Bebo.com dominates the UK market just before ebay, facebook and far behind myspaces.
Well, Google’s OpenSocial initiative includes a big name after all. Check the CampFire OpenSocial Video
MySpace has embraced the OpenSocial APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), a means of building applications for all sorts of social networking sites that aren’t Facebook.
OpenSocial was set as an initiative by Google for an ANTI Facebook plan. (Check how you can IN 5 SECONDS deactivate your facebook account here)
OpenSocial is and will remain a counter for Facebook Platform, the API that Facebook served up to developers last May.
GOOGLE OPENSOCIAL= NING+LinkedIN+Myspace+BEBO Who knows if these joint ventures can lead for a successfully implemented OpenSocial platform, time will tell.
MySpace, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.
When we spoke to two other OpenSocial members earlier today, both Ning and LinkedIn described Google as the project’s sole ringleader. “Google has been leading the charge, but at the same time they’ve been extremely open to feedback and different ideas,” Ning CEO Gina Bianchini told us.
According to research firm Hitwise, Bebo recently overtook eBay as the most searched for brand in the UK. And it has likely overtaken MySpace as Britain’s top social networker.
