MySpace is still beating Facebook in the UK – News Corp.’s site receives 41 percent more visits. But Facebook has just overtaken the older social network in terms of Internet searches, and this has big implications for the future.
Facebook Eating MySpaces Cafeteria Lunch
My fellow FutureLab blogger, danah boyd, wrote an interesting and controversial essay about the social network migration of high school students: Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace. (Boyd blogs at Many-to-Many and Apophenia about social networking and related topics.) She sums up her point:
Does Microsoft Deserve Facebook?
First of all, think I’m the only one going gung-ho about Facebook? You’re nuts.
ReadWriteWeb is doing a week of nothing but Facebook.
Facebook Spawns New Industry, Digg Killer
This is the season for Facebook. It used to be that you couldn’t scan Web news without seeing a new Google report. Then it was MySpace, then Digg. Since Facebook opened up to the general public and to developers, it’s all anybody wants to talk about.
Google Reader Plus Facebook Application = Digg Killer?
Mario Romero has built something very interesting that’s getting more interesting all the time.
If I weren’t on Facebook and didn’t have his Google Reader application plugged into Facebook I would totally have missed it.
Microsoft to Buy Facebook?
Rumor is that Microsoft is looking to close a deal to buy Facebook for the amazing sum of six billion dollars. Henry Blodget says that while he can’t confirm it, he has definitely heard that Steve Ballmer is desperately trying to make a big splash play to counter Google in the internet game.
Facebook? Why Now?
John Battelle asks a compelling question: why Facebook and why now?
Scott Rosenberg of Slate follows up with another point: that Facebook’s friends definitions are all messed up.
Reasons Why Google Should Acquire Facebook
I was reading Adotas this morning and noticed an article titled Google To Acquire Facebook? Google has been on a purchasing frenzy as of late and the acquisition of Facebook would further strengthen their arsenal. However a $900 million pending deal with MySpace (who provides Google with 11% of Google’s traffic) and a no-compete clause makes Google have to tread very gently. Google does not want to end up losing MySpace to Yahoo!
Is Facebook the New Press Release?
Robert Scoble recently asked whether or not Facebook may represent a new kind of press release.
Facebook Scaring Google?
Ever since Andy joined Facebook, things have been looking up for the social networking site. (What do you mean, there’s no correlation?) Today their numbers are up and there are rumors that Google should be very, very afraid.