EXPAND THE NETWORK WORLD

Social networking websites are become popular by the day, especially among the youth.
The internet has most certainly come of age, so much so that it has become an inevitable part of the lives of todays youth. Gone are the days when people would browse the net only to access information, people now visit the web to retain and even enhanse their social lives. Welcome to the world of social networking websites.

RISING POPULARITY
The internet tracking firm, comlete.com, crowned facebook as the most popular social networking websites, followed by Myspace and Twitter.As per alexa, the web infomation company in india, out of top hundred websites in terms of web treffic,orkut.com.in ranks at number four and facebook at number nine. bharat student and hi5 too rank lower in the list.


THE SOCIAL CONNECT
Social networking sites are an easy and cost effective eay for youngster to reachout their classmates, friends snd family from across the globe.
A large percetage of success of these social networking websites can be attributed to the fact that they give individuals the opportunity to creat their oen space. This can prove beneficial for outgoing people, allowing them to further enhance their personality.For those who are not very social these websites can bring out an expression not seen otherwise.Noprizes for guessing why orkut won MTV India's youth Icon Tital of the year in 2007!

Apart from being the social saving grace for many these websites also help people get to know each other better. futhermore these web sites feature a gamut of entertaining tools and application for almost every personality type

For some virtual world gives them much more.The events application on facebook keeps abreast with the latest happening in city. For instant post the terror attacks in mumbai, numerous peace rallies that took place.

According to an interesting study conducted on student between 16-18 years of age last year in the US,student listed technology skills creativity receptiveness to diverse views and communication skills as some of things that they learnt from social networkking sites.

Though networking sites are great way to connect to the world they too have their share of negative attribute thus its best to visit these sites in moderation without mis using your freedom.