Comments on: Nigeria’s Social Networking Giants - Legwork.com.ng Versus OnlineNigeria.com

By: StartupsNigeria » Nigeria’s Social Networking Sites on Alexa Top 100

StartupsNigeria » Nigeria’s Social Networking Sites on Alexa Top 100 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:56:20 +0000

[...] and finding old or meeting new friends. Current Alexa ranking - 27, 230. I have reviewed Legwork here in a comparative web analysis with onlinenigeria.com Meanwhile, other highly visited social [...]

By: Loy

Loy — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:32:36 +0000

Temi & 9ice - I agree with your views about both sites. Perhaps this blog should be critically analysing Nigerian sites rather than simply profiling them…

By: 9ice

9ice — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:29:11 +0000

I hate legwork.com.ng

What sensible meaning does legwork portray? The reason they have a lot of traffic from Nigeria is that they allow you to send invite sms to your friends in Nigeria.

Legwork spams your email address (thank God it lands in the junk folder anyway) with blog updates… blog updates you never asked for during signup.

the whole interface is messy. Reminds me of the way websites were 6 years ago. Much like copying myspace at a time when people are moving away from myspace.

Now, to online Nigeria: They are spreading their net too much. They have refused to be good in one thing just because they have an ‘advantageous’ domain name.

the only ones who make me proud as a Nigerian online are people like Temi up above with his sturvs.com

By: Temi

Temi — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:10:00 +0000

I feel Legwork is doing a very good job. On the other hand, the amount of advertising on OnlineNigeria is ridiculous. I feel the website will do much better without all those popups. Popups are not even in fashion anymore, especially not on Web 2.0 social networking websites. Moderate placement of banners will do.

I would also consider OnlineNigeria as more of a news website than anything else.