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Social Networking Website Badoo Hits Hundred Million

Social Networking Website Badoo Hits Hundred Million

October 12, 2011

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BadooOver the past few years, internet has flooded with social networks, blogs and content management systems. Now there are numerous social networking sites and WordPress blogs in different categories such as technology, design, photography and many more.

Badoo is a freshly introduced social networking website. It was started in August 2011 and amazingly there are more than hundred million users; according its website. Although it has much more to see similar to Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, but it is also amazing to see a website taking such as good start.

Interestingly the website was launched from London and Badoo was designed by a company based in Cyprus, and it is owned by a Russian businessman named Andrey Andreev. Although the website welcomes users from around the world but it is observed to receive most traffic from Spain, France and Italy. Badoo has also received good appreciation in France.

Another interesting thing about the website is that it has a premium feature, which allows users to have their profiles published on different parts of the website such as landing page, which are also linked to their profiles and have images of their profile pictures. The website was originally designed as a dating website but on receiving good amount of traffic, Badoo became a social network and it is now 52th most popular website in France according to Alexa Internet.

However the website is banned in some countries including United Arab Emirates and Iran due to its explicit rated contents and user profiles. What is more interesting to know about Badoo is that according to Finland’s largest newspaper Iltalehti, Badoo has profiles of users without their permission and they also reported to police about the fact. The website is also expected to have explicit contents, which subjected the website to be banned in some countries.