2. Contents
What is social networking?
How it all started?
How it works?
Different Social Networking Sites
Growth of social networking sites
Merits & Demerits of social networking
Conclusion.
9. HOW IT WORKS?
Based on open source software.
They use a Web Server.
Most of the social networks also use Sun's
MySql database management system.
Their application programming interfaces
are available.
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14. AREAS OF BUSINESS THAT USE SOCIAL
NETWORKING WEBSITES
ADVERTISING:-
Businesses are now tapping into the online world to
advertise their products and services
Social networking websites post ads for their
members which reach a greater number of people
and can be seen as a form of mass media
Some examples of successful websites include
Amazon.com, Ebay, and BestBuy.com.