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Social Networking sites (SNS) continue to grow strong in China despite the fact that there’s no solid business model. Following Xiaonei.com, which we have discussed earlier, TG found another fast growing SNS Kaixin001.com, literally means ”happy” 開心網 in Chinese.

The SNS is now on beta and it does not take any new registration. Instead it starts using viral marketing approach by encouraging existing members to send invitation to their friends. It was reported that the site has experienced exponent growth in the last three months.
What makes it so attractive to the users? TG learnt that the game applications in the site are very well designed. Many Chinese users got addicted to it.
Forbes Magazine reported that China has surpassed the States and become the largest internet users country in the world. Yet unlike Americans, who look for useful information, Chinese users tend to use the Internet for chatting and playing games.
| Location | Number Of Users (mil) | % Of Population |
| GuangDong | 14.8 | 17.9% |
| Shandong | 9.9 | 10.8 |
| Shanghai | 4.6 | 26.6 |
| Beijing | 4.3 | 28.7 |
| Henan | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Hunan | 3.5 | 5.2 |
Source: China Internet Network Information Center, CNNIC.net
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Kelikuru.com is 嘰哩咕嚕, a Chinese term basically means rumbling. The idea comes across TG's mind while watching a cartoon show on TV few years ago. We walk through our life,day by day ; speak to many people, known or unknown, year after year and we may not notice that there are so many wonderful things passing by. Writing a blog can literally leave my foot-prints in the internet world, help me keep the memory. At this moment, a big chunk of my life is closely aligned with user-centric design, user research, web-based environment both in Hong Kong and China. Perhaps I may not be like that tomorrow, I may be in other setting, have nothing to do with usability, but who knows what's going to happen next?
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January 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
funny, this kaixin.com sends random emails, asking MSN or hotmail users to log in with their email adress and password. I remember a service called bebo (maybe I’m wrong) which did it the same way – an easy way to collect the users personal data… including password. No thanks.
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