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Facebook’s redesign continues to be a hit with U.S. users
VentureBeat —
... The average U.S. social network user apparently wants to read feeds of photos, links, status updates, videos and comments on Facebook, according to the latest statistics from Compete. The firm’s newly-released study of U.S. web traffic to social networks in January is the latest vindication for ...
As Facebook Takes Over MySpace, Twitter Becomes the No. 3 Social Network
(Obsolete Feed) —
... If you take glimpse of Compete’s latest re-ranking of social networks based on monthly visits, you’d not be surprised that Facebook is the no.1 site, followed by MySpace. But wait, somewhere not far behind at number 3, all of sudden is Twitter. So, are we seeing the inevitable? Facebook’s dominance as the top social site and Twitter’s dominance as the pseudo-social networking/microblogging/lifestreaming site?Of course we’ve already told you before the ...
Compete Says Facebook’s Lead Over MySpace in the US Growing
Inside Facebook —
... in December 2009. Well, Compete.com just published their new data for the month of January, and Facebook has increased the gap over MySpace even further. ...
Whee! New numbers on social network usage
The Social —
... The blogosphere simply loves to slurp up social-networking traffic stats, and on Monday we got a nice tasty serving of them with some new numbers from Compete.com for the month of January. The results? Facebook is in the lead, with about 68 million unique visitors, well ...
Whee! New numbers on social network usage!
Webware.com —
... The blogosphere simply loves to slurp up social-networking traffic stats, and on Tuesday we got a nice tasty serving of them with some new numbers from Compete.com for the month of January. The results? Facebook is in the lead, with about 68 million unique visitors, well ahead of MySpace's 58 million. (The two are pegged at 1.1 billion and 810 million page views, respectively.)
This may be the first survey we've seen that puts Facebook ahead of the News Corp.-owned MySpace in U.S. traffic. It also puts Twitter as the third-biggest ...
Social Networks Leapfrog Each Other in Latest Metrics [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... Compete.com is out with its latest metrics on audiences for social networks, and web workers may find some surprises in the who’s hot and who’s not roundup. The top 10 list is seen below, and a full list of the Top 25 is available below the fold. As you would expect, Facebook and MySpace are easily the top two in terms of both unique visitors and monthly visits, but Facebook has surged past MySpace recently with nearly 69 million unique visitors. ...
Twitter Won't Charge For Corporate Accounts
Today @ PC World —
... over the last year and is now ranking at number 3 in Compete's list of social networks. According to Compete's measurements , Twitter climbed 19 spots last year and has now almost 6 million unique visitors monthly that visit the site around 54 million times during this time. [image] However, Twitter's Biz Stone still leaves space for speculation. Although he says the microblogging service will remain free to use by everyone, Twitter is "thinking about adding value in places where we are already seeing traction, not imposing fees on existing services." So basically, all ...
25 Random Things Meme Is a Boon for Facebook
ReadWriteWeb —
... Just this month, Facebook finally surpassed MySpace as the top social networking site in the U.S., and judging from this data some of that surge can be attributed to the 25 Things ...
MySpace: User Engagement Up, Unique Users Flat
ReadWriteWeb —
... According to the latest data from Compete, Facebook has already surpassed MySpace in terms of unique visits and total monthly visits in the U.S. According to MySpace, though, it remains the most trafficked site in the world. Facebook was slow to expand its service internationally, but it has recently made a stronger push to grow its user base outside of the U.S. ...
MySpace Tries Swimming Up Lifestream; Moves In On Twitter, Facebook Updates With New Mood Settings
paidContent —
... Facebook may have eclipsed MySpace in terms of traffic (via Compete), and Twitter may be growing by leaps and bounds, but MySpace isn't content to sit back and watch its rivals steal market share and potential ad dollars. News Corp.'s social network is trying to claw its way back to the forefront of the social graph with an upgrade to its status and mood history that we've learned goes live tonight—giving users more control over the kinds of updates their friends see, how often they see them and even the option of making their status and mood updates ...
As MySpace Goes, So Goes Photobucket: Market Share Drops Rapidly
ReadWriteWeb —
... Last July, Photobucket still got 54% of its traffic from MySpace, but last month, that number had declined to 38%. In the U.S., MySpace has now been surpassed by Facebook as the most popular social network and given how strongly Photobucket is tied to the fortunes of MySpace, we can only assume that this negative trend will continue for Photobucket. ...
How to use Twitter to promote your e-book or paper book—and build professional and personal relationships, perhaps the biggest benefit
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... Twitter’s visitor count: It’s said to be almost six million unique visitors a month. Twitter is only the third-larger social network, but is especially attractive for book promo because like radio it has an intimate one-to-one feeling, especially if you talk back to your followers—a nice way of letting people know you’re approachable, even if, like Kat, you have 1,500 fans. ...
MySpace and Citysearch Join Forces
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
... is still huge despite it not getting the degree of attention that other social media outlets get. According to Compete.com from January ’09 it slipped to second behind Facebook when ranked by number of monthly visits. Despite the huge numbers (810 million visits in Jan. ’09) there is little talk about the business applications beyond the music world and products that skew very young. With as much talk as there is about Twitter, you would think it’s getting just as big as MySpace but in January Twitter is getting just 7% of the monthly visits that MySapce does. ...
MySpace and Citysearch Become Partners
WebProNews Feed —
... is still huge despite not getting the degree of attention that other social media outlets get. According to Compete.com from January ’09 it slipped to second behind Facebook when ranked by number of monthly visits. Despite the huge numbers (810 million visits in Jan. ’09) there is little talk about the business applications beyond the music world and products that skew very young. With as much talk as there is about Twitter, you would think it’s getting just as big as MySpace but in January Twitter is getting just 7% of the monthly visits that ...
Twitter Stretches Its Wings: International Versions Take Flight
ReadWriteWeb —
... According to a Compete.com report earlier this year, Twitter saw around 6 million unique visitors in January this year, making it the third largest social website on the Internet. MySpace had about ten times as many visitors. Facebook, which made translated versions of its site a priority some time ago, saw 68 million unique visitors. ...
What Is Your Favorite Social Networking Site of 2009?
GeekSugar —
... . I've pitted five of the top ranking social networking sites of '09 against each other, and I can't wait to see which one is your favorite. Some of you have already said that you ...
