Social Networking Sites

 

Social networking sites have become an effective but under used method of Internet marketing.  The bad news is that, with this added power, comes much added complexity.

 

The traditional way of paying for clicks and optimising links etc. for search engine optimisation will not work in a world where the users generate the content…and decide amongst themselves what is popular and what is not. Internet marketers will have to become much more savvy to take advantage of this kind of opportunity. More good news is that there is still time to get an early adopter advantage in this space. It’s almost impossible to dislodge that web site that’s 8 or 9 years old from the number one spot in Google (I don’t care what anyone says they can do for thousands of dollars!) search engine listings, but…in this new arena…you could be that “old” site.

 

We have developed our own systems and methods to get the most out of this area of Internet marketing and believe we can add real value to any website.

 

Some facts about social networking sites

 

MySpace had more traffic in 2007 than Google

 

Already, FaceBook has reached Google traffic levels

 

YouTube gets twice as much traffic as Google

 

These sites are DOUBLING every 6 months ; FaceBook adds 1 million visitors each week

 

In a typical month

     30% of worldwide Internet users visit MySpace

     29% visit FaceBook

     35% visit YouTube

 

It’s not just kids!

     Over 50% of MySpace users are over 35

     Facebook even has 100k users over 64

 

And the real good news is there are more and more of these sites becoming available to get exposure for your website