Seniors Are Facebooking and YouTubing

December 15, 2009 | Sarah Chong

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• Sarge
  This is great that more seniors are using facebook and taking advantage of how great the internet is.
  
  This will also potentially open up a variety of new niches targeted at seniors on the web for people to take advantage of (speaking to those people that want to start an online business but are having trouble selecting a niche/target audience)
  
  I do find it quite surprising that seniors are shopping more than those under 65!
  
  And as Tunguy said - it's great that sites like facebook are obviously accessible to anyone of any age just about :)
  
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• sarah_chong
  Absolutely, if they are targeting them, they should also take note of navigation and button/tab sizes to cater to the old age (just like what paw paw mail did).
  
  Haha as what Tunguy3n said, they probably have more free time to surf the net plus online shopping is more convenient for them! But it is surprising that they are getting so savvy.
• tunguy3n
  those are some impressive statistics, i mean if you're that old what else can you besides explore the net =P, but seriously it shows how accessible the net is, via any means/age. But i think twitter is definitely in right now, ( for me at least ) i don't spend as much time fb/youtube.. Nevertheless great post and sorry for long comment ^_^.
• Willis Wee
  hey dude. not to worry about long comments. we love them :)
  
  Anyways, for me, i still spend more time of fband youtube. Twitter can be alittle overwhelming at times.