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Social media: a simple fad or are they here to stay?

Social media: a simple fad or are they here to stay?. Created by the Forecasting Net www.forecastingnet.com. Follow us on LinkedIn: Forecasting Net Group. Like us on Facebook: Forecasting Net page. Some common observations!. The Social media frenzy that started just before a few years,

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Social media: a simple fad or are they here to stay?

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  1. Social media:a simple fad or are they here to stay? Created by the Forecasting Net www.forecastingnet.com Follow us on LinkedIn: Forecasting Net Group Like us on Facebook: Forecasting Net page

  2. Some common observations! The Social media frenzy that started just before a few years, is still growing rapidly today 1 2 Some like them or even adore them, where others hate them However, everyone seems to talk about them …

  3. So, we ask our selves the simple question: … is the Social media frenzy a simple fad or are we already in too deep to escape?

  4. Let’s do the following: 1 First, we will count the number of worldwide Google searches per month, for certain keywords, by using Google Adwords* Then, we will compare Social Media related searches with other popular searches 2 Let’s start “counting”… * Per month searches (12 month average), retrieved by the Google Keyword Tool, included in Google AdWords, Data retrieved on May 11th 2011

  5. First, let’s see how a movie star scores 2.2 million searches per month Keyword: “Natalie Portman” Natalie Portman Oscar winning actress * Photo retrieved from Wikipedia commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tabercil), licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

  6. then, how a President scores 11.1 million searches per month Keyword: “Obama” Barack Obama President of U.S.A. * Photo retrieved from http://www.edupics.com, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License

  7. now, let’s see an IT “giant”, Microsoft 68 million searches per month Keyword: “Microsoft”

  8. … and, a dream gadget! 124 million searches per month Keyword: “iPhone”

  9. How about Google itself? 506 million searches per month! Keyword: “Google”

  10. So, far so good!699million searches per monthfor all the keywords we tested, combined(Natalie Portman, Obama, Microsoft, iPhone, Google) … can Social media outperform such a great performance? Let’s find out…

  11. Well, let’s see how YouTube performs 923 million searches per month! Keyword: “YouTube” Oops!!! It seems that the World’s largest video sharing network takes down “single handed” movie stars, politicians, and IT giants, combined

  12. …and what about the World’slargest social media network, Facebook? 2.5billion searches per month! Keyword: “Facebook” Incredible! Facebook, has more searches per month than everything we tested so far …

  13. What about all the most popular Social media networks combined? 3.6 billion searches per month! Keywords: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn That’s the true power of Social Media!

  14. Still have any doubts about Social Media?

  15. Think no more

  16. They are already in too deep in our personal & professional lives

  17. … and they are here to stay!

  18. Social media are here to stay! Created by the Forecasting Net www.forecastingnet.com Follow us on LinkedIn: Forecasting Net Group Like us on Facebook: Forecasting Net page

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