Ning

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Ning( 'Peace' in Chinese), co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini, was launched in October 2005. Ning provides the users with various tools that enables them to create their own Social Networking Platforms.The social networks running on Ning's service are programmed with PHP and the platform itself is built in Java.

Based in Palo Alto, California the net rating firms estimate around 3.5-4 Million users per month Social Media Statistics while it officially has 22 million total registered users. Business Insider

Initially it was funded by Bianchini, Angel Investors and Andreessen. Led by Legg Mason, in July 2007, Ning raised US$44 million in venture capital while in March 2008, the company announced raising an additional US$60 million in capital. The set of investors however, was not disclosed.

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• Ning offers templates of a group website, a photos website, and a videos website for people to copy and use.
• Provides a single application which enables people to easily create their own social network and also customize it.
• It has both free and paid options. The free option includes ads floated and controlled by Ning.
• If the user opts for the paid option, he can control the ads appearing on the network. Users can also opt for other premium services like extra storage and bandwidth and non-Ning URLs.
• Ning also launched support for OpenSocial APIs through which developers will be able to run OpenSocial gadgets within their networks. 

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