Top 5 Social Websites Failed

Mar 19, 2013, by admin

Now Days The Social Networking Sites Were Become More Popular like Facebook twitter etc Now We are Going To See The Social Network Sites Which Are Failed

iTunes ping

iTunes Ping, also known simply as Ping, was a software-based, music-oriented social networking and recommender system service developed and operated by Apple. It was announced and launched on 1 September 2010, ^[2] as part of the tenth major release of iTunes. The service launched with 1 million members  in 23 countries. The service allowed users to follow artists and see short timely postings by both friends and artists. Ping was also accessible via iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch.^[6]

Apple officially closed the service on September 30, 2012 and replaced it in iTunes with Facebook and Twitter integration.

orkut

Orkut is a social networking website that is owned and operated by Google^[1] The service is designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website is named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. Although Orkut is less popular in the United States than competitors Facebook and MySpace

MySpace

Myspace was founded in 2003 and was acquired by News Corporation in July 2005 for $580 million.  From 2005 until early 2008, Myspace was the most visited social networking site in the world, and in June 2006 surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States.^[11][12] In April 2008, Myspace was overtaken by Facebook in the number of unique worldwide visitors, and was surpassed in the number of unique U.S. visitors in May 2009

Xanga

Xanga  is a website that hosts weblogs, photoblogs, and social networking profiles. It is operated by Xanga.com, Inc., based in New York City.

EONS

Eons.com is a social networking site for baby boomers and other internet users over age 40 looking for their own social networking “space” online, away from the more common networks and communities used by younger generations It Was Launched by Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor in July 2006, Eons was backed by venture capital financing from General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, Charles River Ventures, Intel Capital and Humana, Inc. In June 2012, the site shut down and the following was posted on the EON Facebook webpage:

“To our Eons members,

We know many you have all been waiting patiently for news on the future of the site. As a team, we have been working to resolve the business issues with our service provider. We have negotiated in good faith to restore the site and move forward. Unfortunately our provider is demanding a financial commitment that we cannot make at this time. We are at an impasse. While we have worked behind the scenes to try to come up with an alternative to get the site restored, none of those have worked out either. For the foreseeable future, the site will remain down.

As Matt stated before, there is no reason to worry about your personal data; it is secure. We will continue to pursue all avenues available to bring Eons back.