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What Internet Users Like to Share on Social Media Sites
source: http://www.marketingcharts.com/wp/online/what-internet-users-like-to-share-on-social-media-sites-36804/?utm_campaign=rssfeed&utm_source=mc&utm_medium=textlink
7 in 10 internet users across 24 countries say they’ve shared some type of content on social media sites in the past month, according to new survey results from Ipsos OTX. Given the growing popularity of visually-focused sites such as Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat, it’s no surprise that pictures emerge as the content type respondents are most inclined to share, with 43% claiming to have done so in the past month.
Beyond pictures, the study finds that opinions, status updates regarding one’s activities, and links to articles (each at 26%) are most likely to be shared.
That suggests that the social media buffs surveyed late last year by SocialToaster were pretty much on point in their judgment that pictures and links are most likely to be shared.
The Ipsos survey also indicates that a significant proportion of internet users are sharing other types of content on social media, including:
- Something they like or recommend, such as products, services, movies, and books (25%);
- News items (22%);
- Links to other websites (21%);
- Reposts from other people’s social media posts (21%);
- Status updates of what they’re feeling (19%);
- Video clips (19%);
- Plans for future activities, trips, and plans (9%); and
- Other types of content (10%).
Who’s Most Likely to Share?
While 7 in 10 overall claim to share content, some demographic groups are more likely to engage in this behavior than others. Respondents aged under 35 are most likely to share (81%), a completely unsurprising result. Still, about 7 in 10 online users aged 35-49 said they had shared content on social media site! s during ! the past month, as did a majority 55% of respondents aged 50-64.
Also unsurprising: women (74%) were more likely than men (69%) to have shared some type of content during the past month. (Ipsos had also found sharing activity to be greater among youth and women in a previous study.)
drag2share: Google+ Is The Fourth Most-Used Smartphone App
Google+ Is The Fourth Most-Used Smartphone App (GlobalWebIndex)
It’s no surprise that Google Maps is the most popular mobile app, used by 54% of the global smartphone population last month, according to a recent survey by GlobalWebIndex. However, the mobile apps for YouTube and Google+ were used by 35% and 30% of smartphone users respectively, which means that Google owns three of the four most widely used apps on smartphones.
Advertisers want visibility across platforms and across verticals. No company does that better than Google — which has the top location and video apps, and the second most popular social media app.
drag2share: Google+ Is Regaining Momentum, Proving Its Many Skeptics Wrong
source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/bnPk-fbSEK4/google-is-regaining-momentum-2013-8
Why Google+ Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon (L2 Think Tank)
Google+, which gained momentum after a successful launch in 2011 but then suffered from a slowdown in growth, is now surging in popularity, defying the predictions of many pundits who said it would fade away. L2 Think Tank Founder Scott Galloway says that’s because Google has effectively integrated Google+ with its most popular products, such as Search and Gmail, which places the social network in front of Google users throughout the day.
We noted in our recent analysis that Google+ has surpassed Twitter in monthly unique visitors on PCs.
Mobile Messaging Apps Continue To Surge
Source: https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome
WhatsApp just surpassed 300 million users worldwide.
In the last four months alone, the mobile messaging app has acquired 100 million users. Users are also now sending 11 billion messages per day, up from 8 million daily in April.
WhatsApp has recently made a concerted effort to attract new users from emerging markets. For example, it has offered residents in Southeast Asia an option to pay a small fee for a data-light version. This allows low-income mobile users to circumvent monthly carrier data fees.
The app is free on most platforms, but charges users 99 cents after one year of use. This business model draws consumers in. The fact that there’s no distracting ads helps WhatsApp retain users. WhatsApp founders have famously said they’re anti-ads and will never include them in the app.
WhatsApp has overtaken China’s immensely popular WeChat, which has an impressive 300 million registered users but only about 195 million that are active. It is also ahead of Line (200 million users), Viber (200 million), and even Skype (280 million).
The large user numbers across services are a clear signal of the overall popularity of OTT (over-the-top) messaging (messaging that goes over the Internet via data connections rather than carrier-controlled networks), and its staying power. OTT messaging threatens cell carriers, who lose voice and text revenue, and social networks like Facebook — which have not been able to maintain control of the messaging market.
Just How Popular Is YouTube? – eMarketer
source: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Just-How-Popular-YouTube/1009787
Facebook is the No. 2 online video property, but doesn’t hold a candle to YouTube’s dominance
When most users think of digital video, they most commonly think of YouTube. And it’s no coincidence, given the dominance of the video platform, that visits to YouTube trump those of any other video platform.
A study by AYTM Market Research examines just how popular YouTube is as a platform—and to what degree users consume YouTube content. The study showed that the vast majority of US internet users (about 60%) visited YouTube at least once a week in March 2013. Out of that percentage, 22% visited YouTube every day, and nearly 30% visited YouTube a few times per week.
Perhaps most striking are the low percentages of internet users who rarely or never visit YouTube. Only 14% of internet users surveyed reported “rarely” visiting the platform, and only 9% never did so.
To put YouTube’s popularity into perspective, AYTM also looked at the frequency of internet users watching videos on sites other than YouTube. Thirty-seven percent said they rarely watched on a site other than YouTube—11% said they never did.
Although 16% watched on sites other than YouTube a few times per month, and 27% watched more than a few times per week, the amount of video consumed is likely dramatically lower than on Google properties. According to comScore data from December 2012, Google sites made up the vast majority of online vid! eo viewership in the US in terms of unique viewers, videos viewed and time spent per viewer. The No. 2 video property, Facebook, was dramatically lower in terms of unique viewers, videos and average time spent per viewer.
On Facebook, Retailers Tackle How Best to Drive Sales – eMarketer
source: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/On-Facebook-Retailers-Tackle-How-Best-Drive-Sales/1009793
In 2011, major retailers in the US flocked to Facebook to build digital storefronts in hopes of capturing sales where so many socialized. But by the end of the following year, most high-profile players had closed their Fcommerce shops.
While some US retailers and brands forge ahead, the e-tailing group’s “15th Annual Mystery Shopping Study” found that what appeared to be a mass exodus did indeed happen. The number of retailers in the US with Facebook-enabled checkout dropped 63% between Q4 2011 to Q4 2012, to 6%.
Still, even as fewer “buy now” and “add to cart” buttons sprinkle Facebook’s newsfeeds and apps, US retailers know the importance of being on the site. According to a new eMarketer report, “Facebook Commerce: Evolving, Not Extinct,” the question is whether or not retailers can crack the commerce half of social engagement.
According to the e-tailing group, 98% of US ecommerce merchants surveyed had a Facebook page in Q4 2012, and nearly the same number of respondents (97%) linked to Facebook from their site. It is also notable that sharing in general is on the rise—a tactic growing in popularity as social discovery becomes a bigger part of the shopping process.
And even if Fcommerce did not work out for plenty of retailers, they are still positive about the role Facebook plays in social commerce. A survey by RichRelevance demonstrated that Facebook retailers in the US consider Facebook with high regard: The site took up a significant share of user social commerce sessions compared with other social! network sites in 2012.
drag2share: Facebook Is Riddled With Click Farms Where Workers Generate 1,000 Likes For $1
How much do you like courgettes, the green vegetable Americans call zucchini? According to one Facebook page devoted to them, hundreds of people find them delightful enough to click the “like” button – even with dozens of other pages about courgettes to choose from.
There’s just one problem: the liking was fake, done by a team of low-paid workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, whose boss demanded just $15 per thousand “likes” at his “click farm”. Workers punching the keys might be on a three-shift system, and be paid as little as $120 a year.
The ease with which a humble vegetable could win approval calls into question the basis on which many modern companies measure success online – through Facebook likes, YouTube video views and Twitter followers.
drag2share: Sales Of Vinyl Records Are Soaring Paid Downloads Turning Negative
source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/cSQ7YPMcth4/vinyl-music-is-surging-2013-7
Here’s the latest chart from Paul Resnikoff at Digital Music News: projected U.S. vinyl music sales for 2013, based on first-half data from Nielsen Soundscan. This is no longer a fad:
The BBC reported in April that the surge has been driven by the confluence of artists releasing exclusive material through the medium, and its growing popularity among 18-24 year-olds (there’s a chicken-and-egg element to this)
College-aged buyers have also expressed a desire to keep record stores in business, the BBC said.
Resnikoff notes they still comprise a tiny chunk of overall music sales, though one that seems to be growing larger every year.
Also an interesting contrast with his chart from this past week showing music downloads are way down:
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Variety of Sign-In Options Still Key for Social Logins – eMarketer
source: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Variety-of-Sign-In-Options-Still-Key-Social-Logins/1010067
As has long been the case, the type of site being accessed has an effect on user preferences. Facebook has the strongest hold when it comes to sign-ins on gaming and entertainment sites (64% of the total in Q2 2013), music sites (61%) and retail sites (59%).
Despite Facebook’s rising popularity for social sign-in functions, however, publishers and retailers would be wise to note that its takeover is far from complete. Significant chunks of every audience still prefer to sign in with an ID from Google, Yahoo! or some other site—and since a large part of the draw of social sign-in is its convenience, users still need these options to be satisfied.
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