Competitive Analysis

Get You Hip Network runs a service that is dedicated to providing its users with the newest information around. Whether it is fashion, sporting, music, or current events Get You Hip Network will be the user's fastest and most informative resource. Get You Hip Network is available via website and through applications formatted specifically for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, and Blackberry Mobile.

StumbleUpon is a service that provides it users with a discovery engine. The engine finds and recommends content from the internet for its users based on their selected preferences. There are toolbar versions of the engine that are compatible with various internet explorers, and also app versions for the iPhone and Android mobile devices. Get You Hip Network's information gathering service is run with a discovery engine as well, but it allows for more parameters to be set allowing the user to have more control over the information they want to see. As StumbleUpon provides a way to keep its users entertained/satisfied with the information they receive, Get You Hip Network wishes to keep users updated on the topics they search for.

Facebook, one of the world's most popular social networking sites, provides its users with a powerful networking tool. The users can chat instantly with friends, view photos, play games, and like pages consisting of various topics. While Get You Hip Network wishes to incorporate Facebook into the network by allowing the users to import contacts from Facebook, the network also is in competition with Facebook on the grounds of the total amount of users of the network. Get You Hip Network does have a leg up on Facebook however as the information of its users is not open to the public against the user's wishes. The default privacy settings make it so that all user information submitted is protected and encrypted unless the user wishes to show certain information.

Get You Hip Network's service faces strong competition from outside companies such as StumbleUpon and Facebook, but the interactive and informative nature of the network will serve to be the most innovative social service on the market. The perfect combination of information gathering and social networking will prove to be a key element in the network's success.

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