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Yet Another Facebook Story: Soft Selling, Limp Numbers
In an article on Facebook's efforts to ramp up its advertising offerings, Ad Age draws a striking contrast between the corporate cultures at MySpace and Facebook. Facebook lured 222 million unique visitors in December, according to ComScore, twice as many as MySpace, and it has been growing at a more than 10% rate each month since September. Until now, Facebook has focused on growth at the expense of advertising, …
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Yet Another Facebook Story: One In Five People On The Web
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports that Facebook is simply killing it. In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook's case it's still skyrocketing. In December, 222 million people visited the site says newly released Comscore stats, a 10.8% …
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Man’s Handheld Survives Memphis Meltdown
It's rare, but sometimes flies get caught in the social media honey. There are two such stories floating today. One involves a man who murdered his wife after she changed her status from "Married" to "Single" on Facebook. Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb has the goods on that one. The other story is about a PR guy's unwise use of Twitter and how that came back to bite him and his agency on the ass. According to …
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Yet Another Facebook Story: Friends of AdPulp
I was slow to take to Facebook. In fact, I kind of hated it. I even took down my account for about six months last year. But I eventually came back (FB knew I would) and now I'm getting into the swing of things. I came back for the simple reason that lots of real world friends are on it, and it's easier to connect with these friends inside FB than it is to email them or look for their number. Now I'm immersing in …
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Watching TV With “Friends” Around The Nation – Is There Anything The Web Can’t Do?
While a social media advance can't hold a candle to the real news on this day in American history, Saul Hansell of The New York Times does note the significance of today's CNN/Facebook mashup. CNN's live streaming of the Inauguration, with a feed from Facebook is powerful demonstration of how television can use social media and an equally powerful demonstration of what Facebook can do for various Web sites. During …
Today In Twitterverse: Competition from Facebook and CNN
Alan Wolk asked a prescient question on the eve of this new dawn. Today, he asks again. …
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