Collecta is pretty cool – but only for myspace

williamsmith — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:43:03 +0000

Ran across a link to a new site that scans myspace (yes, it is still around) and presents real time updates on your keyword searches. Really liked the look and feel of the site, I just wish it would scan say, Facebook or Twitter which would be far more useful for my day to day work!

Here you can see results from blog posts, videos, photos, comments and status updates made on myspace on the topic of “avatar.” As new mentions happen, the list updates in real time.

Facebook more popular than Google – over Xmas

williamsmith — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:14:27 +0000

For the past few months I’ve been following the trending of traffic to Facebook and Google closely. In some of the presentations I do for clients who are wanting to learn more about social media, it is one of the slides that always surprises people most – a trending of traffic between the search giant and the social networking giant.

While Google still reigned supreme in overall traffic, Facebook had been slowly catching up.

Now, Hitwise is presenting data that suggests that over the Christmas holiday, Facebook surpassed Google in traffic. To be clear, that is traffic to facebook.com compared to google.com (not gmail.com, youtube or other google properties).

When you stop to consider just how many people use search (and specifically, Google) this number is astronomical. It just goes to show how powerful Facebook has become.

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