Social Network User Demographics The share of adult Internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled since 2005, from 8% to 35%, according to a November–December 2008 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. Pew said adults still make up the bulk of social networking site users. But younger online adults were much more likely than their older counterparts to use social networks, with three-quarters of those ages 18 to 24 using the sites, compared with just 7% of Internet users ages 65 and older. While Pew measured adult Internet users who had created a profile on a social networking site, the potential audience for social networking is much larger if occasional visitors are included. “The ongoing headache for marketers is that social networking is such a powerful consumer activity, but incredibly challenging as a marketing medium,” said Debra Aho Williamson, senior analyst at eMarketer.
115 Social News and Bookmark Sites Ranked and Rated | Social Med Picture by: destinetics Here’s a collection of 115 social bookmark and news sites ranked by PageRank, number of links and value of each site. We used dnScoop to gather the data for all these sites. This is what the dnScoop data is based on: Page Rank- Google PageRank Inbound Links- The total number of pages that contain links to www.sitename.com Site Value Report - This value is calculated based on several factors shown above, including: Links, Traffic (Alexa), age of the domain, site category, domain keyword popularity, and overall occurrences of the domain name on the web. The list was based on this social bookmarking list . The dollar value of the sites are a bit misleading (is Simpy.com really worth $302,332,960 more than Digg?) We’ve had a few people recommend bookmarking demon.
Top 10 de réseaux sociaux de niche Cet article a été publié il y a 3 ans 4 mois 22 jours, il est possible qu’il ne soit plus à jour. Les informations proposées sont donc peut-être expirées. Pour échapper à la concurrence des géants des réseaux sociaux comme Facebook et Twitter, des réseaux sociaux de niche se sont développés. Linkedin : un réseau professionnel international permet la mise en relation entre des professionnels. Iqons : un site communautaire pour les professionnels, les créateurs, des étudiants et ceux qui sont intéressés par la Haute couture. Zolve : un réseau social pour les agents immobiliers, courtiers et autres professionnels de l’immobilier comme les agents d’assurance foncière, les inspecteurs, etc… Meet up : un site social pour l’organisation d’évènements en réunissant des groupes de personnes autour de thèmes communs. Corpor : Celebratory and Outdoor Performance Online Resource.
lifeIO: A Social Media Dashboard That Combines Email, RSS, And Just About Everything Else For many people, the web has fallen prey to information overload — from RSS readers to Email to social networks, we’ve all got vast amounts of data coming in at any given time, oftentimes to entirely different places. Many services have sprung up to try to tackle this problem, including FriendFeed, but most of them don’t even try to integrate Email. LifeIO is a new startup launching today in private beta that’s trying to do it all, with integration of Email, calendars, and your social networks. The first 100 TechCrunch readers to visit this link will be able to grab an invite. lifeIO is meant to serve as a control panel for all of your communication, featuring tabs for Email, calendar, note taking, social sites, and RSS — in other words, a one-stop-shop where you can conduct the vast majority of your online activities. The site has some good ideas — I especially like the real-time stream of new content that shows as new blog posts are appearing from my RSS feeds.
The Top 10 Social Networks for Generation-Y Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog. With thousands of social networks globally, only a handful of them cater specifically to a special group of individuals, known as Generation-Y. Also known as Gen-Y or millennials, Generation-Y are individuals born between 1980 and 1995, at a volume of 80 million strong. Gen-Y was raised on technology, so much so that our cell phones are extensions of our hands and text messaging, instant messaging and Facebooking are how we interact with others, even different generations. If you're in Gen-Y, then the following social networks will help you connect with other Gen-Y'ers in new and exciting ways. 1. The most valuable Gen-Y network I belong to is BrazenCareerist.com, which is composed of hundreds of Gen-Y'ers from around the world. 2. 20 Somethings on Ning 3. 4. myYearbook.com 5. thequad.com 6. 7. 8. 9. iMantri 10.
Younger generation can't live without Internet - Research - The study, from New Paradigm, has found that 77% of the net generation could live without television but could not live without Internet access. Youths in China are the most resistant to giving up the Internet with 87% choosing to be online rather than on the couch. Surprisingly 77% of youths in the United States prefer the Internet; that is the same as the global average. Researchers from Edison Media found very similar results in a recent study. What both of these reports indicate is that marketers not working to grow a global online audience will lag behind the advertisers who are growing their online brand. Tags: advertising research, online advertising inShare
The Ultimate List of Niche Social Networks As participation marketing continues to gain traction as the most effective way to market a website, niche social networks are emerging as a crucial part of that strategy. While Facebook and Twitter can play an integral part in social media campaigns, they don’t always have the best targeted users and groups. Whereas, niche social networks, like cork’d and Social Workout, provide highly targeted communities for marketers. Although we spent a great deal of time finding and reviewing each niche social network, we know we probably missed some. Niche Social Networks Alcohol: Connosr Snooth – Snooth is the world’s largest and most comprehensive wine site, featuring millions of reviews and hundreds of thousands of wines. Cork’d – Cork’d was a playground for winelovers. Animals: Birdpost Animal Social Network – Animal Social Network is a social network for animal owners so they can share about their pets and favorite animals! Fuzzster – Where our fuzzy pets can meet other fuzzy pets and owners!
The Power of Social Networking: Always Room for One More Site Both mobile phones and online social networks keep today’s consumers connected, and their roles seem to be converging. Currently, wireless content providers are in a position that could enable them to leverage the unique properties of mobility in combination with the power of social networking to reach the desirable segment of downtimers; the 28 million US adults who have jobs with significant downtime that do not sit in front of a computer all day. One clear example of this trend can be seen in the way mobile phones are beginning to take on tasks consumers traditionally did over their computers. Almost 45% of current wireless customers already manage their account to some extent on their handset (viewing or paying their bill, viewing minutes, etc.). In the online world, Compete currently sees social networkers frequenting an average of three social networking sites such as MySpace (NWS), Linked-In and other online communities that allow users to create and link profiles. Follow Compete
Web and Social Networking Use in Latin America The number of Internet users in Latin America and Puerto Rico is growing quickly, because of affordable computers, more broadband availability and interest in applications such as social networking. Those are the main findings of a study conducted by Pyramid Research for Google and cited in The Miami Herald. Pyramid projected the regional residential base of Internet users would reach 160 million in five years, up from 100 million in 2009. Although e-mail and Web surfing are popular with Latin American Web users, as they are in other regions, social networking is especially prevalent. “A lot of people in Latin America use the Internet just to be part of a social network,” said Alexandre Hohagen, Google’s managing director for Latin America, in a statement. A separate study conducted in September 2008 by comScore World Metrix confirmed the Pyramid/Google findings.
"Wealthy consumers surf the social networks" That is an increase from 27% in 2007; on average the wealthy have 2 social memberships.. Most wealthy consumers are logging on via MySpace (16%) followed by LinkedIn (13%) and Facebook (11%). "Being connected is second nature to these over-achievers," said Milton Pedraza, CEO of the Luxury Institute. "We are pleasantly surprised at the rapid acceleration in the over 55- year-old wealthy consumers whose participation increased five-fold, to 49%." How can marketers take advantage of this rapid growth? A branded micro-site within a social network is a good beginning. Tags: social networks, targeted advertising inShare
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