Using Quantcast analytics from last month (April 2008), I recently compiled data on the most popular social networking sites to determine which ones have the most educated and most wealthy user base. Social networking sites included in the analysis were largely based on the Compete list of top social networks, the total U.S. estimated monthly uniques for the month of April (as reported by Quantcast), and author interest.

No surprises here with MySpace and Facebook at the top. It is interesting to note that Facebook’s Read more »

Just discovered a new niche video site called GodTube. You guessed it, a YouTube wannabe with very specific target users and audience in mind: Christians. According to the site, “GodTube.com is a video-driven social network designed for both Christians and non-Christians to share the message and love of Christ. We are a family-friendly site where people of all ages, races, backgrounds, and nationalities can share and belong”. The potential here is very huge given the number of Christians in the US and abroad. Just like YouTube, you can upload and share videos, create a channel, join or create a group, etc. They have also tapped into churches by helping them spread their messages to Read more »

I am a long time Outlook user who just recently moved to Gmail for many reasons (to be discussed in a later post). However, my interest in Outlook has been reignited with the public beta release of Xobni (inbox spelled backwards). Xobni is a plugin that essentially transforms MS Outlook program into a social network. It improves upon Outlook’s organization, search, and navigation abilities to a greater standard and makes it more user friendly. Xobni is a great analytics tool that identifies and displays trends for who and when you email someone and vice versa. It also automatically extracts contact information, attachments, and the sender’s known acquaintance’s (i.e. friends) from emails to display Read more »

It looks like Silicon Valley’s favorite tech gossip rag blog Valleywag is giving the most popular internet start-up news blog TechCrunch a real run for its money. As you can see traffic stats from Compete has Valleywag in a very close place within a difference of only ~10,000 unique visitors per month. What is more impressive however is the surge in Valleywag’s traffic that was experienced in January and overall growth for the year compared to TechCrunch (3415.3% vs. 749.8%). Given the popular stories that Valleywag has covered this month, we will likely see it overtake Techcrunch again but perhaps for good this time. After all, what’s more interesting to readers; multi-million Read more »