05.14.06
Social Networks – The Place to Be.
This article on techweb.com states that the top 10 social networking websites drew in 47% of the web traffic. On the top of the list are: MySpace (38.4m unique visitors), Blogger (18.5m), ClassMates Online (12.9m), YouTube (12.5m) and MSN Groups (10.6m).
Over the last couple months I’ve been hearing about MySpace on tv, on the news and also from friends. Once social networks gain critical mass, they will grow exponentially until some competing service or technology arrises. I had read an article a couple months back stating that eventhough friendster got out the door first, it now falls a distant second to MySpace. I’ve heard a couple references for facebook, but I dont think it has caught enough momentum.
I didnt check the entire top 10, but my hunch would be that flickr.com is also high up there.