Ning network creators do still have a free option. GROU.PS, the largest competitor of Ning, adds the OpenSocial support and makes the transition of Ning apps possible.
Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) May 6, 2010 -- GROU.PS, the world's most flexible white label social networking platform, today announces the alpha availability of the OpenSocial support on their platform. The announcement comes amidst Ning's anticipated closure of free networks on May 4th, 2010. GROU.PS' OpenSocial container currently renders canvas mode apps only and supports the basic PersonService. With this announcement, GROU.PS, the largest competitor of Ning, also becomes the second white label social networking platform that supports OpenSocial."GROU.PS has been supporting 3rd party apps through an open source module submission program that barely worked due to the lack of a testing environment for app developers but we are very optimistic about the opportunities that the OpenSocial brings," said Emre Sokullu, the founder and CEO of the Palo Alto based company. "GROU.PS was originally planning to support Facebook Platform due to its extensive app ecosystem. However, the requests of the migrating Ning network creators pushed us to reevaluate our roadmap, and we decided to welcome existing Ning apps onto our platform first."However, current limitations may prevent many Ning apps to be ported to GROU.PS. The company says that they are continuously improving the platform and the full compatibility with Ning is expected to arrive within a month. GROU.PS also announced that the company hit another milestone last week, with the registration of the 3 millionth member. "We are experiencing an amazing exponential growth here, we reached 1 million members in 3 years, 2 million members in 6 months and 3 million members in just 4 months," said Emre Sokullu. The company has added more than 10k groups in just a week after Ning's announcement and is nearing towards the milestone of 100k groups. Some of the networks that moved to the GROU.PS platform are: - http://grou.ps/bonestube - fans of the TV series, Bones
- http://grou.ps/yahoomate - a chat community from Philippines
- http://www.vidinow.net/ - a closed network to share your life with like-minded people
- http://grou.ps/eefa - a home based jobs community from India with more than 1000 members
- http://grou.ps/altnetvan - a local .NET programming community in Vancouver
Ning refugees can learn more about GROU.PS and access a migration plan from http://grou.ps/move_ning.phpInterested app developers and existing Ning app makers can submit their apps from http://grou.ps/groupsdev/76006According to Alexa, GROU.PS is today one of the world's top 6000 web properties. The site pushes 1PB of data each month, has more than 3 million registered members and 12 million monthly unique visitors worldwide. About GROU.PS
GROU.PS is a do-it-yourself social networking platform that allows people to come together and form interactive communities around a shared interest or affiliation. The functionality of any online group is limited only by the members’ collective imagination and ambition. The GROU.PS platform is used to create a wide variety of community sites, including online gaming forums, e-learning classrooms, fan clubs, charity fundraising campaigns, college alumni societies, and event planning portals. In short, any organization seeking to aggregate and organize people online can greatly improve its effectiveness, engagement and appeal by migrating to the GROU.PS platform. By giving any user the ability to create an easy-to-use, yet powerful, social network, GROU.PS is propelling online collaboration, communication and content sharing in a new socially-aware direction. The company is privately held and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with development offices in Istanbul, Turkey. GROU.PS was founded in early 2006 by Emre Sokullu. The site has more than 3 million registered members. The company is backed by Golden Horn Ventures. For more information, visit http://grou.ps###
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Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) May 6, 2010 -- GROU.PS, the world's most flexible white label social networking platform, today announces the alpha availability of the OpenSocial support on their platform. The announcement comes amidst Ning's anticipated closure of free networks on May 4th, 2010. GROU.PS' OpenSocial container currently renders canvas mode apps only and supports the basic PersonService. With this announcement, GROU.PS, the largest competitor of Ning, also becomes the second white label social networking platform that supports OpenSocial."GROU.PS has been supporting 3rd party apps through an open source module submission program that barely worked due to the lack of a testing environment for app developers but we are very optimistic about the opportunities that the OpenSocial brings," said Emre Sokullu, the founder and CEO of the Palo Alto based company. "GROU.PS was originally planning to support Facebook Platform due to its extensive app ecosystem. However, the requests of the migrating Ning network creators pushed us to reevaluate our roadmap, and we decided to welcome existing Ning apps onto our platform first."However, current limitations may prevent many Ning apps to be ported to GROU.PS. The company says that they are continuously improving the platform and the full compatibility with Ning is expected to arrive within a month. GROU.PS also announced that the company hit another milestone last week, with the registration of the 3 millionth member. "We are experiencing an amazing exponential growth here, we reached 1 million members in 3 years, 2 million members in 6 months and 3 million members in just 4 months," said Emre Sokullu. The company has added more than 10k groups in just a week after Ning's announcement and is nearing towards the milestone of 100k groups. Some of the networks that moved to the GROU.PS platform are: - http://grou.ps/bonestube - fans of the TV series, Bones
- http://grou.ps/yahoomate - a chat community from Philippines
- http://www.vidinow.net/ - a closed network to share your life with like-minded people
- http://grou.ps/eefa - a home based jobs community from India with more than 1000 members
- http://grou.ps/altnetvan - a local .NET programming community in Vancouver
Ning refugees can learn more about GROU.PS and access a migration plan from http://grou.ps/move_ning.phpInterested app developers and existing Ning app makers can submit their apps from http://grou.ps/groupsdev/76006According to Alexa, GROU.PS is today one of the world's top 6000 web properties. The site pushes 1PB of data each month, has more than 3 million registered members and 12 million monthly unique visitors worldwide. About GROU.PS
GROU.PS is a do-it-yourself social networking platform that allows people to come together and form interactive communities around a shared interest or affiliation. The functionality of any online group is limited only by the members’ collective imagination and ambition. The GROU.PS platform is used to create a wide variety of community sites, including online gaming forums, e-learning classrooms, fan clubs, charity fundraising campaigns, college alumni societies, and event planning portals. In short, any organization seeking to aggregate and organize people online can greatly improve its effectiveness, engagement and appeal by migrating to the GROU.PS platform. By giving any user the ability to create an easy-to-use, yet powerful, social network, GROU.PS is propelling online collaboration, communication and content sharing in a new socially-aware direction. The company is privately held and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with development offices in Istanbul, Turkey. GROU.PS was founded in early 2006 by Emre Sokullu. The site has more than 3 million registered members. The company is backed by Golden Horn Ventures. For more information, visit http://grou.ps###
Emre Sokullu
6505214745
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