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Social Media’s effect on the UK riots should surprise no one.

Direct Marketing Observations

According to HitWise , Twitter accounted for 1 in every 170 UK Internet visits yesterday; by their estimates, there were over 3.4 The real-time aspect of sharing information through Twitter has made the platform ideal for updates on what has been happening. million visits to the Twitter homepage from the UK population alone.

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A Pinteresting Story

Twist Image

In fact, if Facebook's growth and interest continues to propagate, we can expect that more and more platforms will simply offer social networking solutions that can live and play alongside and within Facebook (much like Twitter does). Perhaps the adoption is happening because these newer platforms are simply that much easier and fun to use?

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10 best competitor benchmarking tools in 2019

Unmetric

Unmetric is an AI-powered, brand-focused social media intelligence platform that helps companies gather reliable social media data to perform better on social. Hitwise offers you all the intel you need to get ahead of the competition. We might be biased here, but it’s our blog so we’ll put Unmetric at the top. G2Crowd Rating: 4.2.

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How Can Linkedin Grow?

Idaconcpts

According to Experian Hitwise, LinkedIn saw only about 0.51% of all site visits to social networks in December 2010. LinkedIn users don’t spend much time on the platform. ??According One major question that investors have about LinkedIn is: “How can Linkedin grow? Here is a brief analyis.

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Australia: Senior Citizens on Facebook over 55’s

Laurel Papworth

NOTE from Twitter: Alex Avery pointed out that Hitwise have some generic social network figures for seniors: The 25-34, 35-44 and 45-54 age groups all represent a similar percentage of the Social Networking and Forums share of visits and each are over represented against the online population. American Seniors on Facebook 513% Growth.

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Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Convince & Convert

I don’t want to give it all away, but here are some highlights: The Long Tail of Search Queries is Undeniable According to Experian-Hitwise, 56% of all searches are now three words or longer. We're starting to drill down on targeted terms for the work blog, but I'm pretty much using my personal blog as a test platform right now.

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State of Social Media in the USA

Jeff Esposito

Facebook is the top visited website, accounting for over 8% of all online visits ( Hitwise ). As this market continues to grow, everyone working for a brand, agency or just participating in the conversation has a hand in how the platforms evolve in the future. 70% of the US’ 149 Million Facebook users login daily ( Ogilvy ).

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