Satellite Internet Opens Millions Up To The World

ext">The Internet continues to connect peoplelearning about potential employers and employees.
from all across the planet. The world is becomingThe third most popular social networking site is
more connected as satellite Internet and DSLTwitter, with over 100 million current users. If
cable continues its march forward, brining highyou’re like many Americans, you have
speed Internet to homes around the globe.heard of the name but have no idea what it
Currently 75% of all Americans are connected tooffers. It’s best described as a social
the Internet. While that is the highest percentagenetwork with microblogging capabilities. In other
for any country, European countries aren’twords, users can post “tweets,” texts of up
far behind, and Asian and South Americanto 140 characters, on their page, which is then
countries are quickly growing in that area as well.sent to all their contacts, called “followers.”
This means that cultural barriers will continue toMany users are followers of celebrities and other
fall as people come into contact with informationfamous people who daily update their tweets to
online and satellite Internet access continues tolet their fans know what they are doing on a
grow. One of the more obvious peopleminute-by-minute basis.
connectors encouraged by the proliferation of theThe second most popular social networking site is
Internet is social networking websites. They haveMySpace. Recently the most popular such site,
grown in popularity all over the world. TheyMySpace is now relegated to number two, with
combine easy access to profiles from around theover 123 million unique users per month. It is also
world with an innate desire in mankind to bea free site, receiving its funding through mass
known and famous, creating sites that connectadvertising. The biggest unique design feature of
people with a click of a button. The following areMySpace is the users’ capability to design
the five most popular social networking websitestheir own page. They can enter their own HTML
in the world.script describing themselves, customize the look
The fifth most popular social networking site isof their page, and pick music to play. In order to
Ning. Perhaps you have not heard of the website,stay competitive, it has recently begun to offer
but that has not prevented it from becoming onefeatures more akin to Twitter and the number
of the most used social networking sites outone on the list.
there. That may soon change, however, as itsThe most popular social networking website in the
CEO recently announced that its free serviceworld is Facebook, currently with over 250 million
portion will soon be suspended, leaving the freeusers and quickly growing. Originally offered to
service users to switch to the paid portion or quituniversity students, it is currently available to
Ning altogether. Ning gives its users the ability toanyone over the age of 13. You can add friends,
actually create their own social network. Ning actssend private messages, post status changes on
as the platform that provides the resources toyour wall, and publicly comment on friends’
make a network based on whatever commonwalls among several other key features. Like
theme the user desires, such as commonTwitter and MySpace, it is completely free for its
interests, hobbies, jobs, or locations. Originallyusers. In 2009, Facebook offered a “lite”
offering free service, Ning would control theversion for users with slower or intermittent
advertising. With the paid service, the userInternet connection. It only lasted for eight
controls the advertising and receives extramonths. For users with regular or high speed
storage and bandwidth.Internet, the website works without any hitches.
The fourth most popular site is LinkedIn. ThisSatellite Internet users, therefore receive the full
social networking website is a geared to theofferings of Facebook that users around the
business professional. Available in six languages andworld without high speed Internet cannot access.
over 200 countries, the website currently hasThe social networking website phenomenon of
nearly 70 million users. The site is focused onthe 21st century does not look to be going
building business connections (the contacts madeanywhere. New innovations will occur, but it looks
are called “connections”), which can be helpfulas if the world has not even seen the beginning
in finding jobs, creating partnerships with othersof social networking offered by the Internet.
for business startups, posting job openings, and