03/03/2010
Pierre Bellanger cannot help heaving a sigh. “Prior to Facebook, the landscape was simple,” says the chief executive and founder of Skyrock, the French social networking site. “We were the absolute dominant player in France. People used Skyrock for their blogs and MSN for chatting. Now we are no longer alone, we are in an ecosystem where we have to fight hard for market share. We are sharing the time of our users with Facebook.”