A youth
culture phenomenon, Skyblog was started as an adjunct to France’s leading independent radio station in 2002 and has
grown in to not just the Francophone web’s hottest property but also the world’s ninth most popular social site and Europe’s third.
Skyrock.com started off as a blogging site,
Skyblog.com. kyblog's easy-to-use interface proved a hit right from its launch with its young, primarily French-speaking audience. In May 2007, after abandoning the Skyblog.com brand , Skyrock.com was launched as a full-scale social network, with new functionalities such as adding friends, an inbox, chat rooms and member profiles. Skyrock.com is a social networking site offering its members a free, personal web space. One can create a blog, add a profile, and exchange messages with other registered members. The site also offers a specific space for members who create blogs showcasing their original musical compositions.
I would have to admit that this the first time that I’ve heard about this social networking site. It currently boasts of more than 9 million members worldwide and 19 million Bebo blogs which it supports and manage. Hence Skyrock Network made it to the top 5 of the June 2008 social networking site analytics. Though Skyrock.com already has WAP carriage on Orange and Vodafone and i-mode on Bouygues, its pioneers reckon the potential is even greater because “social networking is the future of telecoms”.