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Here are the 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a constantly updated average of each website's Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast . "*#*" Denotes an estimate for sites with limited Compete or Quantcast data . If you know a website that should be included on this list based on its traffic rankings Please Let Us Know .
Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Websites
When I do a seminar for prospective career changers, I always ask the audience how many people are using LinkedIn to communicate directly with contacts in their new industries. Typically, only a handful of people raise their hands. But given the fact that tapping the social-media groundswell is one of the best ways to launch a new career, active participation in sites like LinkedIn should be 100%. Courtesy Alexandra Levit Alexandra Levit In 2007, Laura Fitton of Boston was a struggling presentation consultant who had just survived two difficult pregnancies, a stroke and a complicated move from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts.
Social Networks Work - WSJ.com
Social media has been adopted by every type of library in recent years, from small special libraries to large national ones. Many now host blogs and wikis, are members of numerous social network sites, and even participate in virtual worlds. These sites and technologies offer new ways for library staff and users to communicate and collaborate. However, with so many different technologies and sites available—and with more emerging all the time—it is important that librarians develop methods for measuring the use and effectiveness of the technologies so that time is not wasted and the implementations are justifiable to upper management.
FEATURE: Social Media Metrics
In addition to the literature and initiatives profiled in the Friends blog, I am greatly interested in learning of Any/All libraries using Facebook as a complement / supplement / substitute for Any / All library services / programs / etc. such as, but not limited to the following uses or contexts:
Libraries and Facebook
Virtual Worlds? “Outlook Good” (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT
© 2008 AJ Kelton. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ ). AJ Kelton (“AJ Brooks”) is Director of Emerging Instructional Technology in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University .
Research Sharing Gets New Tools and Goes Trendy
Last fall I wrote about several social networking/collaboration projects from Elsevier—2collab and Scirus Topic Pages ( http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=40102 ). The initiatives were designed to support academic library communities and their researchers with advanced "Research 2.0" tools. The resources created social spaces in which researchers could work together. These tools offer platforms for shared knowledge to be leveraged for information discovery and evaluation.
