Twitter Measured Against Google, Facebook Yardsticks

Twitter turned three years old this weekend, and to hear some people tell it, the service is on a path that'll have it taking over the world in no time.  But comparisons to a sort of kinder, less articulate Stewie Griffin may be a little premature, since it turns out Twitter hasn't measured up to two other companies.

Facebook Just Became a Better Marketing Tool

Facebook has started including updates from Pages in the news feed. While some of the pages users were already subscribed to are not showing up at this point, any they subscribe to from now on will (unless users elect not to see the messages). Facebook was already a great marketing tool. I've recently discussed a number of reasons why. But this is a way for…

Craigslist Replaces MySpace As Top Search Term

When the going gets tough, it's possible that the tough go to Craigslist.  A fresh report from Hitwise indicates that searchers have become extremely interested in the site, actually putting it ahead of MySpace and establishing it as the top U.S. search term for the middle of March.

Driving Traffic with Twitter

Reports suggest that social networking is now more popular than email. Twitter in particular grew 33% in only a month according to Compete data.

Facebook Can Drive More Traffic Than Google

I recently discussed Twitter as a great source of traffic to sites, but the even more popular Facebook can do and is doing the same thing. In fact, reports have Facebook driving even more traffic than Google to some big-name sites.