Facebook, Friendster and Philippine Traffic
April 5th, 2007 | by ka edong |Facebook is so popular here in Canada. My Toronto-based cousin is a newbie on Facebook. She gave in to her curiousity and joined after receiving so many Facebook invites from her Canadian friends.
Friendster isn’t as popular in Canada as it is in the Philippines. So how about Pinoys in Canada?
Well, here’s the latest report. My Pinoy friends in Canada tell me that they use Friendster.
And here’s the clincher. They observed that the Friendster website slows down to a snail-pace during particular hours of the day. Specifically during the early evening in the Philippines (Friendster time for Pinoy students) and in the first few hours of the workday in the Philippines (Friendster time for Pinoy workers).
Is it possible that the sheer volume of simultaneous Philippine Friendster users can in fact slow down the Friendster servers?
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11 Responses to “Facebook, Friendster and Philippine Traffic”
By Michael Ligalig on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
87 % of Philippine Internet traffic goes to Friendster usage. That’s according to a report I read.
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By jhay on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
If that report is accurate then we could say that Pinoys are the only ones who keep Friendster from totally sinking.
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By ka edong on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
Michael, I sure would like to read that report, do you have a link?
Jhay,
And if the report is accurate, I find it rather pathetic. (I’m sure there’s a qualifier somewhere e.g. “87% of internet *cafe* traffic”)
But if the report is true, I think this is a phase in Pinoy Internet user maturity.
We will need to move on to more productive internet usage.
Like communicating with relatives/colleagues, online learning, research, news, projects, online services, and …. (a whole lot more)
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By from jhay (posted by ka edong) on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
From my observation, Pinoys who go to internet cafes use Friendster and then yahoo messenger for video chatting. They use it to communicate with their relatives abroad instead of making regular IDD phone calls.
Those who do use the internet for learning and research (technically) are mostly students. By technically I mean that they use the internet to plagiarize content for their schoolworks.
Then again this is still part of the maturing phase of the Pilipino netizen.
Jhay
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By ka edong on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply
Agree
It will take time and relevant content/services for our netizens to mature.
Bloggers have been helping put local content online (not necessarily relevant). That’s a big step forward for Pinoy netizens
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By Manuel Amora on May 10, 2007 | Reply
My Blogger of the Week
Time to surf my favorite links and here it goes….
C) In Techno world, my favorite link is “Technobiography”, because maybe the blog is having simple web/blog design and the blogger explained his entries in a way an ordinary English language reader like me easily understand.
One of his entry caught my attention is “Facebook, Friendster and Philippine Traffic”. Knowing that Friendster is a widely used web social networking in the Philippines.
I am a Friendster user before but I deleted it due to some individuals who creep around my account and leave unsolicited messages in my mailbox. Maybe I will activate a new social networking account and try Facebook this time.
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By jane on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
I’m looking for an advertising network to monetize my Philipines traffic. Can anyone recommend a company with strength in this field?
Thanks,
Jayne
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By ka edong on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Hi Jane,
Referring you to three networks:
a.) Blogbank: doctors@blogbank.com.ph
b.) Redsight media: “Abe Olandres” yuga_abe@yahoo.com
c.) Asiacentury: “HaloHalo” info@halohalo.ph,
http://www.asiacentury.ph
Goodluck!
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By Raffy on Nov 16, 2008 | Reply
here in our shop.. everyone uses friendster …
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