Facebook is a social media site that is growing exponentially. It's sort of like MySpace for adults, but more. To quote the site itself:
Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.
If you've been wondering exactly what social media is here is a partial definition found on Wikipedia:
Social media uses the “wisdom of crowds” to connect information in a collaborative manner. Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, message boards, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures, and video. Technologies such as blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, group creation, and voice over IP, to name a few.
Facebook was originally started for Harvard students, and was limited to those with a Harvard.edu email. It was expanded to other Ivy league universities, and a year ago was opened to the public.
FaceBook is doubling every 6 months, gaining 200,000 users per day, with a current userbase of 49 million. The sixth-most trafficked site in the US, it's the #1 photo-sharing app on the web.
The fastest growing group is 25 and up, with an increasing number of baby boomers. Facebook is is a great place for boomers "to strut their stuff, their business and their blogs."
For some good reasons to join Facebook, read Jim Olenbush's blog post Network Online While You Sell Houses.
If you decide to join Facebook be sure to add me as a friend.
Kay Frenzer ~ Real Estate SEO
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