Wow I had no idea Google Trends even existed...good to know though! Hamish Campbell wrote: > http://trends.google.com/websites?q=facebook.com,bebo.com,myspace.com&geo=NZ&date=all > > 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. >> > > >
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