Social Networking: Facebook vs. Orkut

Facebook and Orkut are two of the most popular social networking sites, with both offering very similar features and capabilities. Comparing FaceBook vs. Orkut from a market share perspective will show you that both are considerably behind MySpace with Facebook owning just over 11.5% of the market share and Orkut having less than 1%. Facebook has become very popular in North America over the last few months whereas Orkut is extremely popular in India. I do have access to both an Orkut and Facebook account and find myself using Facebook the majority of the time. I actually prefer Facebook when comparing Facebook vs. Orkut from a usability perspective, here’s why: - From an overall cosmetic point of view, Facebook is a much more professional looking whereas Orkut looks somewhat unfinished -...

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Why is Google the best search engine?

Google could be said to be the best search engine for the following reasons: It relies on a simplicity that many other search engines lack. It's fast, reliable, easy to use, user friendly. Fewer, less noticeable ads. The search algorithm seems to bring the most relevant items to the top. More relevant ads. More people use Google than any other search engine in the world, giving Google the information to improve their engine further. Google Search can be customized, eg: google.com (regular) isearchpink.com (pink google) purpoogle.com (purple google) googlemyway.com namegoogle.com Basically, Google is a crawler-based engine, meaning that it has software programs designed to "crawl" the information on the Net and add it to its sizeable database. Google has a great reputation...

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