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Facebook Twice as Big as MySpace?
marketingpilgrim.com - 1/28/2009
Facebook Twice as Big as MySpace?
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At the rate Facebook has been growing these past two months, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Facebook gets more traffic than MySpace. comScore’s latest report, however, claims that not only is Facebook bigger than MySpace, it’s twice as big ! This comScore chart shows ...
Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year
scobleizer.com - 1/30/2009
Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year
— scobleizer.com — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, in a tie? Oh my. If you know Mark you know he’s a pretty casual dresser. Usually seen in T-shirt, jeans, and sandals. But not here at the World Economic Forum where we walked around downtown Davos ... (more) Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year

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blog.facebook.com - 1/25/2009
Just the Beginning
— blog.facebook.com — The inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama was a historic and monumental occasion. As people gathered in Washington, D.C. to watch the inaugural festivities, the energy on Facebook was palpable, too. Millions of people logged into Facebook to ... (more) Just the Beginning

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Facebook Rolling Out New Product Research Service
allfacebook.com - 2/2/2009
Facebook Rolling Out New Product Research Service
— allfacebook.com — According to the Telegraph , Facebook announced at Davos that it will be rolling out a new service to provide real-time research for companies looking to test “the appeal of new products. Companies will be able to pose questions to specially ... (more) Facebook Rolling Out New Product Research Service

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WebProNews Feed:  MySpace Parent Company Laying Off 100 Jobs

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MySpace Parent Company Laying Off 100 Jobs
WebProNews Feed — ... s babies, the signs aren t good for Tom Anderson and his friends. But is it such a surprise? Despite MySpace s redesign last year to offer a better advertising platform as well as a more open network for users to access multiple social accounts, they ve been falling behind Facebook for a while. While there s no denying MySpace s popularity in the US, outside of the States it s Facebook that s enjoyed a wider uptake. Recent figures from comScore show Facebook receiving almost twice as many unique visitors as MySpace worldwide. Why the difference? MySpace seems to be suffering ...

Older Women The 'Dominant' Demographic On Facebook
WebProNews Feed — ... , women over the age of 55 are the fastest-growing user group on Facebook over the last three months. This is significant considering how rapidly Facebook has been growing these last few months ( ...

The Next Two Years Belong To Facebook, According To MySpace Founder
WebProNews Feed — ... Corp, said: There s a fundamental shift going on, Mr Brewer said. Both sites are different. We built MySpace for people to find and connect with people they don t know. Facebook is built around connecting with people you already know. Clearly, the world eagerly embraced MySpace, but as the average person has adopted social networks, where they come to first is making connections with the people they already know. Facebook has done an excellent job of capitalising on that. While recent stats seem to back-up the idea that Facebook is enjoying worldwide domination although ...

Data Suggests the 'Connect Program' was the Reason Behind Facebook's Surge
WebProNews Feed — ... in terms of total unique visitors worldwide (ballooning to twice as many uniques as MySpace in January 2009)—and even in the US, one of the few Facebook-is-#2 holdouts, ...

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