Netlog

Netlog is a social networking website that is based in Belgium. The site is growing at a very fast rate for the youth in Europe and the Middle East. Recently Joost the Middle Eastern social network formed an alliance with Netlog and this boosted the user base to 40 million people.http://techcrunch.com/2009/03/05/joost-continues-fight-for-relevancy-teams-up-with-social-network-netlog/ With the alliance, the Netlog users will be able to access and share the music video and TV library. The users are able to create a profile and post their music and pictures. They are also able to play games and join groups.http://en.netlog.com/go/news

This company was formed in 2003 and was created by Lorenz Bogaert CEO and Toon Coppnes CTO with Saul Klein as Investor and Boris Bogaert as the Director of Business Development.http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netlog

Netlog was originally called Facebox. As of March 2010 Netlog has over 60 million users. With each month, Netlog brings out new games and features to make the social aspect more fun. They have recently initiated the fan option, which allows someone let the other person know that they are interested in gaining friendship. It still protects their personal information until they accept them as a friend.http://en.netlog.com/go/news They have recently added new games and even more features to the site.

There are many popular games on Netlog. They are flash games that are accessible on the Netlog platform. Some of the games that they provide are sports games such as Pool Practice and Online Football Managerhttp://en.netlog.com/go/explore/games

There are arcade games such as Gold Digger , Pacman and Asteroids A full section of puzzle type games like Connect 4", Hyper Sudoku and Word Challenge. For the users that enjoy strategy games they have included Hitman's Life.http://en.netlog.com/go/explore/games

There is a fully functioning chat bar which allows the member to chat with their friends as they play games together and exchange pictures and share music. http://en.netlog.com/go/news There are also groups that are created for the members to join and share information.