Last year I compiled a large list of popular social networks in the U.S. and around the world. Using recent data from Alexa, I've updated the list for June 2009.
What's Changed Since Last Year
Facebook, which had already beat MySpace globally, surpassed its rival in the U.S., and stole a lot of ...
I was doing research for work, and compiled some interesting numbers regarding Facebook:
Facebook is the fifth most popular website in the U.S. (behind Google, Yahoo, MySpace, then YouTube) and also fifth globally (behind Yahoo, Google, YouTube, then Windows Live).¹
Currently there are 32 million regsistered users in the U.S.,² a number which ...
The Flickr blog happily reports that one of its members used the photo-sharing site to get a lost camera back into the hands of its owner.
Irenicdonna posted the following in the Flickr Help Forum and the "Scotland" discussion group:
I found a camera, 2 months ago, which I handed in to ...
I apologize for going so long without a post. A new website, Remix America, has kept me busy. It's like YouTube for the political realm, but with some advanced features.
You can either upload original video content, or remix other works. The site organizers have amassed a collection of contemporary and ...
Ars Technica has an interesting look on the current state of social media use in Congress, and how new policies put many Congress members in violation of Senate rules.
Ars Technica writes:
A political spat erupted in Washington, D.C., earlier this month over rules governing how members of Congress may use the ...
Someone tell me. I'm guessing Facebook started it.
Web design often differs between global cultures, but blue appears to represent social media on websites prominent in the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. Interestingly, when blue is not used prominently, a black/red motif seems popular. (YouTube, MetroFLOG, Netlog, Bebo, Tagged, Media ...
Here is a cool new use for all those pictures we all have on our various social networking sites.
Animoto.com is a web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button.
Users simply choose a song and images. Animoto then automatically generates a unique video for them. No two ...
Click here for 2009 Rankings
I've compiled a large list of popular social networks in the U.S. and around the world, and using the most recent Alexa rankings, I've made a list of the most popular social networks here and abroad.
"Global rank" and "U.S. rank" represent web traffic compared to every ...
I'm not proud to say that Facebook, which I usually keep up with, announced this a while back, and I only today noticed it. In your profile's mini-feed, you can click the "Import" link and connect your Facebook profile with your profiles from:
Flickr
Del.icio.us
YouTube
StumbleUpon
Last.fm
Your blog feed (RSS)
Digg
Picasa
Yelp
Google Reader
Pandora
Hulu
I just added my ...
As with about half of the world, I'm kind of obsessed with nice pictures, so anybody that appreciates decent photography will love this site. I've been doing a lot of social networking research and came across Flickr's new Tag Galaxy. Its a German based application that has seriously won me ...
