The Impact of Online Social Networking on the Value of Information Ramon Thomas

The Impact of Online Social Networking on the Value of Information

Ramon Thomas

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Email

IM / SMS / MXit

Intranet

Website

Newsletter

Blog / RSS

The Numbers 1.1 billion Internet users (4 million in SA) 2.5 billion cellphone users (32 million in SA) 580 million IM users (+/- 1 million in SA) 200 million+ Social Networking users (250K+ in SA)

1.1 billion Internet users (4 million in SA)

2.5 billion cellphone users (32 million in SA)

580 million IM users (+/- 1 million in SA)

200 million+ Social Networking users (250K+ in SA)

MySpace.com Growth

Facebook Growth

Six Degrees of Separation

Social Networking Six Degrees of Seperation “Small World” Theory Profiles Friends / Connections Mashups

Six Degrees of Seperation

“Small World” Theory

Profiles

Friends / Connections

Mashups

The Revenue Engines Google pledges $900 million for MySpace MySpace $2/user vs. Facebook $6/user Youtube $1.65 billion = $13 / user

Google pledges $900 million for MySpace

MySpace $2/user vs. Facebook $6/user

Youtube $1.65 billion = $13 / user

The Long Tail

The Attention Age The “Information Age” is already over ADD Decision Making The Paradox of Choice

The “Information Age” is already over

ADD

Decision Making

The Paradox of Choice

Recommended Resources Squidoo.com ChangeThis.com Google Answers / Yahoo! Answers

Squidoo.com

ChangeThis.com

Google Answers / Yahoo! Answers

Cluetrain "A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies." www.cluetrain.com

"A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies."

www.cluetrain.com

Contact Details: Ramon Thomas [email_address] Tel. 011 4331034 or 082 9407137 www.netucation.co.za Find me on LinkedIn , Facebook & MySpace

[email_address]

Tel. 011 4331034 or 082 9407137

www.netucation.co.za

Find me on LinkedIn , Facebook & MySpace