TopTen

**Top Ten:**
 * According to a social website reviewing website, the top 5 sites for friend-based connections are:


 * 1) Facebook
 * 2)  Myspace
 * 3) Bebo
 * 4) Friendster
 * 5) Hi5


 * Based on popularity, the top social media sites are:


 * 1)  [|YouTube] used for videos
 * 2) [|Flickr] used for photos
 * 3) [|Digg] used for general content
 * 4) [|Metacafe] used for videos
 * 5) [|Stumbleupon] used for random “cool” content


 *  Wikipedia is the largest online source of information
 *  Of the top 40 websites in the world, most are either social networks, blogs, or search engines.
 * World Wide**
 *  The most common types of social networks are online communities with services that provide a way to connect with friends, categorize those friends, and a way to recommend friends to others.
 *  “Popular methods now combine many of these, with [|Facebook], [|Bebo] and [|Twitter] widely used worldwide.
 *  [|MySpace] and [|LinkedIn] being the most widely used in North America.
 * [|Nexopia] mostly in [|Canada].
 * [|Bebo], Hi5, [|StudiVZ] mostly in [|Germany.]
 * [|iWiW] mostly in Hungary.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Tuenti] mostly in Spain.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Decayenne], [|Tagged], [|XING], [|Badoo] and [|Skyrock] in parts of Europe.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Orkut] and [|Hi5] in [|South America][|Central America].
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Friendster], [|Mixi], [|Multiply], [|Orkut], [|Wretch], [|Xiaonei] and [|Cyworld] in Asia and the Pacific Islands
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Orkut] and [|Facebook] in India.”

works cited: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service**] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]