Growing Social Networks and their Design

Despite the many alternatives, there is only one name in the search engine game these days. Google continues to dominate peoples screens, and is the automatic choice when it comes to internet home pages. Their brand has become synonymous with the internet itself. The company is so influential that people even use its name as a verb. How many times have you heard somebody say "Google it" when they want to find out information on a certain subject. However, they are no longer the only internet site to be thought of in this way. Social networking sites such as Facebook and, more recently, Twitter have been mounting a challenge on Google's web domination. Twitter for example is growing at a rate of over 100 000 new users a day and is estimated to have over 165 million users in total. Communication on Twitter is mainly in the form of short messages known as "tweets", which enable users to let their followers, as well as the rest of the world, know what they are doing and thinking. However, the number of passive Twitter users is growing as well as people realise that there is more to Twitter than posting tweets. A lot of people who sign up to Twitter these days to so to follow their favourite celebrities. It is also used increasingly as a search engine.

Our desire to be permanently connected is stronger than ever and it is becoming easier and easier to achieve. The Twitter application for mobile phones is now a must have feature for companies releasing new phones, allowing people to "tweet" on the go. 55 million "tweets" are made every single day, from PCs, laptops and mobile phones, whilst the Twitter search engine receives over 600 million queries a day. Figures such as these show that Twitter really could challenge Google's status as the world's most popular site. So if you are a fan of Twitter but you are a bit concerned that with all these new profiles being created yours might be lost in the crowd, get yourself a Twitter background to make sure your site is eye catching and memorable. Viuu.co.uk has created 1000s of stunning and completely original backgrounds, from pictures of the biggest stars like Justin Bieber and Lady GaGa, to amazing wildlife photos and everything in between, and they are all 100% free. The designers at Viuu.co.uk can even make you a completely customised Twitter background from the material that you send them. Twitter is fast becoming the Google of tomorrow, so optimise your profile today with a new Twitter background.