VK or Odnoklassniki: which is better and which social network appeared first

The number of social networks is increasing every year. The sites are divided by interests, age category, and purposes of use. The most popular social networks aimed at Russian-speaking consumers remain Odnoklassniki and VKontakte. In order to figure out which service is better and more user-friendly, you can conduct a comparative analysis of the technical and consumer characteristics of the resources.

Note! During a comparative analysis, each positive parameter is assigned a point, which allows you to see after the experiment whether Odnoklassniki or VKontakte is better.

Where to look for your page on VKontakte

A user’s page on VK is his profile, which displays personal data, address of residence, list of friends, favorite music, etc. As soon as we open the VK social network from a tab in the browser or from a search engine, we see the news page. This is a summary of all your friends' news. The news displays all the publications that your friends have posted, their posts, suggestions, discussions. If you write any news on your wall, your friends will also see it on their pages.

To get to your page with your Contact wall, you need to click on the link in the “My Page” menu.

It is located first in the menu block. Immediately after this, you will find yourself on your page, where your avatar, wall and publications are visible.

As well as a list of friends, gifts, etc. Many users may still not know that their page can be opened from browser bookmarks. This is much more convenient and you don’t need to enter your data in the “Login” and “Password” fields each time.

How to login

In Odnoklassniki, you can open “My Page” from your computer by entering the address https://odnoklassniki.ru in your browser. Just in any case, instead of the .ru domain, do not mistakenly use .ry or jl, also write the name in the English layout, otherwise it will turn out to be gibberish in the form of “schvtshldfyytshlyukg”.

In general, logging into “My Page” in Odnoklassniki is quite easy and accessible to any user. The main thing is not to confuse Russian and Latin domain names. For example, if you type “http/www.odnoklassniki.ru”, the entrance to the site and “My Page” will not be available - you will see a blank window or an error.

Also, to log in, you can click on the network button while in one of the Mail.ru corporation projects (by the way, you can also go to “My World” from here):

Mail.Ru services panel

Since it is impossible to open the page without entering a password, make sure that you always remember it or trust your browser to do this. By entering the correct login-password pair, you will be taken to the personal page described above. After you have successfully logged in, an “online” icon will appear on your profile: an orange flashing square in the lower left corner:

Online person icon

This means that your friends know that you are online and can watch your activities online. The same function applies to VK. The “online” icon is installed free of charge and automatically.

How to log into VK immediately without entering your login and password

To immediately open your VKontakte page without entering your data, you first need to log out of your page.

Then follow these steps:

Click on the block with your nickname in the top line;
Select the arrow at the top and click the "Logout" button
Select the "Logout" button;
Then open the browser menu by clicking the three dots button at the top;
Select “Settings”;
Then scroll down the page to find “Advanced” settings and click on it with your cursor;
Scroll down the page a little more and select “Clear history”;
Select the “All time” tab in the new window and check all the boxes;
Set to "All time"
Click the "Delete data" button.

Now you need to go back to the VKontakte main page at https://vk.com/. Enter your details in the corresponding empty fields. Click the "Login" button. The browser will show a block where you can save your login information. Agree to save. Then press CTRL+D together and select “Bookmarks Bar” to display the bookmark prominently. Click the "Done" button.

The bookmark will be visible in the browser, and you can quickly open your page on VKontakte.

If the bookmarks bar does not appear at the top of the browser:

Select the "Menu" button again;
Move the cursor to the “Bookmarks” item;
And select “Bookmarks Bar” in the additional window.

Now all your saved sites will be displayed in the top bar of the browser. One click on them is enough to open the corresponding site.

Other Possible Situations

Below we publish short instructions for solving other problems that sometimes arise.

How to restore a page to OK?

Follow the link: https://ok.ru/password/recovery?st._aid=LeftColumn_Login_ForgotPassword
Choose one of the recovery methods. For example, According to personal data .
Enter your first and last name and click the Search .
Find your profile among all namesakes and click This is me .
A message will be sent to your email with a link that you will need to follow to gain access to “My Page”.

What to do if the page is hacked?

That happens. Attackers often hack personal pages on various social networks to solve their fraudulent schemes. Through user profiles they send spam, advertisements and other malicious things.

If you are a victim of such an attack, it is possible to gain control of your page.

To do this, you need to contact technical support:

In the upper right corner click on the link Help
Select an item Restore profile
Click on the line How to recover the password from a hacked profile?
Next you will be taken to instructions for restoring your profile.

It may change over time, so we showed you how to find it.

At the moment, the procedure is completely the same as for the standard password recovery described above in this article.

What should you do if you are asked to send an SMS?

Be very careful! Sometimes the profile is blocked by the administration. And SMS is required to confirm your identity.

But often, attackers use such messages to lure money from gullible social network users.

Therefore, first make sure that the account is really blocked. To do this, you need to try visiting “My Page” from any other device. If the problem is a virus, then you can easily log into your profile from another phone or computer.

In this case, you urgently need to remove viruses on your main device!

Odnoklassniki does not open at all!

At the time of writing this article, OK is not prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation. So temporary problems with the site may be purely technical in nature.

But you can still try using a VPN to load the site. One of the easiest ways is to install the Opera browser and use the free VPN built into it.

Ask your children or grandchildren to help figure this out if you can't do it yourself. Or write your question in the comments at the end of this article. If the topic is really interesting, we will publish more detailed instructions with screenshots.

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How to find your old page on VKontakte

Most users on VKontakte have old accounts to which access has been lost for various reasons. This could happen due to the loss of the SIM card or mobile phone to which the page was linked. Or the account owner changed his number without thinking that social network pages were linked to it. And now the connection with the previous profile on VK is lost. But we can find them through a search in VK.

To find your old VKontakte page:

Use the search bar on the VK main page;
Enter your name in the line;
Enter your old account name
Click on the line “Show results”;
In the results, find the “People” section and select “Show everyone”;
Find your profile among the others.

If you find him among other VKontakte users and cannot access him, then try to get data from your old page.

Bottom line

The result of the study of two social networks is 4:7 in favor of VK. The sites have a number of features that each user, based on personal preferences, attributes to the advantages or disadvantages of the resource. The main advantage of VKontakte, according to most users, is its focus on a younger audience and expanded functionality. But you can make your own choice only after trying both social networks in action, focusing on personal preferences and the purpose of registering a personal page.

Restoring access to your VK account if your login information is lost

If you only don’t know the login password, but you have the phone number that is listed as your login, you can easily return the page. To do this, in the login form you need to click the appropriate link and follow the prompts. But we will talk about another case when the phone number is not available.

To try to restore the page, you will also need to click on the “Forgot your password” link in the login form:

Next, they ask us for a phone number for data recovery. Click the link below "Click Here";
Click on the "Click Here" link
The next form requires us to link to our page from which we have lost data. You need to find your page again, as we did in the chapter above, and copy the address or page ID. Then return to the recovery form and paste this address. To continue, click the “Next” button;
The page further requires us to enter all the data in empty fields. It also features a profile photo. We can go back to enter a new ID if this is not our page. Enter in the form: new mobile phone, phone to which the page is linked, old profile password. If possible, enter everything. A new phone number can be entered if a new VKontakte page has not yet been linked to it;
Enter your new and old phones, as well as the password from the old page
Click below in the form - “Submit an application”;
If you are unable to enter any details other than your new mobile phone, you will be provided with a new, more extensive data entry form. Follow the link after clicking the “Submit Application” button;
If you opened the extended form, you will need to upload an image that was taken against the background of this screensaver on your computer. In this case, the photo must be of good quality.

The VKontakte administration will be able to unblock your page only if your photo is used as an avatar on your old account. In this case, they will be verified and you will receive an answer to the specified phone number.

Good to know: how to unlink a number from a VKontakte page.

Web site

Both social networks presented today belong to the Mail.ru company, and therefore, technically, they work equally stably. At the same time, you are given the opportunity to use both the full version of the site and the mobile application.

Easy to learn

Regardless of the resource, registering and logging into the site is very simple. However, for this you will definitely need a mobile phone number.

The arrangement of elements and navigation through sections should not cause you any difficulties. However, at first glance, OK.RU is still unnecessarily overloaded in terms of design.

Both resources are equipped with a system for automatically translating pages into other languages; these same parameters can be changed manually.

Odnoklassniki 0:1 VKontakte

Decor

On VKontakte, the main emphasis is on minimalism, emphasized by literally every detail both in the activity feed and in profiles. The color scheme combines a standard white background and bright blue elements, without allowing the user to change the style in any way.

Note: The VK theme can only be changed using third-party extensions.

Questionnaire settings

In the social network VK, the ability to edit your profile is implemented very conveniently: you can specify all the necessary information about yourself without spending a lot of time. Moreover, the data from the questionnaire can later be easily found on the page and even used as keywords for searching the site.

Search system

The ability to search the VKontakte website is implemented taking into account the social orientation of the resource and allows you to search for users and communities using many criteria. In addition, the search system will be available even if you have visited the site without prior registration and authorization.

Social activity

The main advantage of VK is thematic communities created by other people for specific purposes. Here you can find literally anything, from high-quality original content to friends. Moreover, you can create your own public page and, for example, turn it into an online store.

Entertainment and content

VKontakte allows users to add a huge number of different media files, ranging from images to music albums. In this case, the restrictions apply only to copyrights, due to violation of which the files will be deleted.

Read more: How to add photos and videos to VK

In addition to standard files, VK encourages the creative activity of users by providing open access to the site's API and allowing the creation of various applications. Thanks to third-party developers, new games appear on the site, as well as opportunities in communities.

Read more: How to create a VK application

Odnoklassniki offers similar features to VK, but with one important difference - the amount of downloaded content is significantly lower. In addition, beginners may have difficulty adding files due to the overloaded interface.

Read more: How to add photos and videos on Odnoklassniki

Odnoklassniki 2:5 VKontakte

Publications and feed

In terms of convenience of the news feed and user wall, VKontakte is clearly superior to OK.RU, since any displayed information has many settings. Moreover, the form for creating new posts is not capable of causing difficulties when publishing posts.

Note: Only those posts that you are subscribed to appear in your friends' feed and yours.

Read more: How to add a post to a VK wall

In Odnoklassniki, adding new posts is also easy and, to some extent, even more convenient due to the intuitive editor. However, according to personal observations, the main problem lies precisely in the news - posts that you were not subscribed to constantly appear in your activity feed. For example, this could be advertising or some news.

Read more: How to add a note in Odnoklassniki

Odnoklassniki 2:6 VKontakte

The target audience

There are many registered users on the VKontakte website, the most active of whom are people aged 20 to 35 years. At the same time, it is important to take into account the maturation factor of the potentially interested audience, that is, after a few years, the range may expand or, conversely, narrow.

VK is most used by application developers and simply creative individuals who constantly create and develop thematic communities.

The social network Odnoklassniki has slightly poorer attendance figures compared to VK. As for the particularly active audience, it consists of users aged 25 to 60 years, but the possibility of changes is also worth considering.

On Odnoklassniki, for the most part, there are people who have a real connection outside the Internet. As a result, the information in the questionnaires usually corresponds to reality.

Odnoklassniki 3:6 VKontakte

Earning Opportunities

Touching on the topic of using a social network as a platform for work activities, we can definitely say that Odnoklassniki is superior to VK. In particular, this is due to the focus of most communities and the target audience.

Read more: How to place an advertisement on Odnoklassniki

On VKontakte, the prospects for earning money are less, but not by much. Here you can create your own store with goods or sell various services. At the same time, the largest percentage of profit can be obtained by promoting the community and then placing advertisements for other publics.

What to do if the browser does not access my VK page

Sometimes there are difficulties logging into your VKontakte page.

Problem:	Solution:
The cause may be network failures on the user's side. Or temporary problems with the VK system servers.	In any case, you can try to fix these problems yourself. If the page does not open, make sure that the problem occurs only with this social network. Try opening other sites: Google or Yandex search engine. Open news sites that previously worked without problems.
If no website opens, check your internet connection.	Restart your computer and router. And try again to open your VK page. You may need to call your provider and find out if there are currently problems with the Internet. Or the network is missing only on your PC. Try removing the Internet cable and reinserting it into the port. Ask your provider or a friend who knows this better than you to help you set up the Internet.
If the problem is only with the VK website.	You can also try to fix the problem. To solve this problem, you need to clear your browser history, cache and cookies. This is how we did it in the section above. You don't have to delete all your browser data at once. And clear cookies and cache only for the VK site. To do this, instead of “Delete history”, select the item above – “Site settings”. And enter the social network address in the search. To find your VKontakte page here and clear cookies for it. After that, try visiting the site again.

Mobile app

To understand the difference between mobile resource applications, you can consider the most basic parameters in order to exclude complex technical characteristics.

Classmates

The mobile version of the OK website gives you access to almost all the features of the full-screen format. From your phone you can enter or edit individual data, add public pages, and view the news feed. The interface is easy to use compared to the Odnoklassniki website. Many users like the mobile application of this resource more than the full one, because... hides from them a lot of unnecessary functionality of the widescreen version.

In contact with

The mobile version of VK outperforms OK.RU. This is due to the abundance of necessary features that are easy to use in the application.

Note! Many consumers of the VK platform do not go to the full version of the site at all, being satisfied with the mobile application.

In addition, the mobile version of VK is equipped with many adapted functions that are missing in the full-screen version due to their uselessness. Some of the main tools of the VK mobile application:

Video call;

Stories.

Odnoklassniki 4:7 VKontakte

A little about paid services

Not a single company in the world can exist without spending on its needs. The friendly team of the Odnoklassniki website also needs to earn a living. Considering how many pleasant bonuses users of the social network have, the site administration came up with its own currency, the so-called oki. You can buy them in all sorts of ways. You can pay for an expanded line of services from the mobile phone account that you specified when registering on the site, from a bank card, Sberbank online account, terminal or electronic wallet. Old-timers of the site who use paid resources claim that the most profitable payment methods are using a bank card and transferring money from an electronic wallet. By depositing a small amount into your oki account, you can buy yourself a vip status, give exclusive gifts, turn into “invisible”, take part in bonus promotions, become the proud owner of an all-inclusive system, buy the right to temporary use of stickers, funny emoticons and other interesting gadgets offered to users for a nominal fee.

Think for yourself, decide for yourself whether to have it or not to have it

You, of course, remember very well that if you don’t have something, then you don’t have to lose it. Having your own page on Odnoklassniki will never be superfluous or useless. A clear menu, a wide range of free pleasures offered, a wide range of additional paid services, simple ways to register, enter and exit your page, clear and professional work of site moderators, millions of potential interlocutors and friends. Our goal today is not to encourage users to join the most popular social network.

The multimillion-dollar troop that has found its charms on this resource, spending a lot of time studying the news feed, listening to the music collection or watching videos, has already made its choice. We took you through a short course to familiarize yourself with the capabilities of ok.ru and its advantages, learned new terms and discussed the advantages of communicating on the Internet. We tried to talk about technical things in simple, accessible language. No topic can be studied thoroughly at once. A good student must still have questions, but how he will look for answers to them is a completely different story. We really hope that the information we have prepared for you will be a reliable help in mastering new opportunities for you.