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Netlog 
URL netlog.com Commercial? Yes Type of site Social network service Registration Required Owner Massive Media NV/SA Created by Lorenz Bogaert and Toon Coppens Alexa rank 
304 (November 2011[update])[1]Netlog (formerly known as Facebox and Bingbox) is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the European youth demographic.
The site was founded in July 2003 in Ghent, Belgium, by Lorenz Bogaert and Toon Coppens, and by 2007 had attracted 28 million members.[2] The site now claims to have over 84 million registered users across 25 languages
On Netlog, members can create their own web page, extend their social network, publish their music playlists, share videos, post blogs and join groups.
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Localization
Netlog has a localization technology ensuring that all content is geotargeted and personalized to each member’s profile. This enables a member to have localized searches and overviews on the community, displaying only those member profiles of his or her own age range and region.
Available languages
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Lithuanian
- Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
See also
References
- ^ "Netlog.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netlog.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ Abboud, Leila (November 1, 2007). "How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119387616952078433-jqe372LNIRy_8HI5PymOiR5Ff84_20071201.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top.
External links
- Netlog Homepage (English)
- Netlog Corporate pages
- Incrowd site - news page
- Mashable's Social Networking Awards 2006
- Facebox - Insane growth?
- Red Herring Top 100 Europe Awards (winner), April, 2007
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- Wall.fm
Tools General Applications - Social network advertising
- Social network hosting service
- Groups
- Online dating service (comparison)
- Internet petitions
- Reblogging
- Mobile
- Polling
- Activity stream
Implications - User gender difference
- Use in investigations
Related concepts Categories:- Social networking services
- Virtual communities
- Internet properties established in 2000
- Companies of Belgium
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