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3 Ways Facebook Attracts An Older Crowd, How Google+ Can Catch Up

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The baby-boomer crowd was never strongly into the internet or technology in general before around 2006. Google+ needs to market its casual game availability. While it may be criticized for every step it takes, Facebook is very well known for doing one thing especially well: attracting a whole new crowd to the internet.

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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

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Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Where did they go? Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. View an alternate.

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