What is VK?
If you live in Russia, then you’re very familiar with the Russian social media website called vk.com formerly known as VKontakte which is also called Russian Facebook. VK was released in September 2006 by Mail.ru and based in Saint Petersburg, Russia which is one of the top social media networking sites in the world that has around 100 million active users and 400 million users registered account on VK. This network is widely used in Russia and western European countries such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia.
In this Vkontakte website, very rarely you can see English contents because here most of the shared news, images, videos, or articles are in the Russian language. If you’ve never heard of VK before, or want to learn more about this network, we will explain to you everything about VK.
Vkontakte vs Facebook
Social media giant Facebook is the 6th most used social media application in Russia where VK has double the number of visitors than Facebook. If we take Facebook vs VK comparison both have similar features and layouts but Facebook is the upper hand. We can create VK fan pages, groups, business pages the same as Facebook, promote our business through ads and we can also create a free fire account by using this VK app and play various online games.
Same as Facebook, Vkontakte is also providing lots of entertainment media for users such as various trending music playlists, video pages, and the ability to find shows and films to watch. There are lots of Facebook and VK music video downloader apps available online, you can simply copy and paste the URL which you have download and enjoy it.
According to some research, VK ru and FB users’ age range mostly between 25-34 years while the average time spent on Facebook is 1.12 hours whereas VK users spend an average of 7 hours on this social network.
We share most of the personal data through social media networks such as Facebook and VK because we strongly believe in their privacy and security features. If we compare to the Facebook vs VK security, always Facebook on top. A few years back around 100 million VK accounts were hacked and hackers exposed their email addresses, passwords, and phone numbers on Dark Web for a single bitcoin. If you ask is vk safe to join, then experts and VK users said yes it safe until you strengthen your password security.
How to Sign Up VK | ВКонтакте
- Open vk.com on a computer or mobile app
- Fill out the signup form
- Enter your country and mobile phone number
- Fill out the verification code which you received by call or message
- Now create a strong password
- Finally, add your profile details
How to create a VK account without a mobile number
In the Facebook social network, we can bypass without giving our mobile and easily create a new account. After that, we can add our phone number to get a verification code for the Facebook password reset purpose. But in Vkontakte vhod ru we can’t bypass without giving our mobile number while registering a new VK profile. But there are three tricks to sign up the VK account without adding a phone number.
- Signup VK by using Facebook Account
- Use virtual phone number for verification
- Use your secondary mobile number
But I don’t suggest using a virtual phone number and sometimes it doesn’t work out. You cant signup vk account with an email address alone so use your mobile number for vk account recovery if in case your account is locked or hacked by an unknown person.
Advertising on Vkontakte
For Russian business owners and who all targeting their business in Russia, VK is one of the best platforms to promote their service and products by using the Vkontakte advertising feature. Here all advertising tools can be divided into three main groups such as newsfeed promo posts, target ads, and paid posts.
- Text and Graphics Item (TGI) in the left sidebar (TGI ads)
- Sponsored posts in the newsfeed
- Paid posts in groups and fan pages
These are the most used advertising features in VK and advertising cost is varies based on audience size, location, and your service or product niche. You can easily start a VK paid advertising campaign by adding your PayPal account or bank card and top up your vk account balance.
Conclusion
Any social media platform is secure and safe based on how you use and share your personal information on that platform. I request you all social media platform users to secure their account by using a highly strong password and two-factor authentication to protect your data from hackers.
