Myspace Origins
Emergence of Facebook
There are many reasons of the decline of Myspace as compared to the rise of other social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and tumblr. Perhaps the most significant reason is the lack of innovation and new abilities to improve the user's social networking sites. All Myspace offered was user to user interaction through wall posts and friend requests. In addition, they added a music feature where users could publish their music to Myspace and share it with friends and other users. Facebook offered games, quizzes, music, friends, and other interactions to keep their clients entertained and constantly using their website. Even Twitter allows users to connect with famous celebrities and users without using friend requests. Twitter keeps users up to date with current events because of its real time updating.
The Brief Rise Google+
Google+ appeared to be the best competitor to the social media powerhouse Facebook. However, statistics did not support this, stating that users were spending 3.3 minutes monthly on the website. This is nothing compared to Facebook users, who spent, on a monthly average, of 7.5 hours on the site. Also, the dominant age bracket for the site was users between 24-35 years old, which contrasts to that of Facebook which is a much younger bracket.
Google+ may be a successful case study to prove that top social media websites like Facebook and Twitter cannot be competed with. But the only remaining question is whether or not Facebook will remain popular with the changing times. Will Facebook become the next Myspace? Will another website take over the social media world? Only time will tell.
Update: Google+ now also belongs in the tech graveyard.
SEO and Social Media
Companies nowadays are using social media to their advantage. It is very simple for companies to spread their products or company name virally through social media. It is necessary nowadays for corporations to have social media presence to connect with their target audience and get their name out there.
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