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Get on the 'social media' bandwagon
Posted by Matt Hamm on October 15, 2008
‘Social media’ is the new buzz term. Everybody’s doing it, and why? Because it can generate masses amount of traffic to your website, which can easily turn into revenue. It’s really what ‘web 2.0’ is all about.
So, what exactly is social media?
Well, its all about non-passive user participation. Getting users to interact with websites by building online communities which generate content in the form of blogging, comments, images, audio and video. Users rate content and the more popular your content, the more traffic generated, which can snowball.
Social media isn’t just the latest fad. It will eventually integrate its way into every aspect of our online and offline lives. Facebook already has well over 100 million active users worldwide and its still growing rapidly, and that’s the best reason to create a Facebook app you’ll ever have. We have only just started to explore the possibilities.
The future of social media is up to us! So get in touch if you have a good social media idea and let’s make it happen. We’d also like to hear your thoughts on the future of social media, let your opinions known!
SEO is so last week, its all about SMO (Social Media Optimisation).
Here are some great examples of popular social media websites to send you on your way:
Image sharing
flickr.comphotobucket.com
Social networking
facebook.comlinkedin.com
twitter.com
pownce.com
bebo.com
secondlife.com
Audio and video
youtube.comvimeo.com
last.fm
myspace.com
Social bookmarking
digg.comstumbleupon.com
del.icio.us
reddit.com
google.com/reader
Blogs
lifehacker.comsmashingmagazine.com
boingboing.net
Misc
boxwish.comepinions.com
upcoming.org
9 comments
Piers commented on October 15, 2008 at 03:23 PM
Love the illustration Mr Hamm!
Gavin commented on October 15, 2008 at 08:20 PM
http://commons.wikimedia.org
Dario Gutierrez commented on October 21, 2008 at 06:20 PM
Several of this social networks i use everyday!! Is incredible the grow up. Regards from mexico.
SEO Singapore commented on March 08, 2009 at 11:56 AM
By the way the image to describe Social media is nice! By the way social media is also about user voice, and users can participate with their own voice.
Al commented on May 06, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Lovely to see a whole collection of the sites ;)
James Strutton commented on May 25, 2009 at 07:34 PM
This is some that amazes me always :)
Prepaid Calling cards commented on June 21, 2009 at 07:48 PM
Thanks for letting me know.Great?now I have to recount my entire perception on my life.
Make Money Online commented on June 23, 2009 at 07:30 PM
Social Media is really the buzz these days. Thanks for sharing list of useful social media sites. And I really like your wagon picture :)
Rajesh Watts commented on July 02, 2009 at 08:44 AM
Nice site and nice illustration as well. Great to see the whole list!
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