Over the past few years Facebook has entered the lives of millions of american college students. We have postponed writing papers, studying and visiting with people face to face because the addictive attraction facebook holds to stalk, talk and keep up with all our friends. Facebooks has always allowed us to stay connected with friends who are far away. So it would only make sense that they now are extending to many different countries as well.
Facebook is now the fastest growing network in Europe. The company has officially announced that they will soon be opening an office in London. This past August a poll was taken that showed users in the UK overall viewed 5.5 billion pages, with the average user viewing around 1,100 pages.
England is not the only country to catch the wave of Facebook. Many other countries are finding Facebook to be the best communication network. In 2008, the top three fastest growing facebook countries include:
Chile- 3,682,680 people
Venezuela- 1,591,220 people
Argentina- 1,094,780 people
As Facebook expands to different countries, it is important for them to translate the site into the many different languages. Though Myspace already offers versions of Spanish, German, French and Italian; Facebook is working on a translation application as well that will allow users to translate the site into their desired language. Facebooks goal in their international expansion is to make it “avaliable to everyone, everywhere, in all languages.”
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