Takes its Facebook name from "paper facebooks". This form is U.S.A. It is a form that introduces them to the students, teachers and employees of the schools in their universities.
It currently has over 400 million users. [/ Quote_box_right]
The site is free to users and receives its income from banner ads and sponsor groups (it was claimed that in April 2006, revenues were $ 1.5 million per week). Users show their profiles photos, interests, hidden or open messages, and groups of friends. The display of profiles can be restricted to view only to friends or not open to other networks. According to TechCrunch; 85% of students in universities in the U.S. have an account on facebook, and 60% of them are connected daily. 85% are among those who connect every week, 93% every month. Facebook spokesman Chris Hughes says that users spend an average of 19 minutes on Facebook every day.
As of March 13, 2009, the new interface of facebook has been used in all accounts. However, this interface has created duality among users. Some users find this interface very successful, while others protest. Facebook administrators insist on this new interface.
Technically, facebook is considered by web authorities as one of the most successful Web 2.0 applications.
In 2006, it was rumored that Facebook would be sold with the sale of MySpace to News Corporation. Zuckerberg stated that he did not want to sell facebook and denied the rumors.
[pull_quote_left] While the first offer was claimed to be $ 975 million by Viacom; In September 2006, Yahoo offered 1 billion dollars. In October; After purchasing YouTube, Google made $ 2.3 billion for Facebook. [/ Pull_quote_left]
Peter Thiel, one of the Facebook executives, said that the internal value of Facebook is $ 8 billion and project revenues are $ 1 billion for 2015.
On October 24, 2007; Microsoft bought 1.6% of Facebook's share by paying 240 million dollars. Google and other companies turn to facebook shares with a similar method.
In August 2008, Facebook had 100 million monthly active users. People called each other on Facebook, and that number doubled in 7 months. In April 2009, the number of people reached by this social network was 200 million. In July 2009, Facebook users increased by 50 million and reached 250 million in less than four months.
In the first year; All schools in the United States were available on facebook. Members could only be members of the school in question by email address (.edu, .ac.uk, etc.). Later, high schools and some large companies joined the network. On September 11, 2006, facebook was opened to all e-mail addresses with some age restrictions. Users can access the networks they wish; they can participate in high schools, work places or places they live.
As of July 2007, it has the world's largest university-based users with 34 million users.
According to Alexa statistics, as of October 20, 2007; It is the 7th most visited website in the world. And also; Canada, South Africa and Norway's most visited sites; England and Sweden's 2nd most visited site, Egypt and Panama 3, USA, Australia and Turkey is the 5th most visited sites. At the same time, Turkish is the most widely used language on Facebook, other than English.
[quote_box_right] Takes its Facebook name from "paper facebooks". This form is U.S.A. It is a form that introduces them to the students, teachers and employees of the schools in their universities.
It currently has over 400 million users. [/ Quote_box_right]
The site is free to users and receives its income from banner ads and sponsor groups (it was claimed that in April 2006, revenues were $ 1.5 million per week). Users show their profiles photos, interests, hidden or open messages, and groups of friends. The display of profiles can be restricted to view only to friends or not open to other networks. According to TechCrunch; 85% of students in universities in the U.S. have an account on facebook, and 60% of them are connected daily. 85% are among those who connect every week, 93% every month. Facebook spokesman Chris Hughes says that users spend an average of 19 minutes on Facebook every day.
As of March 13, 2009, the new interface of facebook has been used in all accounts. However, this interface has created duality among users. Some users find this interface very successful, while others protest. Facebook administrators insist on this new interface.
Technically, facebook is considered by web authorities as one of the most successful Web 2.0 applications.
In 2006, it was rumored that Facebook would be sold with the sale of MySpace to News Corporation. Zuckerberg stated that he did not want to sell facebook and denied the rumors.
[pull_quote_left] While the first offer was claimed to be $ 975 million by Viacom; In September 2006, Yahoo offered 1 billion dollars. In October; After purchasing YouTube, Google made $ 2.3 billion for Facebook. [/ Pull_quote_left]
Peter Thiel, one of the Facebook executives, said that the internal value of Facebook is $ 8 billion and project revenues are $ 1 billion for 2015.
On October 24, 2007; Microsoft bought 1.6% of Facebook's share by paying 240 million dollars. Google and other companies turn to facebook shares with a similar method.
In August 2008, Facebook had 100 million monthly active users. People called each other on Facebook, and that number doubled in 7 months. In April 2009, the number of people reached by this social network was 200 million. In July 2009, Facebook users increased by 50 million and reached 250 million in less than four months.
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