Facebook has a great Christmas
Not surprisingly, Facebook had a great Christmas. The social networking site accounted for one in every 22 online visits on Christmas day according to Hitwise and as reported by the BBC. That's a 69% increase from the same time in 2007 giving it an overall market share of 4.65%. It made Facebook the second most popular site after Google on Christmas Day.
I suspect we're going to see a lot more milestones like this in 2009 especially with Facebook Connect's launch. After its integration, Gawker saw a 45% increase in user registrations and a 16% increase in commenting.
Facebook certainly has the momentum behind it and while MySpace has made some smart moves of late (its foray into music for example) those efforts may not be enough. Another potential winner in 2009 will be LinkedIn thanks to the economic crisis. More of us will be using LinkedIn to network and find jobs.
I suspect we're going to see a lot more milestones like this in 2009 especially with Facebook Connect's launch. After its integration, Gawker saw a 45% increase in user registrations and a 16% increase in commenting.
Facebook certainly has the momentum behind it and while MySpace has made some smart moves of late (its foray into music for example) those efforts may not be enough. Another potential winner in 2009 will be LinkedIn thanks to the economic crisis. More of us will be using LinkedIn to network and find jobs.
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