Well... :) -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:15 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Social Media has now past porn as the #1 Internet Past-time
This is an outrage!!! I pledge to double my efforts in order to get Pr0n back on top! Or on bottom, if it prefers..... On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSSP31943720080916 > > First page below, click to read it all... > > Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, > dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people > communicate, according to a web guru. > > Bill Tancer, a self-described "data geek", has analyzed information for > over > 10 million web users to conclude that we are, in fact, what we click, with > Internet searches giving an up-to-date view of how society and people are > changing. > > Some of his findings are great trivia, such as the fact that elbows, belly > button lint and ceiling fans are on the list of people's top fears > alongside > social intimacy and rejection. > > Others give an indication of people's interests or emotions, with an annual > spike in searches for anti-depression drugs around Thanksgiving time in the > United States. > > Tancer, in his new book, "Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online > and Why It Matters", said analyzing web searches did not just reflect what > was happening online but gave a wider picture of society and people's > behavior. > > "There are some patterns to our Internet use that we tend to repeat very > specifically and predictably, from diet searches, to prom dresses, to what > we do around the holidays," Tancer told Reuters in a telephone interview. > > Tancer, general manager of global research at Hitwise, an Internet tracking > company, said one of the major shifts in Internet use in the past decade > had > been the fall off in interest in pornography or adult entertainment sites. > > He said surfing for porn had dropped to about 10 percent of searches from > 20 > percent a decade ago, and the hottest Internet searches now are for social > networking sites. > > "As social networking traffic has increased, visits to porn sites have > decreased," said Tancer, indicated that the 18-24 year old age group > particularly was searching less for porn. > > "My theory is that young users spend so much time on social networks that > they don't have time to look at adult sites." > > SOCIETY CLICKS TO CHANGE > > Tancer said the change in communication patterns was one of the most > noticeable shifts in society in the past five years -- a key point for > marketers seeking to learn about their audiences. > > But analyzing data also showed what preoccupied people, allowing Tancer to > predict the outcome of reality TV shows. > > "I noticed in our data that some of the top search terms are about tropical > storms in the United States," said Tancer. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305501 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
