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Type of site | Social networking service |
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Available in | Multilingual (2) |
Owner | Zorpia Co. Ltd. |
Created by | Jeffrey Ng, CEO of Zorpia Co. Ltd. |
URL | www |
Launched | December 7, 2003 |
Current status | Active |
Zorpia (Chinese: 若比鄰) is a social networking service, popular in India and China. Zorpia is one of the few ICP-licensed international social networks.[2][3] The social networking site has 2 million unique users per month and has grown to a total worldwide user base of 26 million.[2][4][5] Jeffrey Ng is the company's founder and CEO of Zorpia. The privately-funded company is based in Hong Kong and has 30 employees.[6]
History
[edit]In December 2003, Jeffrey Ng founded Zorpia as a social networking service.[2] Ng took the name Zorpia because he wanted it to be an online nation for people looking for new relationships.[7] While sites like Facebook and twitter are still banned in China, the ban has allowed Zorpia to use its ICP license in China to grow its user base.[2][8] Ng plans to expand Zorpia into 22 additional marketing in countries such as the UK, Taiwan, Australia, and Canada.[5][8][9]
Leadership
[edit]Jeffrey Ng began his entrepreneurial career at the age of 13.[10] He started his own Japanese music website and music search engine.[11] He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a degree in computer engineering.[10] Before building Zorpia, he worked for Expedia Inc. and at his university’s National Center for Supercomputing Applications.[5][12]
Services
[edit]Zorpia's features include photo-sharing, social networking, messaging and profiles.[2][4][13] [14] Zorpia has developed technology to analyze and predict compatibility between strangers, and has developed false identity prevention systems and user attractiveness discovery algorithms to help people make friends.[15]
Zorpia is one of the only social networking sites permitted for use in China.[10]
Recognition
[edit]Alexa Internet ranks Zorpia among the 6,000 most-visited websites worldwide, with a global rank of 3,562 and with 40% users from India and 10% users from China.[16][17] Alexa also ranks Zorpia among the top 1000 most popular websites in India, with a rank of 933.[16]
Business Today India named Zorpia as the growth leader in the India market from 2009-2010.[12] Zorpia has been recognized by CNN, China Daily, the biggest English newspaper in China, and it has been featured in Phoenix Television's A Date with Luyu.[13][18][19]
References
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- ^ a b "Zorpia". Crunchbase. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Zorpia - About Us". Zorpia. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Zorpia". VB Profiles. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ Andrew Moran (February 21, 2013). "Reinvigorating the social networking experience with Zorpia". Digital Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "Zorpia Launches Social Network Site for China; Company Plans to Launch More Than 22 Social Networking Portals Worldwide". The Free Library. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Zorpia Plans to Launch 22 Social Networks Worldwide". Online Personals Watch. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Alternatives to Facebook Increase Social Media Competition". Yahoo! Voices. February 14, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ darlynd (September 2012). "Interview with Zorpia Ceo, Jeffrey Ng". Studymode. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "Zorpia India: Fastest Growing Social Network 2009-2010". altnews.asia. February 25, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b Andrew Moran (February 21, 2013). "Reinvigorating the social networking experience with Zorpia". Digital Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Interview with Jeffrey Ng, CEO from Zorpia". TechAddress. November 21, 2006. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ Bruce Walker (February 11, 2013). "Zorpia Resurfaces Social Media Landscape". Vatalyst. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "Zorpia.com". Alexa. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ Hamish McKenzie (August 7, 2012). "Friend-Finding Social Network Zorpia Is No Facebook, But At Least It Has Friends In China". PandoDaily. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Blumberg Capital on CNN Money: SXSW Through a VC's Eyes". YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "《鲁豫有约》2008年02月19日". YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
Category:Companies established in 2003 Category:Companies of Hong Kong Category:Software companies