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Analysis: Facebook, Slide.com and Photography

Authored by Heather Hopkins on June 26, 2008 - 2:41am.

I noticed Michael Arrington's post on Facebook shutting down a Slide.com application and checked Hitwise data to compare Facebook and MySpace clickstream data in particular to Photography websites. The differences are interesting and highlight different interests of users as well as a different profile of user. Facebook sends far less traffic to Photography websites than does MySpace. Last week, 0.67% of downstream visits from Facebook went to Photography websites compared to 4.26% from MySpace.

Analysis: Slide.com, Rock You - Sites Gaining from Social Network Widgets in the UK

Authored by Heather Hopkins on June 28, 2007 - 9:51am.

Last week, Widgets that embed content into profiles in social networks are causing a stir in the UK rankings of Photography websites. Our Site Seeing column in this week's Technology Guardian (sorry still not available online so I can't provide a link) is about Slide.com, the photo sharing website which two weeks ago overtook Flickr to take the #2 position among Photography websites. (Last week, it dropped back down to #3). Rock You ranked #4.