#2 on Google's 'Fastest-growing global search term' connects Americans with
the world without annoying advertising, banner slogans or pop-ups
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Badoo, an international sensation,
with over 12.7 million users worldwide, announced its official launch in
the United States. The announcement follows recent honors as Most Popular
Online Community by Website-of-the-Year* in Spain and France. Badoo.com is
now poised to take the United States by storm in 2008. According to Lucy
George, Badoo's communications director, "Badoo has already been introduced
into 180 countries and our rapid success has led an organic expansion and
official introduction to the United States." As a truly global social
network, Badoo offers its members the ability to communicate in seven
different languages. That number will triple in 2008, allowing for
interaction that breaks barriers, borders and benchmarks. The annual Google
Zeitgeist ranked Badoo as the second fastest-growing global search term
behind only the iPhone.
Badoo gives their members direct control of their audience and reach
through the use of a revolutionary and proprietary community hierarchy
system called "Rise Up." This feature allows members to instantly move to
the top of a rolling list of profiles gaining greater exposure for their
personal profile, providing a captive, global viewership. Moreover, Badoo
users enjoy superior transparency over the competition allowing their
members to see who has viewed their profile and other exclusive features.
Badoo was brought to life in 2006 by a group of forward-thinking
techies who wanted more out of their social networking experience. Their
vision was to create a community transcending all countries and languages
while simultaneously supporting the unique local cultures of its members.
Badoo is an interactive experience whose members can choose to be
center-stage, sharing their stories, ideas, photos and lives. With positive
member experience as Badoo's primary goal, the network was created with
safety, simplicity and friendliness in mind. Badoo's founders believe the
user experience is of the utmost importance so they decided to create a
self-funded, ad-free community site where members are not bothered by
advertising, banner slogans or pop-ups.
Despite Badoo's relative infancy in the social networking arena,
membership is growing at a breakneck pace with approximately one million
new members joining each month. Individuals who speak multiple languages
now have a medium to meet and converse with others across the globe with
ease. Members further enjoy the site's lightning-quick uploads of photos
and videos that enhance the customization experience.
* For Website-of-the-Year URL in Spain:
http://www.lamejorpaginaweb.com/winners.php;
In France: http://www.sitedelannee.com/winners.php
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Related links:
http://www.lamejorpaginaweb.com/winners.php
http://www.sitedelannee.com/winners.php
CONTACT:
Jamie Haley of JS2 Communications,
+1-323-866-0880, jhaley@js2comm.com, for Badoo
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