Social Networking Sites

Social Networking sites are the future of Internet marketing. The good news is that the opportunities for laser-targeted advertising are becoming a reality. Want to target 18-24 year old college graduate women who are engaged? Well, you can … in Facebook. 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 pounds!) search engine listings, but … in this new arena … you could be that 'old' site.

HERE'S Some VERY INTERESTING 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

      AND!  ...  It’s Not Just Kids Discussing Which Music They Like & Which Clothes To Wear

      Over 50% of MySpace users are over 35
      Facebook even has 100k users over 64