Social media is interaction among people to create and share content, exchange information through network. From 1969, when first internet service provider company CompuServe started, to 2014 world of internet has gotten enormously large and its continue to do so every second. Back then there was not enough technology and lack of internet usage. As time passes by Internet started to firm its root deeper and deep. By 1997 there were one million websites. Blogging begins and first Instant Messenger by AOL lets user chat.
1. In 1999 first online social website Friends Reunited was founded, Idea behind Friends Reunited was to relocate the old school pals of Britain.
2. In 2002 second online website Friendster was opened to public of USA and it grew to 3 million users in just 3 months and AOL messenger users grew over 34 million.
3. In 2003 MySpace a clone of friendster and linkedin as a business social networking website started.
4. In 2004 Facebook was opened as social networking website for students at Harvard college, MySpace surpassed friendster in page view. Flickr opened image hosting website and Digg was started as social news website.
5. In 2005 Facebook launched a new version, YouTube was founded and it started storing and retrieving videos, ITV bought friends reunited.
6. In 2006 MySpace was most popular social networking website. Micro blogging and social networking website Twitter launched. Facebook expanded membership, open to anyone above 13 year old.
7. In 2007 Facebook initiated platform so, third party developers can make apps for the Facebook, Microsoft bought a stake in Facebook.
8. In 2008 Facebook surpassed Myspace in monthly unique visitors, and Facebook tried unsuccessfully to buy twitter.
9. In 2009 Facebook became most-used social networking site with 200 million people. ITV sold friends reunion to brightsolid limiter
10. In 2010 Facebook grew over 400 million users, while MySpace users declined to 57 million users. To compete with Facebook and Twitter, Google launch social networking with BUZZ
11.By 2011 Social media were accessible from virtually anywhere and had become an integral part of our daily lives.Public sharing of so much personal information via social media sites raised concern over privacy. MySpace was redesigned and updated to compete with the far more successful social networks Facebook and Twitter.
12. In 2012 social media has come of age with more people using smartphones and tables to access social networks. New sites emerge and catch on. The top ten social networks are Facebook, Blogger, Twitter, Wordpress, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, MySpace and Wikia.
13. In 2013 YouTube topped one billion monthly users with 4 billion views per day, and launched paid channels to provide content creators with a means of earning revenue.Facebook user total climbed to 1.11 billion. Twitter had 500 million registered users, with more than 200 million active.
14. In 2014, more new Internet users ventured online with a mobile device – smartphone or tablet – than with a PC. People around the globe engaged heavily with social media, where three-quarter of the world's online population uses one or more social networking websites.
1. In 1999 first online social website Friends Reunited was founded, Idea behind Friends Reunited was to relocate the old school pals of Britain.
2. In 2002 second online website Friendster was opened to public of USA and it grew to 3 million users in just 3 months and AOL messenger users grew over 34 million.
3. In 2003 MySpace a clone of friendster and linkedin as a business social networking website started.
4. In 2004 Facebook was opened as social networking website for students at Harvard college, MySpace surpassed friendster in page view. Flickr opened image hosting website and Digg was started as social news website.
5. In 2005 Facebook launched a new version, YouTube was founded and it started storing and retrieving videos, ITV bought friends reunited.
6. In 2006 MySpace was most popular social networking website. Micro blogging and social networking website Twitter launched. Facebook expanded membership, open to anyone above 13 year old.
7. In 2007 Facebook initiated platform so, third party developers can make apps for the Facebook, Microsoft bought a stake in Facebook.
8. In 2008 Facebook surpassed Myspace in monthly unique visitors, and Facebook tried unsuccessfully to buy twitter.
9. In 2009 Facebook became most-used social networking site with 200 million people. ITV sold friends reunion to brightsolid limiter
10. In 2010 Facebook grew over 400 million users, while MySpace users declined to 57 million users. To compete with Facebook and Twitter, Google launch social networking with BUZZ
11.By 2011 Social media were accessible from virtually anywhere and had become an integral part of our daily lives.Public sharing of so much personal information via social media sites raised concern over privacy. MySpace was redesigned and updated to compete with the far more successful social networks Facebook and Twitter.
12. In 2012 social media has come of age with more people using smartphones and tables to access social networks. New sites emerge and catch on. The top ten social networks are Facebook, Blogger, Twitter, Wordpress, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, MySpace and Wikia.
13. In 2013 YouTube topped one billion monthly users with 4 billion views per day, and launched paid channels to provide content creators with a means of earning revenue.Facebook user total climbed to 1.11 billion. Twitter had 500 million registered users, with more than 200 million active.
14. In 2014, more new Internet users ventured online with a mobile device – smartphone or tablet – than with a PC. People around the globe engaged heavily with social media, where three-quarter of the world's online population uses one or more social networking websites.
