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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Irony: MySpace Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks. However, I joined MySpace in 2006 to network with individuals who refused to use Facebook and to return to my liberal ways of accepting a lot more friend requests than I normally would. > click.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? From its founding, Myspace took off like a rocket ship while Facebook had a much slower ascension from launch. My answer is certainly–yes!

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The Life Cycle of a Social Network

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Today, MySpace can be grouped under this category. Classmates.com and MySpace are two social networks in their decline stage. The Case Study of a Full Life Cycle. I think most of us agree that MySpace is dead. Launched in 2003, MySpace concentrated on the music niche. With hype and buzz, MySpace started to grow.

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Is LinkedIn the New Old Boys Network?

Adam Sherk

According to the new Pew Internet study Social Networking Sites and our Lives there are nearly twice as many male LinkedIn users as female. PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting. What gives? So what accounts for this disparity? More males in the workforce? How about age?

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

MySpace Is Where the Young People Hang Out. Everyone knows MySpace is the social network for kids, but in truth, in October, 2006, comScore reported More than Half (51%) of MySpace Visitors are Now Age 35 or Older, as the Site’s Demographic Composition Continues to Shift. That was three years ago!

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The State of Social Media In The UK

Mindjumpers

Last.fm, Bebo and MySpace continue their steady decline, while image-sharing site Flickr maintains its user base of around four million. Similar Posts: All You Need To Know About Your Facebook Reach [Study]. The losers. 2012 Social Marketing & New Media Predictions [White Paper].

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12 Solid Stats Surrounding Social Networking (Plus Four  Timely Tips)

Webbiquity SMM

Though it’s dangerous to assume anything about leadership in the social networking space (Facebook overtook MySpace as the biggest social network less than a decade ago , after all), the landscape does seem to have matured and stabilized somewhat at this point. A study of more than 16 million social shares by brands found that 79.6%