(note especially the 'also visited' graphs - the top result is studylink.govt.nz, with facebook well in the lead.)
On Apr 22, 1:32 pm, Hamish Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > http://trends.google.com/websites?q=facebook.com,bebo.com,myspace.com... > > Obviously not just students, but I agree with the above: Bebo is kids, > Facebook is students and young professionals and MySpace for those who > just can't let go. > > On Apr 22, 12:51 pm, "Aaron Cooper" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Facebook was pulling twice the traffic of Bebo in 2007, then FB had a visit > > growth of over 300% in 2008 to put it on par with MySpace. > > > Generally speaking, Bebo has been the poor cousin of FB and MS for while > > now. > > >http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/bebo-myspace-facebook-site... > > > Facebook started as a Student only network in the US, so it's far more > > engrained in American student life from what I've seen and heard. > > > Bebo seems to be more for the younger gen now, while MySpace is still > > insanely popular with artists, especially musicians. > > > Cheers > > Aaron > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nathan Cox > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:58 AM > > Subject: [phpug] Re: What students use > > > Thanks, yeah my inclination was to push data to as many subscrible > > channels as possible. > > Is Bebo still as popular as Facebook? I know it used to be huge but from > > what I hear everyone's been moving to Facebook. > > > Michael Adams wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:31:54 +1200 > > Came this utterance formulated by Nathan Cox to my mailbox: > > > Hi, I was wondering if anybody knows if there's information available > > anywhere (like statistics, even rough ones) about how many uni student > > use different services like Facebook apps, Twitter, feed readers, > > vista gadgets, YouTube subscriptions, etc. > > Basically what I'm looking for is some kind of information on the best > > ways to push notifications and information to students (that they > > subscribe to) that's a bit more concrete and convincing than "but > > everybody uses Facebook". > > > I attended a teaching and learning conference at EIT Hawkes Bay recently > > "Student Success: A new era in ways of learning" where the concensus was > > to incorporate all of the new techniques available (as many as possible > > anyway). I think Bebo has as much of a following in NZ students as > > Facebook does. > > > One option being explored was giving students thought provoking > > questions via text when they want it. Travelling on the train at 3:30 or > > 8:00pm during normal TV watching. > > > The conference emphasis seemed to be on tertiary training. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
