Posts Tagged ‘ Social Networking ’
On Tuesday, June 28th, Google launched their latest foray in the social networking arena with Google+. In the days following the launch, as invites became more readily available, visits to Google+ steadily increased, particularly between July 5th and July 12th. To date, Tuesday, July 12th and Thursday, July 14th were the peak days for total [...][ READ MORE ]
To date, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich announced their official bids for the White House on Twitter and YouTube. Ron Paul raised over one million dollars in 24 hours online through his political action committee. President Obama hosted an online town hall about the economy on Facebook. Needless to say, the race to the White [...][ READ MORE ]
On April 20th, President Obama visited Facebook headquarters to hold an online “town hall” meeting focused on the economy and The White House’s proposals for deficit reduction. Questions for the President were submitted in advance via The White House’s Facebook page, through The White House’s website, live from a number of social networks and from [...][ READ MORE ]
After months of speculation, the paywall for The New York Times went live at 2pm on Monday, March 28th, which limits online readers (non-print subscribers) to 20 articles each month. For smartphone and tablet applications, only the top news section will remain free and access to other sections will need a subscription. To understand the [...][ READ MORE ]
I love this time of year. Anticipation builds around the match-up, Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh, Danica Patrick plus Jillian Michaels on the eagerly anticipated Go Daddy commercial, and whether the Super Bowl could cause a heart attack mid-game. But beyond Packers vs. Steelers (I’ll leave the Patrick vs. Michaels match-up for a post game analysis) [...][ READ MORE ]
With Facebook ranked as the #1 website in the US, retailers have been increasingly turning to social media to communicate with current and potential customers, particularly during the critical holiday shopping season. As a traffic driver, the Social Networking and Forums category ranked 3rd overall behind Search Engines and cross-shopping across other retailers in the [...][ READ MORE ]
In March, we reported an important milestone when the market share of visits to Facebook.com* surpassed Google.com*. Since then, we have continued to watch the growth of Facebook.com, which increased 60% from the same week last year and represented 1 in 10 US Internet visits last week. The amount of content consumption taking place on [...][ READ MORE ]
My colleague Robin Goad wrote about the rising popularity of Moshi Monsters in the UK, so I was curious to see how the website is performing in the US. Moshi Monsters offers visitors the chance to adopt a pet monster and take care of their monster by earning a virtual currency called ‘Rox’ through solving [...][ READ MORE ]
Location-based services have been a popular topic this week, as Twitter enabled geo-location features and Facebook announced the launch of a new location-based feature in April. Another location-based social network, Foursquare, marked their one year anniversary of their launch yesterday. While the primary use of the service is to ‘check-in’ with mobile devices at local [...][ READ MORE ]
During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, P&G started a campaign called ‘Thank You Mom‘ to help with the cost of travel and accommodations for the mom (or important supporter) of all of the Team USA athletes so they could see their children compete. The accompanying website, Thankyoumom.com provided content from blogs, videos and tweets from [...][ READ MORE ]
