State of America That Hosts World's Top 9 Websites: California

No one can deny the importance and need of internet in the present Era. And same is the truth, those countries who got early access to internet are leading in the field of progress. Even a kid knows that internet has changed the planet into a Global Village. There are some countries who own the most famous websites on internet and virtually or in some other way, they have almost full control on internet. Whenever we talk about such countries, America is the name which is always on top. 


Which state of America has control of most of the websites? Here are listed some of the top ranked websites, and they have one thing in common, which you will find in the below list:

1- Google:
World's largest and most popular search engine, Google. Google is the #1 in Alexa ranking, processes over 40,000 search queries in 1 second. Google has introduced its versions for almost every country. And one thing about Google is that it doesn't need to be introduced much.
Google's Head-office is in Mountain View, California, America.

2- Facebook:
In year 2004, some friends created a network to be in contact. This network grew up and now is world's largest social network, known as Facebook. Facebook proved to be a revolutionary website in the world of internet.
Nowadays, Facebook's Head-office is in Menlo Park, California.

3- Yahoo:
Yahoo, globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo! Search, and related services, including Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and its social media website.
Yahoo has its head office in Sunnyvale, California.

4- Twitter:
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world.

5- Youtube:
YouTube is a global video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload, view, rate, share, and comment on videos, and it makes use of WebM, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media video. Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, movie trailers, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.


6- Instagram:
Social site named as Instagram, was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched in 2010 as a free mobile app. Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through a variety of other social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr. Instagram's Head-office is hosted by San Francisco, California.


7- Whatsapp:
WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary cross-platform, encrypted, instant messaging client for smartphones. It uses the Internet to send text messages, documents, images, video, user location and audio messages to other users using standard cellular mobile numbers.
As of February 2016, WhatsApp had a user base of one billion, making it the most popular messaging application.
WhatsApp Inc., based in Mountain View, California, United States, was acquired by Facebook Inc. on February 19, 2014, for approximately US$19.3 billion.

8- LinkedIn:
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service. Founded on December 14, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of 2015, most of the site's revenue came from selling access to information about its users to recruiters and sales professionals. As of March 2016, LinkedIn has more than 433 million users, out of which more than 106 million are active. LinkedIn has its Head-office in Mountain View, California.

9- Pinterest: 
Pinterest is a web and mobile application company that operates a photo sharing website. Registration is required for use. The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. It is managed by Cold Brew Labs and funded by a small group of entrepreneurs and investors.
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann summarized the company as a "catalog of ideas," rather than as a social network, that inspires users to "go out and do that thing." Pinterest is also controlled in San Francisco, California.

So, answer to the question "Which state of America has control of most of the websites?" is "California".
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