Social Networking Sites

Of the three main social networking sites I am most familiar with facebook. I have been a member for years and use it daily. I think that because it began as a site tailored towards college student I feel that the site fits me better than myspace or friendster. My impressions of myspace are that it is less professional, although facebook has become less and less professional as time has passed. In fact, linkedin has become the premier professional social networking site something that the main 3 social networking sites seem to has accepted. While I don't have that much experience with friendster, I recently joined as get the impression that it is similar to facebook. The biggest difference I see between the two comes in the form of advertising. Friendster seems to have larger, more graphic advertisements from big companies, while facebook earns its revenue by tailoring advertisements from companies of all sizes towards the interests, gender and age range of the individuals. Myspace has gained a reputation for its popularizing artists. The fact that individuals can post their songs on their pages allows for artists to be discovered on myspace, as well as fans to listen to their favorite artists on their pages. Facebook also took a little to long breaking into the international markets, allowing for friendster to enter those markets and main a legitimate name for itself. It is clear that friendster still has catching up to do in the U.S. market.