- Odnoklassniki.ru
Infobox Website
name = Odnoklassniki.ru
caption =
url = http://odnoklassniki.ru/
commercial = Yes
type =Social Networking
registration = required
owner = Digital Sky Technologies,
Forticom ,
Albert and Irina Popkovru icon Vedomosti, September 15, 2008 [http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2008/09/15/161097] ]
author = Albert Popkov (founder and head) [ [http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/12/06/278358 Odnoklassniki jammed abroad - CNews, December 06, 2007] ]
launch date = March 2006Odnoklassniki.ru is a
social network service for classmates and old friends reunion popular inRussia and in theformer Soviet Union . It was created inMarch 2006 . [ [http://odnoklassniki.ru/cdk/st.cmd/helpAbout/tkn/729 About the project] ru icon]The website currently claims that it has more than 20 million registered users. [http://odnoklassniki.ru/dk;jsessionid=aPCDAVlw7EH5?st.cmd=helpTwentyMillion&tkn=9324 A press release about 20 mln. users] ru icon] . The website also currently has an
Alexa Internet traffic ranking of 47 [ [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main/odnoklassniki.ru Alexa Traffic Ranking for Odnoklassniki.ru] ] .The website was a recipient of the
Runet Prize s in 2006 [ [http://www.premiaruneta.ru/archive/premia-2006/rulet/ Runet Prize, 2006] ru icon] and 2007. [ [http://www.premiaruneta.ru/premia-2007/ Runet Prize, 2007] ru icon]September 15, 2008
Vedomosti announced that Popkov spouses, founders and key shareholders, have sold controlling interest in the network to Digital Sky Technologies (DST), owners ofMail.ru . DST andForticom together control 58% of the network.ru icon Vedomosti, September 15, 2008 [http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2008/09/15/161097] ]See also
*
List of social networking websites
*vkontakte.ru References
External links
* [http://www.odvl.ru/ Odnoklassniki Plus: an extension for odnoklassniki.ru]
* [http://www.russiatoday.ru/features/news/19060 Russians flock to web to find old flames -Russia Today TV , December 26, 2007]
* [http://www.odnoklassniki-club.ru/ Odnoklassniki-Club.ru]
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