The ranking of the most popular sites in the world includes search engines, social networks, online stores and video hosting. On these sites, users are looking for answers to their questions, communicate with people from all over the world, watch various videos, buy goods, improve and self-develop.
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The most visited and popular site in the world is Google. It is a search engine that processes over 41 billion queries every month. This site is visited not only in order to find the necessary information, but also to use useful services. Google provides services such as free mail, translator, maps, blogs, hosting, etc. Every day on Google people search for information in 191 languages of the world.
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The second place in the ranking of popular sites is occupied by Facebook, which is a social network that aims to exchange information, communicate and meet. It was founded in 2004 by Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow dorm roommates. As of July 2014, Facebook had 1.22 billion users. 720 million people visit the site every day. Thanks to this site, Zuckerberg, at 23, became the youngest billionaire in the world.
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The next popular site is YouTube video hosting. It gives visitors the opportunity to share their videos for everyone to see. The hosting was established in 2005. A year later, the site was acquired by Google. In addition to adding videos, users can write annotations, rate others and leave their comments. YouTube currently occupies an important place in the media world. Many companies and organizations on the site create accounts and promote their products through the service.
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Since 1995, the Yahoo web portal is also one of the most popular sites in the world. This resource includes sections such as news, replies, mail, groups, catalog, videos, music, etc. More than half a billion people are active users of the portal.
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In fifth place in the list of popular sites is the Chinese resource Baidu. It is a search engine that has its own forum, music files, encyclopedia and web pages. It was Baidu who was the first to develop a system for finding the necessary information from mobile phones.
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The sixth place is occupied by the largest and most famous electronic encyclopedia wikipedia. Articles of the popular site have been translated into 285 languages of the world. It is on this resource that you can find information and a brief overview about a person, event, concept, etc. More than 100 thousand people are engaged in filling out the encyclopedia. The list of the most popular sites in the world also includes Windows Live, Tencent QQ, Amazon, Twitter.
