February 9, 2006
Social networking sites: onwards and upwards?I'm intrigued at how social networking sites are going to develop. With MySpace adding over a million new subscribers every week, and recent research showing that visits to online community sites are growing rapidly, where is it all going? Is this a trend that will carry on growing?
In the beginning, the appeal of sites like MySpace, Pizco and Bebo were the ability for anyone to put up their own site, share it with their friends and make new friends along the way. At least that's how it used to be. Now there are a host of examples of bands, filmmakers and consumer product marketers using sites like MySpace to launch new products and services to targeted communities.
Continue reading "Social networking sites: onwards and upwards?" »
