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Two years ago this would have been big news

1 September 2010 , ,
But now? The news that MySpace is letting its users synch their status updates with Facebook is just a small curio.

How are the different social networks doing in the UK?

16 December 2009 , , , , ,
Last week I used Google’s search data from the UK to look at the relative popularity of different social bookmarking services. The same can be done for social networks too, and here’s what the data says: Facebook dominates, as expected, though the tail off in search traffic in the UK in the last few months [...]

Social networking in the UK: Facebook soars, Bebo and MySpace drop

26 October 2009 , , , , ,
Cross-posted from the Mandate blog: The latest Ofcom survey of internet usage is packed full of useful statistics and – even more helpfully – they are based on (a) proper research and (b) people in the UK. Many of the figures quoted are American – or American masquerading as global – and not infrequently are [...]