3. Evolution of Social Networking in
India Year - 2005
• 2005 – The First Hi5 to social
networking
• What ticked the Indian User off?
• Freedom of Speech
• Voyeurism
• New Friends
4. Evolution of Social Networking in
India Year - 2006
• 2006 – The rise of Orkut!
• What ticked the Indian User off?
• Exclusivity
• Simplicity
• Huge Reach & Freedom of Speech
5. Evolution of Social Networking in
India Year - 2007
• 2007 – The Orkut VS Facebook Era
• What ticked the Indian User off?
• Security vs Sex Peverts
• Private Network vs Open Network
• Passive Feed With Viral Elements
• The bees go where the honey is
• Apps – A Different level to Interaction
6. Evolution of Social Networking in
India Year - 2008
• 2008 – The Facebook Revolution
Begins!
• What ticked the Indian User off?
• Facebook Chat
• Facebook Connect (Going all over web)
• More Interesting apps
• Better Security
• Early Adopters Shift To Facebook
7. Evolution of Social Networking in
India Year - 2009
• 2009 – The Facebook vs Twitter Game.
Offline Media Joins The Fun!
• What ticked the Indian User off?
• Facebook Goes Mainstream (Dhoni Aircel Ad)
• Social Games Come to the fore
• Realtime Revolution
• Twitter attracts Glitterati
• Twitter attracts Journalists
• Twitter Goes Print, TV & Radio
9. LATEST TRENDS
• Social Mobile
• Socialization of search
• Geo-targeting of Social Media Marketing
• Social Commerce
• Social Gaming
• Social Magazine Super Blogs
• Global Micro Niche Business
10. CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME
• Privacy
• Transparency
• Diversity
• Business Integration
• Convergence
• Relationships
• ROI
11. CHALLENGES
• Hacking(recent hacking of Pfizer’s corporate
Facebook page)
• Technical challenges(e.g custom wall)
• Involve Significant manual moderation, Receiving
comments in multiple languages that need to be
translated, reviewed and approved in a timely
manner is both challenging and time consuming for
30+ pages for each company.
12. CONTI…
• Facebook is continually developing its products
and services, so further changes are not only
possible but also should be expected.