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• 07.14.09
  Is the social networking star waning? Social media | (3)

  Is the social networking star waning? This graph shows the Traffic Rank for the three biggest international social networks since mid-2007, courtsey of Alexa. Traffic Rank compares all websites and ranks them from number 1 up in terms of traffic figures. Facebook has been the fourth most Trafficked website on average over the last 3 months. MySpace has gone from 6 in mid-2007 to 11 today. Twitter has enjoyed a steep ascent from around the 3,000 mark in mid-2007 to 15 today. Google.com is number 1, at the time of writing. The number 1 spot rotates between Google and Yahoo. This graph shows that total ...

  Tagged: Bebo, facebook, myspace, Socia, social, Social media, social networks, twitter, Web
  
• 10.21.08
  With Fewer Staff Will Companies Respond by Blocking Access to Social Media in the Workplace Social media, Technology | (2)

  [caption id="attachment_286" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Dealing with the YouthForce"][/caption] The Millenials and Gen Ys are an increasingly important segment of our workforce. This demographic has had the luxury of a prosperous economy during their teenage years and adult life. They haven't experienced an economic downturn or heaven forbid - an R! Accenture coined the term user-determined computing. The relates to the increasingly tech savvy workforce and the dramatic increase in the availability of free, customisable and easy to implement software. The Accenture argument goes that new technology within the workforce is just as likely to be deployed by users as it is by the IT ...

  Tagged: Bebo, facebook, Friendster, Gen Y, Generation, IM, Millenials, myspace, Net, Recession, Social media
  

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