FACEBOOK ATTRACTS 300 MILLION MEMBERS

MOBO Media

Facebook has become the world’s most popular social networking site after it was announced that it currently holds 300 members worldwide.

The news was broken by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a news blog post. In the announcement, he wrote: “Facebook now serves 300 million people across the world. It’s a large number, but the way we think about this is that we’re just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone.” The announcement suggests that Facebook bosses are unlikely to rest on their laurels having reached the milestone, but instead, intend to use it as a launching pad to further the company’s development.

The last two months have seen Facebook member numbers multiply dramatically with the site gaining 50 million extra users between July and September. One area where Facebook is gaining ground is in attracting members from countries where online resources are internet usage is not as prevalent as it is in the West.

Since the launch of Facebook Lite, which is designed for users with slow internet connections, the organization has been making headway in attracting members from countries such as South America and India, whilst still retaining a healthy sign-up rate from tech-savvy markets such as the UK and the States.

Zuckerberg plans to invest in developing software systems that will further boost Facebook’s prowess and enable the company to deliver a high-speed service with innovative features.

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

More great articles

YAHOO! AND TWITTER JOIN FORCES

Yahoo! has signed a deal with the popular micro-blogging site Twitter which will see Yahoo! users able to access Twitter…

Read Story

HUFFINGTON POST REBRANDS AND WILL NOW GO BY THE NAME ‘HUFFPOST’

The Huffington Post has finally warmed to its adopted name and has officially rebranded as “HuffPost”. Its website has also…

Read Story

TOP 5 REASONS WHY WEB DESIGN MATTERS TO YOUR BUSINESS

We at Mobo are strong believers in the notion that good Web design within a business is a must, but…

Read Story
Arrow-up