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Category Archives: Social Media

Facebook Turns 5

February 04, 2009

Today is the fifth anniversary of the launch of Facebook, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at the website’s impact upon the social networking category. Overall, Facebook was the #5 ranked website by total market... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:33 PM | (2) | (0)
In Categories Facebook | Social Media | Social Networking

Twitter catches up to Digg

January 20, 2009

Twitter has become a popular pastime for many who like to update their daily thoughts and activities, as well as for the voyeurs who just enjoy reading the tweets. Last week, the market share of visits to Twitter surpassed Digg... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:34 PM | (4) | (13)
In Categories Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter

Twitter growth continues despite outages

July 08, 2008

Twitter has been a hot topic again over the past couple of days with speculation circulating that the company may purchase Summize. Although much of the activity on Twitter takes place via mobile, the traffic to the website has continued... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:58 PM | (1) | (2)
In Categories Social Media

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