Facebook's additional 2 million unique visits last month, has certainly made Twitter's statistic look grimmer. Despite all the buzz surrounding its upcoming new features, for the months of July, August and September, Twitter's unique visit growth rate has been below par. So is Twitter's show time over? Hmm...I guess not. Listen to what I have to say. Every website will experience a period of flat growth Every website will experience a period of flat growth. From the graph, we can see a similar sticky period from Sept 08 to Nov 08, which was followed by ...
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Oct 13 2009
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Is Facebook Lite Working For Facebook?
It has been slightly more than a month since the launch of Facebook Lite, a stripped down version of Facebook to serve areas where broadband connection speed is slow. But is Lite working for Facebook? Perhaps a simple study of Facebook's growth statistics can help us with the answer. According to Compete's data, Facebook has grown from 122 million to 124 million unique visits over the month of September. That is an improvement of 2 million visits! But can we credit this success to Facebook Lite? For the months of June, July and August, Facebook's ...
Aug 28 2009
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Twitter Tools: Top Experiences 430,000% Traffic Improvement
Congratulations to Tweetmeme, Twitpic and bit.ly! The month of July has seen great traffic growth improvement in these three mentioned tools. On the other hand, it has not been too great for Twitter, which is experiencing a flattened growth curve. Among the three widely used Twitter tools. Tweetmeme claims leader spot with a 85% month over month improvement in traffic. To date, it's seeing a whopping 433,418.32% improvement in yearly traffic! In second place is bit.ly with a 20.11% month over month improvement. Third is Twitpic with 9.6%. These numbers prove that tweeple are increasingly ...
Aug 28 2009
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Plurk vs Twitter: Who Wins?
Two of the most known micro-blogging sites, Plurk and Twitter have been widely compared in terms of their functionality. Of course we all understand that Twitter is the father of micro-blogging and Plurk has always been seen as the runner-up; but how much better is Twitter doing exactly? For the month of June (latest data from Compete), Plurk saw its traffic plunge at free fall mode. A drastic -11.48% monthly and -22.68% yearly change seem to be urging Plurk to rethink its strategy. No doubt Plurk has been successful in creating a warm ...
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