Comments on: U.S. Visitors to Facebook Declines in August http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/09/u-s-visitors-to-facebook-declines-in-august/ Leveraging social networks, resume databases, and the Internet for sourcing and recruiting Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:53:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Doug http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/09/u-s-visitors-to-facebook-declines-in-august/comment-page-1/#comment-4174 Doug Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:17:51 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=4007#comment-4174 Actually, I'd rather have facebook's problem than twitter's. A dip in unique visitors may be a sign in the long term, but if their 300M visitors are visiting a lot and the actual number of visits and page views is not dropping, then it's no sign of doom and gloom. Getting more uniques and less actual visits on your site is a much worse sign, actually. But alas, I chalk this up to a seasonal trend. the last couple weeks of August and first week of September are typically weak for "entertainment" sites like this and like mine. The traffic softens significantly as people enjoy the end of the summer and a large portion of these sites' demographics prepare to and return to school or college. That was my experience the past couple of years despite good content output. Actually, I’d rather have facebook’s problem than twitter’s. A dip in unique visitors may be a sign in the long term, but if their 300M visitors are visiting a lot and the actual number of visits and page views is not dropping, then it’s no sign of doom and gloom. Getting more uniques and less actual visits on your site is a much worse sign, actually.

But alas, I chalk this up to a seasonal trend. the last couple weeks of August and first week of September are typically weak for “entertainment” sites like this and like mine. The traffic softens significantly as people enjoy the end of the summer and a large portion of these sites’ demographics prepare to and return to school or college. That was my experience the past couple of years despite good content output.

]]> By: Anna Langella http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/09/u-s-visitors-to-facebook-declines-in-august/comment-page-1/#comment-4173 Anna Langella Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:22:47 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=4007#comment-4173 I don't get the whole Twitter fad. Who cares about the minuscule details of a random person's life? Why do people care so much on Twitter, yet no one cares about anyone in their own neighborhoods and communities anymore. Everyone just walks around with their noses in their iphones and don't even bother to look up and say "hi" to people they know. I don’t get the whole Twitter fad. Who cares about the minuscule details of a random person’s life? Why do people care so much on Twitter, yet no one cares about anyone in their own neighborhoods and communities anymore. Everyone just walks around with their noses in their iphones and don’t even bother to look up and say “hi” to people they know.

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