If the site doesn't have a strong enough value proposition, they will go the way of Verizon's network (merging into Facebook) and Monster's Tickle being scratched.
Ad expenditures on socianetworks are booming as target populations span many generations: toddlers, boomers, teens. Everyone is getting into the act.
They all are beginning to look, talk, and act alike.
Socianetwork news from the UK, Ottawa, Charlotte, NC, Fremont, CA.
UK Social Network Ad Spend to Grow 148% 2008-2012Marketing Vox News - USASocial networking sites are on the rise in the UK and ad spending on such sites is expected to reach £285 million ($533 million) by 2012, according to ...See all stories on this topic
Small World Labs, Telligent to Co-Host Social Network Shoot-Out at ...Earthtimes (press release) - London,UKBOSTON , June 6 -- Enterprise social network providers Small World Labs and Telligent are teaming up to co-sponsor a white-label social software shoot-out ...See all stories on this topic
Boomers More Traditional Online - Not into Blogs, Social NetworkingMarketing Vox News - USAPeople over age 40 participate heavily in word-of-mouth and value personal recommendations and expert opinions, but they have not embraced social networking ...See all stories on this topic
Verizon Pulls Plug On Social Network, Reminds World It Had A ...By Nick I.(Nick I.) The moral? If you're not a social networking company, don't try to be a networking company. It's hard enough for the pros. This is good news for us. There is one less competitor to worry about.http://www.datefling.com%20-%20http://www.datefling.com/
Now even babies can get on the social network crazeWBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USAWell, now there's social networking for babies, with a bunch of web sites that do the same thing as MySpace and Facebook, but for the toddler set. ...See all stories on this topic
Social networking sites challenge journalism ethicsBy Alfred Hermida Image via WikipediaThe UK’s newspaper watchdog, the PCC, has released the findings of its research into attitudes towards social networking. It found that 78% would change information they publish about themselves online if they thought ...Reportr.net - http://reportr.net
Could Facebook Be the New Ning?By Josh Catone Earlier this week something interesting happened in the world of social networking: Verizon, which this week became America's largest mobile carrier after moving to acquire Alltel, moved its branded social network to Facebook. ...Read/WriteWeb News - http://www.readwriteweb.com/
Report: Social Networking To Revolutionize IndustryWireless Week - USABy Wireless Week Staff According to a report from iSuppli, the wireless social networking market stands to revolutionize the global technology business by ...See all stories on this topic
Internet in TransitionHuffington Post - New York,NY,USAFrom the Youtube debates to the successful use of the medium for fund raising, to the creative use of Web 2.0 social networking tools to amplify the ...See all stories on this topic;
Ad performance on social network sitesBy Jason Menayan eMarketer and Collective Media have released the results of a survey on advertisers’ attitudes towards social network sites’ advertising prospects, and DoubleClick/Performics’ study of the level of credibility web users have towards ...YieldBuild Blog - http://blog.yieldbuild.com
Blogging and Social Networking among Teens - posted by William HakimAnyways, on to the topic of this little blog post: the state of blogging and social networking among teens. I'm not planning to scour the net for survey numbers about Facebook or flickr usage among teenagers and repost them here, ...EchoDitto blogs - http://www.echoditto.com/weblog
Monster-owned Social Network Tickle Shutting Down (MNST)Silicon Alley Insider - New York,NY,USAIt's officially (by our count) a trend: Another company that isn't Facebook or MySpace has stopped trying to run a social network. We've already seen Conde ...See all stories on this topic
What Every Parent Should Know About The Leading Social Networking ...By Aria Munro Omni Publishing Co. today announced a June 16, 2008, release date of its latest DVD, “A Parent’s Guide to Social Networking Sites,” featuring national expert Sgt. Corey F. MacDonald, Esq. This unique DVD advises parents on the dangers ...eNewsChannels - http://enewschannels.com
Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and ...By Gerry(Gerry) Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking / Vickery, Graham. ; Wunsch - Vincent, Sacha / Abstract Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of ...Friends:Social Networking Sites... - http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/
Social Media for Business Marketing Round TableBy Andrew There’s lots of talk these days about Social Media, Social Networking, blogging, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, the list goes on. This event is designed to highlight what’s “real” for business today, what’s coming, and what’s still just the “magic ...The Ottawa Network - http://www.theottawanetwork.com/
Social-networking sites: the complete guidePC Advisor - London,UKPC Advisor uncovers the best social-networking sites on the web. With hundreds of millions of user accounts, MySpace is the internet's most recognisable ...See all stories on this topic
Site seeks investors to help users network their way to profitsBizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USAAn infant social networking Web site hopes to equip users to profit from their original content. But first, Hurox.com (pronounced "who rocks") needs to find ...See all stories on this topic
Mobile social networking service Xumii is getting carrier ...VentureBeat - Fremont,CA,USAEarlier this week, yet another mobile social networking service announced that it is going into private beta this month. This one is called Xumii, ...See all stories on this topic
Zell expects a social network platform to save the newspaper industryBetaNews - USAThe solution to all this, Zell believes, lies somewhere in that Web site social networking template. "It will be a simple tool kit that is pre-populated," ...See all stories on this topic
What are your predictions for Social Networks? Which will last, which will evaporate? Are they here to stay?
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