One of the most discussed and possibly hyped topics of 2007 was the continued rise of social networking sites, such as Facebook. However, recent news coverage of this sector now seems to be declaring that the popularity of social networking may be on the decline.
With the popularity of social networking websites – where people collaborate and exchange information online – it was only a matter of time before this power of human interaction is harnessed within search engines. This month has seen the launch of the alpha test version of the new Wikia Search tool, as well as reports that Yahoo! is testing the integration of del.icio.us bookmarking tags within their search listings.
This time last year we made 5 predictions for 2007 and so here’s a quick summary of our list and what actually happened (you can read the originals in more detail in our January 2007 Newsletter):
Looking for another channel to market your company online? You might want to consider using one of the many new community sites or "social media networks", like Facebook, to target potential customers.
