My third column in “Vijaya Next” (Kannada newspaper) was about what social networks. Everybody talks about Facebook & Twitter these days. But which one should we be using? Main points were, Facebook, Orkut, Twitter are the main options Facebook & Orkut are social/personal while Linkedin.com is for professionals Yesterday Orkut was the leader in India, […]
Facebook displaces Orkut in India, global brands rule: ComScore
The latest report from comScore “Facebook Captures Top Spot among Social Networking Sites in India” clearly shows when it comes to social networking global brands rule. India, Brazil, Germany, Russian Federation, South Korea lead in growth of Social Networking usage. Growth of Top 10 Social Networking Markets Worldwide July 2010 vs. July 2009 Total Worldwide […]
American Customer Satisfaction Index: Facebook flops, Bing rocks
This report was released little over a week ago “Facebook Flops in ACSI E-Business Report” says, Facebook is the most popular site in the US, but users are not satisfied On a scale of 100 the scores were: Myspace 63, Facebook 64, YouTube 73, Wikipedia 77 This puts Facebook in the bottom 5% of all […]
Social Media dominates internet usage in India
The latest “Social Media Dominates Asia Pacific Internet Usage” shows the rise in social media (Facebook, Orkut, Twitter, blogging) usage in Asia Pacific countries. The survey found that three of the seven biggest global online brands are social media sites – Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube. Close to three-quarters of the world’s Internet population (74%) have […]
Are Facebook and Geocities similar??
A reporter from the esteemed Wall Street Journal felt Geocities was nothing but Facebook earlier. Even Microsoft CEO felt the same!