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 ...
With Facebook nipping at the heels of MySpace for U.S. web traffic, what's MySpace's solution? Kick out 90,000 registered users!
Fortunately, according to CNN, those 90,000 banned users were also convicted sex offenders. This revelation is thanks to the Connecticut attorney general, who subpoenaed MySpace's user files to check for ...
Jake and Amir, my favorite online comedy duo, produced a video called "Twitter," giving me the perfect excuse to share their unique brand of humor on this blog.
Read Amir's Twitter page here: "jakeandamir"
In case you're unfamiliar with Twitter, it's not "an online place that you keep your secrets." In fact, ...
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 ...
This Tuesday, Myspace released initiatives with Flixster and Eventful which will allow Myspace users to register and sign into the sites through their Myspace ID. This movement is the first data availability move that we see Myspace taking towards open-social networking, which is the idea of vertically aligning multiple social ...
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 ...
CNN reports the story of a college student, whose Facebook profile was used as evidence against him in court:
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the ...
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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 ...
Launched only two months ago, Developer Analytics has found a simple, yet eloquent way of forming a community around social network application developers. Application development is a relatively new market that does not have much data substantiating the value that different applications hold. This database is a much needed source ...
When I joined Facebook, it was still thefacebook.com, so I've used it long enough to become completely enamored by everything it has evolved into. So until now, I never bothered to explore the rest of the social networking realm. This week, to broaden my social media horizons, I joined two ...
