Continuing with the Social Media theme of last week, Chitika Insights took an in depth look at social media operating system distributions.
Category: Social Media
Google+ Opens to Everyone — No One Cares
Google+ is losing market share, and has been every day in the last week. The search giant opened up its newest social network to the world almost three months ago amid much fanfare.
Internet Explorer, a Dying Breed on Social Media
In Chitika Insights’ latest study, we investigated the difference in browser use across different social media websites. We pulled a week’s worth of data that covered millions of ad impressions to try to identify characteristics among each site’s users.
Will Google+ go the way of Google Buzz or Google itself?
Google+ is not following the growth story of Google, with no growth in the social network’s usage through the end of August and beginning of September. Unfortunately, the usage of the service has drastically fallen since our previous report.
Did Social Media Instigate the London Riots?
Social media makes the gathering process far more convenient. Just send a public message or text your friends, ask them to relay that message to off of their friends, and so on. The recent rioting in England and Egypt exemplifies how effective, and dangerous this contemporary system is.
Has Google+ Already Reached its Decline?
Over the past month, there has been much speculation as to whether the emergence of Google Plus marks the beginning of a new era in social networking. At first glance, possesses an array of wildly different features, boasts a rapidly growing user base, and has the backing of a company with a seemingly immeasurable amount of resources.
LinkedIn Goes IPO, Why Aren’t You Marketing There?
LinkedIn is huge and influential enough to be worth $9 billion dollars after its IPO. Why aren’t more social media marketing professionals paying attention?
How Not to Market a Facebook App
Chitika’s first-ever Facebook app launched this past week, and has been underwhelming at best. We break down what makes people want to use an app, and detail our successes and failures.
Stumbleupon.com – Where Internet Explorer Goes to Die
A lot can be learned from a site when one knows of the browsers that hit the website. While only these websites can know for sure what their browser distribution is, Chitika Insights is able to study the traffic generated by referrals to find out some interesting numbers on a few networks.
Did Twitter Harpoon the Fail Whale?
Goodbye, sweet Fail Whale – Twitter has a new little friend to tell us when it’s on the fritz.