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The State of
  Social Media




FIRST EDITION
January 2012
Data based on US Internet browser population only.




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The State of Social Media
For years, industry experts and thought leaders have been advocating
for the adoption of social media as a key component of any marketing
strategy. By now, very few marketers need to be convinced. So what’s
next? How do you ensure that your social media efforts are as effective
as possible? Like any traditional marketing channel, the answers are in
the data.

The first step is to understand consumer behavior – before, during and
after their time spent using social media. Only then can you effectively
plan your campaigns, target your message and achieve optimal results.
In this report, we take a look at the numbers and analyze shifts in
behavior as it pertains to the most significant social networking sites for
marketers – Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter.




 Facebook

Unique Visitors to Facebook.com (November 2009 to November 2011)

170,000,000                                                                                      Facebook is the #2 on
160,000,000                                                                                      the Internet with over
150,000,000                                                                                      800 million active
140,000,000
                                                                                                 users, half of which
130,000,000
                                                                                                 sign in everyday.
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Did you know that as of September 2011, Internet users were spending
14% of their total time online on Facebook? The MSN and the Myspace
of our current Internet age, Facebook has found a way to be the number
one referrer to sites simply because people are spending the most time
there. On the clear up and up, Facebook garnered over 160,000,000
unique visits in November 2011, with a growth rate of 2.47% from the
month prior and 22.75% year over year. But what does this all mean for
marketers? How can you interact with Facebook and use it to garner
traffic, cultivate new customers, and engage with existing ones? Check
out the data and analysis below to take the first step in understanding
the ins and outs of Facebook and how you might use this to your
competitive advantage.

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Keywords
Selected Keyword Referrals for Facebook.com (November 2011)
Keyword                    Search Referrals Share   Average Time Index   Total Time Index

login facebook             0.05%                    2.20                 5.61
yahoo mail                 0.05%                    2.17                 5.41
craigslist                 0.05%                    2.17                 4.60
facebook login             0.04%                    2.47                 5.04
fcebook                    0.04%                    3.15                 5.99
facebook login help        0.04%                    2.61                 4.73
ebay                       0.04%                    2.61                 4.68
facebook                   0.04%                    2.63                 4.57
faebook                    0.04%                    2.23                 3.82
wwwfacebook.com            0.04%                    3.73                 6.15
welcome to facebook        0.03%                    1.84                 3.04
acebook                    0.03%                    2.43                 4.00
yahoo.com                  0.03%                    2.36                 3.65
gmail                      0.03%                    2.42                 3.72
faebook login              0.03%                    2.37                 3.47
youtube.com                0.03%                    2.99                 4.29
farmville                  0.03%                    2.62                 3.75


We as marketers too often get tunnel vision when it comes to search
marketing. We tend to care about the keywords that we rank high in and
                                                                                            Facebook garnered
the ones working well in our industry. If we were to stop there, however,
we would surely miss out on many key insights tucked in Compete                             over 160 million
PRO’s data. Often times, when beginning to analyze a platform for
potential advertisement or marketing engagements, it’s best to examine                      unique visits in
which keywords have successfully driven traffic to their site, and of those
                                                                                            November 2011,
referrals, what percentage is Paid Share and what percentage is
Natural Share.                                                                              growing 22.75%
As we can see, Facebook is seeing many referrals keywords like “yahoo
                                                                                            year over year.
mail”, “craigslist”, “ebay”, “yahoo.com”, “gmail”, and “youtube”, all brand
keywords not associated with their own brand. Here we uncover that
Facebook sees these companies as assets to its brand, in whatever
regard, and it feels that investing in connections between Facebook and
these sites will further its success. A marketer running a multi-channel
campaign centered around Facebook may want to start with one of
these affiliated sites as to increase the visibility of the entire campaign.
Examples of this could be sending out a complementary email campaign
linking to your Facebook page or creating a video on your YouTube
channel that you host on your Facebook page. When Facebook is
footing the bill, it’s wise to order everything on the menu.




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Referring Sites
Top Growing Site Referrals for Facebook.com (November 2011)

Site               Industry Category            Visits      +/-         +/- (%)   Incoming    Change in
                                                                                  Share (%)   Share

meebo.com          Messaging and Chat           925,326     702,076     314.48%   0.03%       327.54%
bestbuy.com        Electronics                  1,018,309   601,489     144.30%   0.03%       151.16%
toysrus.com        Children & Baby Needs        864,082     480,271     125.13%   0.03%       133.05%
walmart.com        Mass Merchant &              3,867,318   1,967,254   103.54%   0.12%       110.07%
                   Department Store
kohls.com          Mass Merchant &              807,494     355,886     78.80%    0.03%       84.89%
                   Department Store
target.com         Mass Merchant &              1,530,295   619,777     68.07%    0.05%       73.31%
                   Department Store
pinterest.com      Specialty Portals & Search   1,721,009   626,354     57.22%    0.05%       62.13%
jcpenney.com       Mass Merchant &              906,597     292,616     47.66%    0.03%       52.91%
                   Department Store
yellowpages.com    Local Search                 948,834     296,214     45.39%    0.03%       50.25%
amazon.com         Mass Merchant &              6,189,302   1,868,821   43.25%    0.20%       47.79%
                   Department Store


Examining sites that direct visitors to Facebook is an important practice
for an online marketer looking to create social engagement with their
customers or prospects. Sites that send many referrals to Facebook
could be great examples of brands running successful social campaigns
linked with a Facebook page and thus building their engagement with
users, ultimately increasing their chances of conversion and retention.
Another situation that might be occurring is that the site is successfully
                                                                                                          As Facebook’s
getting online users to create social chatter online via Facebook, which                                  number one referrer
boosts the brand’s publicity.
                                                                                                          in November 2011,
As the number one referrer to Facebook, Meebo.com is a site to watch.
As a compiler of personalized user interests, Meebo helps Internet users                                  Meebo.com is a site
navigate through the web and share content relevant to them. With
advertising as a component of their business, it might be wise for those                                  to watch.
looking to run a Facebook campaign to advertise through Meebo.

As we can see above, the majority of the top growing referrers are
actually retail sites. Given that this data was pulled smack dab in
the middle of the holiday season, this comes as no surprise. Instead
of making an industry vs. industry analysis, this data gives us the
opportunity to examine who across the retail industry is having success
increasing their Facebook interactions and what their methods are for
doing so.




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Also, it is interesting to note the success that an education-based
gaming site is having in connecting with Facebook users. At #11,
coolmath-games.com holds .02% of the share of site referrals to
Facebook. We often see referral connections between gaming sites and
Facebook which might inspire brands to think about creating a related
online game themselves. If you are a retailer, maybe you would want to
think about building a holiday themed game showcasing your brand or
products and sync it with Facebook for social growth and engagement.


Outgoing Traffic
Top Growing Site Destinations for Facebook.com (November 2011)
Destination Site    Industry Category                    Monthly Outgoing Share   Change in Share

walmart.com         Mass Merchant and Department Store   0.20%                    82.42%
wizard101.com       MMORPG Games                         0.08%                    79.50%
pinterest.com       Specialty Portals and Search         0.16%                    55.51%
target.com          Mass Merchant and Department Store   0.07%                    53.80%
amazon.com          Mass Merchant and Department Store   0.35%                    39.73%
blogspot.com        Blogging Services                    0.37%                    11.53%
wooga.com           Online Leisure Gaming                0.09%                    10.31%
instagr.am          Free Software/Downloads/AddIns       0.06%                    9.63%
godvine.com
                                                                                                    Think of Facebook
                    Videos                               0.15%                    6.70%
twitter.com         Personal Networking                  1.31%                    3.42%


Since Facebook is the #2 site on the Internet with over 800 million
                                                                                                    as a giant pond
active users, half of which sign in everyday, it is extremely important for                         filled with fish
marketers to understand how their brands can integrate genuinely and
successfully into this social powerhouse. As an online marketer, how are                            and your online
you going to meet your customers and potential customers where they
spend the most time and furthermore, how are you going to then entice
                                                                                                    marketing strategy
those users to make your page the next stop in their session? Think                                 as the fishing pole
of Facebook as a giant pond filled with fish and your online marketing
strategy as the fishing pole and lure. If you’re Wizard101.com, Pinterest,                          and lure.
Blogspot, Wooga, or Insta.gram, you’re either new to the neighborhood,
upgraded your equipment last month, or changed your technique. If
you’re Walmart, Target, or Amazon, maybe it’s just the perfect season
for you.

Since blogging service websites such as Blogspot (Destination #6) and
Tumblr (Destination #12) have seen recent success in referrals from
Facebook, think about starting a company blog if you haven’t already.
Since Facebook is home to short status updates, it gives to reason that
the syndication of more engaging content—like blog posts—would do
well to drive traffic to your site from Facebook. If you already have a
blog, don’t forget to incorporate Facebook share buttons and regularly
share your own content across company pages.




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At #8, Instagr.am is, at its core, efficiently and simplistically integrated
into various social channels. Increasing in popularity and referrals from
Facebook, Insta.gram site isn’t even home to the application. Users on
the site are redirected to the App Store in order to utilize the program. It
becomes apparent that users are interested in documenting their lives
visually in real time. As an online marketer, you may want to create an
Insta.gram account yourself and document daily life at your office, your
city, and industry related events. Also, you could host an Insta.gram
contest based on a relevant theme and promote this heavily through
your business’s Facebook page.




 Google+

Unique Visitors to plus.google.com in the US (June to November 2011)

16,000,000


14,000,000


12,000,000


10,000,000                                                                               Just months
 8,000,000                                                                               after launching,
 6,000,000
                                                                                         Google+ saw
                                                                                         nearly 15 million
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                                                                                         November 2011.
               Jun-11         Jul-11         Aug-11         Sep-11     Oct-11   Nov-11




                                                                                         (US only)
Launched June 28, 2011 as an “invitation only” social platform, the
world waited with anticipation to see just how “circles,” “hangouts,” and
“sparks” might change the social media game. Marketers jumped over
to the drawing board to see just how they could pioneer themselves
with this new tool to a more engaged and bountiful social horizon. While
much is still left up to the imagination, the launch of brand Google+
Pages on November 7, 2011 has cut out an official place for online
marketers to set up shop and continue to promote their brands and
engage with potential customers in new and evolving ways. The fact
that Google+ is so young makes our analysis of how people are getting
to the social site and where they are going all the more exciting. Let’s
check it out!




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Keywords
Keyword Referrals for Plus.Google.com (November 2011)
Destination Site                             Number of Referrals

google plus                                  40,259
google                                       30,919
google+                                      16,804
google +                                     5,131
billy rios                                   4,854
gmail                                        4,665
google.com                                   4,550
beau hayden                                  4,395
boulton hayden                               4,029
googleplus                                   3,540


Although most of the top keyword referrals are naturally associated with
the Google+ brand, we noticed a fair share of proper names in the top
search terms, leading us to believe that much like LinkedIn, Google+
will be heavily focused on personalization. We are also eager to see in
the coming months whether or not there will be an increase of search
terms with “+” tacked on, given the new functionality to search “NAME/
BRAND NAME +” in Google and be automatically redirected to the given
Google+ page. Marketers should be aware of the unique integration of        Marketers should
their Google+ pages into the Google search algorithm.
                                                                            be aware of the
Referring Sites                                                             unique integration of
Top Growing Site Referrals for Plus.Google.com (November 2011)
Destination Site                             Change in Share                Google+ pages into
inman.com                                    200.83%
1800petmeds.com                              200.64%
                                                                            the Google search
oyez.org
daringfireball.net
                                             199.84%
                                             199.70%
                                                                            algorithm.
10starmovies.com                             199.56%
datpiff.com                                  199.18%
poolsupplyworld.com                          199.13%
dailydealspanel.com                          198.95%
ew.com                                       198.81%
lycos.com                                    198.66%


In the first 6 months of Google+, brands have tried to figure out how and
why they are going to get people to interact with their Google+ pages.
Given that Pages were just released this past November, this data is
perhaps the most telling for brands because it shows who has increased
their referrals to Google+ the most since the addition. Companies on
the list above might be successful in directing users to their Google+
page by inviting them to a hangout or other social campaign, or maybe
they are good at getting others to share their content on Google+, with
perhaps a prominent Google+ share button.




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Outgoing Traffic
Top Site Destinations for Plus.Google.com (November 2011)
Destination Site                                      Number of Referrals

google.com                                            202,698,646
facebook.com                                          19,064,380
youtube.com                                           8,122,006
yahoo.com                                             6,726,803
aol.com                                               3,398,454
msn.com                                               2,794,464
amazon.com                                            2,378,276
sparkpeople.com                                       2,365,293
lowes.com                                             2,283,122
blogspot.com                                          2,281,328


How are marketers capitalizing on an engaging Google+ Page and
converting visitors into leads? We took to our destination data to see
which sites people were going to after Google+ in month of November.
Unsurprisingly, we see that many of the top sites are also in the top
destinations from Google+. That piece of data isn’t insignificant by any
means; it just reinforces the idea that as a company you should have
a strong presence on the top players in the social media game so that
there is a chance to build upon the relationship you’re forming with users
at every step of their browsing session.

Aside from this, we see that Amazon.com, Sparkpeople.com, and                It’s time to start
Lowes.com are all retailers that Google+ has redirected visitors to. It
would be interesting to research the kinds of campaigns and strategies       utilizing the Google+
these companies may be implementing in order to cultivate traffic from
Google+. In addition, Blogspot.com is an interesting destination, as
                                                                             share button.
we may infer that syndicating blog content through Google+ is an
effective tactic.




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LinkedIn

Unique Visitors to LinkedIn.com (November 2009 to November 2011)

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LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has been growing steadily                   Se

since it was created, and following a nearly $8 billion IPO this spring,
has seen even more rapid growth. Garnering roughly 25,000,000
unique visitors in November 2011, LinkedIn is clearly a social force to be
reckoned with and should not be discounted by their larger competitors.                                     As of November 2011,
Advertisers have a great market available to them with LinkedIn; as of
November 2011, 58% percent of the visitors to LinkedIn.com made
                                                                                                            58% of visitors to
over $60k and 30% made over $100k! How will LinkedIn factor into your                                       LinkedIn.com made
competitive intelligence strategy? Read on to find out!

Keywords
                                                                                                            over $60k and 30%
Keyword Referrals for LinkedIn.com (November 2011)                                                          made over $100k.
Keyword                            Search         Paid Share        Natural   Average Time     Total Time
                                   Referrals                        Share     Index            Index
                                   Share

weyland chan                       0.02%          -                 -         0.35             0.04
james barney shaw                  0.02%          -                 -         0.18             0.02
michelle chen odwalla              0.02%          -                 -         0.84             0.09
edward mugits                      0.02%          -                 -         2.3              0.25
kurt meyer seattle                 0.02%          -                 -         17.05            1.77
george kottayil                    0.02%          -                 -         1.12             0.11
acuson and sales rep               0.02%          -                 -         4.3              0.43
and los angeles
odwalla accountant                 0.02%          -             -             0.3              0.03
jim del ciello                     0.02%          -             -             5.78             0.56
salarius pharmaceuticals           0.02%          -             -             2.53             0.24
james stoodt                       0.02%          -             -             2                0.19
link in                            0.02%          0.00%         100.00%       1.23             0.11
linkedln                           0.02%          79.99%        20.01%        1.97             0.18
norma jeanne sewell                0.02%          -             -             1.08             0.1
susan cook, texas                  0.02%          -             -             1.35             0.12
stella and dot tax analyst         0.02%          -             -             1.02             0.09
alex legrande                      0.02%          -             -             11.28            0.99
french vocabulary                  0.02%          -             -             0.02             0

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As opposed to Facebook’s referrals, which come mostly from countless
misspellings of their brand name, LinkedIn’s keywords tell a more
personal story. Instead of searching for brands and companies, people
seem to be searching for specific names when they arrive at LinkedIn.
com. One potential option for marketers to take advantage of this
trend is to communicate more with customers through LinkedIn.
Like Facebook, LinkedIn gives marketers the advantages of talking
to someone who is using his or her real name, but Facebook’s users
are less likely to be interested in B2B products, simply because their
age range is much wider and many people consider their Facebook
accounts to be too personal to deal with a slew of marketing materials.
Researching and connecting with prospects with LinkedIn is a great way
to personally tailor your sales and marketing messages for individuals.


Referring Sites
Top Growing Site Referrals for LinkedIn.com (November 2011)
Site                   Industry Category    Visits   +/-      +/- (%)   Incoming    Change in
                                                                        Share (%)   Share

workinretail.com       Job Search           26,977   17,982   199.91%   0.04%       223.85%
michaelhartzell.com    Miscellaneous        20,237   12,758   170.58%   0.03%       194.44%
walmart.com            Department Store     31,739   19,790   165.62%   0.04%       188.89%
jacquielawson.com      E-cards              19,313   11,739   154.99%   0.03%       178.02%
organizationdirect.    Miscellaneous        28,243   17,058   152.51%   0.04%       174.07%     Keywords driving
com
mevio.com              Videos               16,439   9,774    146.65%   0.02%       168.75%     traffic to LinkedIn
woot.com               Coupon and Bargain   20,445   11,595   131.02%   0.03%       150.47%
                       Search
                                                                                                are personal—most
freeze.com             Miscellaneous        17,895   10,083   129.07%   0.02%       148.94%
cbsnews.com            News: World          17,450   9,778    127.45%   0.02%       146.24%     are specific people’s
newegg.com             Electronics          19,210   10,259   114.61%   0.03%       133.33%
                                                                                                names.
The holiday season officially begins in November for most retailers, but
LinkedIn may have also seen some interesting holiday-style use this
year. The social network has seen a large rise in referrals from retail sites
since October 2011, perhaps due to people looking for seasonal holiday
work at retail stores. Add into the mix sites like Woot.com and NewEgg.
com, and It may be a safe bet that people are starting to use LinkedIn
as a primary social network—including both personal and professional
needs—and sharing deals and products with their LinkedIn connections.
Marketers should consider using LinkedIn to promote B2C and B2B
products through advertising and other promotions. As mentioned
above, LinkedIn is a great tool to personalize marketing campaigns for
your customers and prospective clients and staying current with how
potential customers use social media outlets like LinkedIn is a critical
component of how they will buy what you’re selling.




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Outgoing Traffic
 Top Growing Site Destinations for LinkedIn.com (November 2011)
 Destination Site          Industry Category                           Monthly Outgoing        Change in Share
                                                                       Share

 indiatimes.com            General Portals and Search                  0.06%                   143.14%
 businessweek.com          Magazines: Business                         0.08%                   134.17%
 synacor.com               Business                                    0.07%                   60.51%
 hootsuite.com             Personal Networking                         0.10%                   54.11%
 businessinsider.com       News: Business                              0.31%                   51.38%
 jobs-ups.com              Job Search                                  0.97%                   48.72%
 tumblr.com                Blogging Services                           0.08%                   45.93%
 snagajob.com              Job Search                                  0.06%                   44.49%
 ups.com                   Freight and Storage                         0.09%                   43.36%
 cnet.com                  Shopping Search                             0.06%                   42.56%


As noted above, it seems like the more users that join LinkedIn, the
more that it’s becoming a social network like Facebook rather than
exclusively professional focused. By the increase in news sites getting
traffic from LinkedIn, it’s pretty clear that people are sharing interesting
articles with their co-workers and friends. Additionally, as the growth of
Tumblr.com has exploded in recent months, people seem to be using
LinkedIn as an outlet for sharing their personal blogs in addition to
business focused ones. For marketers, in similar fashion to how they
are using Facebook, should be starting to see LinkedIn as a personal
                                                                                                                  The line between
platform as well.                                                                                                 personal and
                                                                                                                  professional
 Twitter                                                                                                          networking is
                                                                                                                  blurring.
Unique Visitors to Twitter.com (November 2009 to November 2011)

40,000,000

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With their recently announced brand pages and expansion of promoted
tweets and users, Twitter is becoming a more valuable marketing tool
than ever before. By the explosive growth seen on the chart above, it’s
clear that Twitter is not going anywhere and brands should absolutely
consider making Twitter a part of their marketing strategies if they
haven’t already. With over 140 million tweets sent every day, Twitter is
becoming an invaluable component of any content marketing strategy.

Keywords
 Keyword Referrals for Twitter.com (November 2011)
 Keyword                    Search            Paid Share   Natural Share   Average Time   Total Time
                            Referrals Share                                Index          Index

 kim kardashian twitter     0.09%             0            1               0.65           0.25
 kamron mostofi twitter     0.09%             0.0477       0.9523          0.16           0.06
 justin bieber              0.09%             0.0089       0.9911          0.96           0.34
 justin bieber twitter      0.08%             0            1               0.45           0.15
 india westbrooks           0.08%             -            -               0.76           0.25
 jsarge10 on twitter        0.08%             -            -               0.21           0.07
 leann rimes                0.07%             0            1               2.58           0.8
 hatecheaters23             0.07%             -            -               2.81           0.87
 twitter home page          0.07%             0            1               3.07           0.94
 www.facebook.com           0.07%             0            1               0.52           0.16
 channinbaby                0.07%             -            -               1.04           0.3          With over 140
 sam khan twitter           0.07%             -            -               0.61           0.17
 kingjughead                0.07%             -            -               0.08           0.02
                                                                                                       million tweets every
 kim kardashian
 kasey mann
                            0.07%
                            0.07%
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                                                                           0.34
                                                                                          0.11
                                                                                          0.09
                                                                                                       day, Twitter is an
 brandi glanville           0.06%             -            -               2.08           0.56
                                                                                                       invaluable part of any
 twiiter                    0.06%             0            1               1.16           0.31
 ashley spivey on twitter   0.06%             -            -               1.75           0.47         content marketing
Searching for celebrities is one of the most important search drivers to                               strategy.
Twitter. Twitter handles in the top 30 search referrals reveal names like
Chris Brown, Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, Leann Rimes, and Justin
Bieber. This is important to note for marketers as celebrity partnerships
with their brands may be a viable option to drive even more traffic. With
the additional promotion of these Twitter power users, and even minor
celebrities, brands will likely see a lift in interest to their websites. Also
interesting to marketers is that some celebrity keywords like “justin bieber”
are paid for by Twitter. They certainly know who their power users are, and
by using competitive intelligence tools like Compete PRO, marketers can
see who Twitter is trying to promote and take advantage of that.




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Referring Sites
 Top Growing Site Referrals for Twitter.com (November 2011)
 Site               Industry Category                  Visits      +/-          +/- (%)     Incoming    Change in
                                                                                            Share (%)   Share

 crackle.com        Videos                             49,354      32,791       197.98%     0.02%       185.88%
 mevio.com          Videos                             1,160,557   762,280      191.39%     0.57%       181.50%
 ehow.com           Dictionary/Thesaurus/              125,373     74,157       144.79%     0.06%       136.78%
                    Encyclopedia
 whitepages.com     Local Search                       88,852      51,723       139.31%     0.04%       131.75%
 theboot.com        Music                              43,821      24,371       125.30%     0.02%       118.18%
 bestbuy.com        Electronics                        76,006      41,152       118.07%     0.04%       110.67%
 aarp.org           Geriatrics                         44,325      22,930       107.17%     0.02%       100.00%
 yuku.com           Personal Networking                85,962      44,076       105.23%     0.04%       98.13%
 cnet.com           Shopping Search                    132,272     66,715       101.77%     0.07%       95.21%
 polyvore.com       Fashion and Style                  42,665      20,294       90.72%      0.02%       84.21%


As we’re sure you’ve guessed, Twitter is a great place for people to
share multimedia content, and the list of site referrals to Twitter.com
certainly reflects that. By producing more unique content, marketers
are sure to appeal to Twitter users who are likely to share that content
with their peers. Videos are of particular interest to Twitter users, and
driving more traffic to Twitter than ever before. Content marketers
should start to consider videos to be an important part of their content
strategies and become more involved with popular platforms like
YouTube, Crackle, and Mevio.                                                                                        Content marketers
Outgoing Traffic                                                                                                    take note: Twitter
 Top Growing Site Destinations for Twitter.com (November 2011)
 Destination Site                Industry Category                 Monthly Outgoing Share   Change in Share
                                                                                                                    has become a
 tmblr.co
 meebo.com
                                 Miscellaneous
                                 Messaging and Chat
                                                                   0.08%
                                                                   0.06%
                                                                                            817.78%
                                                                                            262.05%
                                                                                                                    media haven.
 mevio.com                       Videos                            0.42%                    232.05%
 cafemom.com                     Personal Networking               0.08%                    138.82%
 hulkshare.com                   Music/Video                       0.07%                    67.65%
                                 File Sharing
 pinterest.com                   Specialty Portals                 0.12%                    48.61%
                                 and Search
 celebuzz.com                    Entertainment and Celebrity       0.13%                    47.54%
                                 Blogs
 instagr.am                      Free Software/Downloads/          0.70%                    40.80%
                                 AddIns
 soundcloud.com                  Music/Video File Sharing          0.06%                    28.89%
 livejournal.com                 Blogging Services                 0.13%                    26.06%


Similar to incoming referrals, destination sites are primarily populated
with multimedia, specifically videos and music. Again, a great way for
marketers to take advantage of this is to develop a more robust content
strategy to include videos and music. One of the most interesting
increases in change in share is Pinterest. What was—only a few months
ago—a small social aggregation site has developed into what is sure to
soon be a social media powerhouse. Marketers should be encouraging
the use of Pinterest by their customers to aggregate content and jump on
the Pinterest train while they can still be seen as an innovative social site.
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About Compete
Compete, a Kantar Media company, helps the world’s top brands
improve their marketing based on the online behavior of millions of
consumers. Leading advertisers, agencies and publishers rely on
Compete’s products and services to create engaging online experiences
and highly profitable advertising campaigns. Compete’s online panel —
the largest in the industry — makes the web as ingrained in marketing
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The State Of Social Media First Edition

  • 1. The State of Social Media FIRST EDITION January 2012 Data based on US Internet browser population only. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com
  • 2. The State of Social Media For years, industry experts and thought leaders have been advocating for the adoption of social media as a key component of any marketing strategy. By now, very few marketers need to be convinced. So what’s next? How do you ensure that your social media efforts are as effective as possible? Like any traditional marketing channel, the answers are in the data. The first step is to understand consumer behavior – before, during and after their time spent using social media. Only then can you effectively plan your campaigns, target your message and achieve optimal results. In this report, we take a look at the numbers and analyze shifts in behavior as it pertains to the most significant social networking sites for marketers – Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter. Facebook Unique Visitors to Facebook.com (November 2009 to November 2011) 170,000,000 Facebook is the #2 on 160,000,000 the Internet with over 150,000,000 800 million active 140,000,000 users, half of which 130,000,000 sign in everyday. 120,000,000 110,000,000 100,000,000 09 10 0 10 0 10 10 11 1 11 1 11 11 r-1 l-1 r-1 l-1 v- n- y- p- v- n- y- p- v- Ju Ju Ma Ma No Ma No Ma No Ja Se Ja Se Did you know that as of September 2011, Internet users were spending 14% of their total time online on Facebook? The MSN and the Myspace of our current Internet age, Facebook has found a way to be the number one referrer to sites simply because people are spending the most time there. On the clear up and up, Facebook garnered over 160,000,000 unique visits in November 2011, with a growth rate of 2.47% from the month prior and 22.75% year over year. But what does this all mean for marketers? How can you interact with Facebook and use it to garner traffic, cultivate new customers, and engage with existing ones? Check out the data and analysis below to take the first step in understanding the ins and outs of Facebook and how you might use this to your competitive advantage. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.2
  • 3. Keywords Selected Keyword Referrals for Facebook.com (November 2011) Keyword Search Referrals Share Average Time Index Total Time Index login facebook 0.05% 2.20 5.61 yahoo mail 0.05% 2.17 5.41 craigslist 0.05% 2.17 4.60 facebook login 0.04% 2.47 5.04 fcebook 0.04% 3.15 5.99 facebook login help 0.04% 2.61 4.73 ebay 0.04% 2.61 4.68 facebook 0.04% 2.63 4.57 faebook 0.04% 2.23 3.82 wwwfacebook.com 0.04% 3.73 6.15 welcome to facebook 0.03% 1.84 3.04 acebook 0.03% 2.43 4.00 yahoo.com 0.03% 2.36 3.65 gmail 0.03% 2.42 3.72 faebook login 0.03% 2.37 3.47 youtube.com 0.03% 2.99 4.29 farmville 0.03% 2.62 3.75 We as marketers too often get tunnel vision when it comes to search marketing. We tend to care about the keywords that we rank high in and Facebook garnered the ones working well in our industry. If we were to stop there, however, we would surely miss out on many key insights tucked in Compete over 160 million PRO’s data. Often times, when beginning to analyze a platform for potential advertisement or marketing engagements, it’s best to examine unique visits in which keywords have successfully driven traffic to their site, and of those November 2011, referrals, what percentage is Paid Share and what percentage is Natural Share. growing 22.75% As we can see, Facebook is seeing many referrals keywords like “yahoo year over year. mail”, “craigslist”, “ebay”, “yahoo.com”, “gmail”, and “youtube”, all brand keywords not associated with their own brand. Here we uncover that Facebook sees these companies as assets to its brand, in whatever regard, and it feels that investing in connections between Facebook and these sites will further its success. A marketer running a multi-channel campaign centered around Facebook may want to start with one of these affiliated sites as to increase the visibility of the entire campaign. Examples of this could be sending out a complementary email campaign linking to your Facebook page or creating a video on your YouTube channel that you host on your Facebook page. When Facebook is footing the bill, it’s wise to order everything on the menu. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.3
  • 4. Referring Sites Top Growing Site Referrals for Facebook.com (November 2011) Site Industry Category Visits +/- +/- (%) Incoming Change in Share (%) Share meebo.com Messaging and Chat 925,326 702,076 314.48% 0.03% 327.54% bestbuy.com Electronics 1,018,309 601,489 144.30% 0.03% 151.16% toysrus.com Children & Baby Needs 864,082 480,271 125.13% 0.03% 133.05% walmart.com Mass Merchant & 3,867,318 1,967,254 103.54% 0.12% 110.07% Department Store kohls.com Mass Merchant & 807,494 355,886 78.80% 0.03% 84.89% Department Store target.com Mass Merchant & 1,530,295 619,777 68.07% 0.05% 73.31% Department Store pinterest.com Specialty Portals & Search 1,721,009 626,354 57.22% 0.05% 62.13% jcpenney.com Mass Merchant & 906,597 292,616 47.66% 0.03% 52.91% Department Store yellowpages.com Local Search 948,834 296,214 45.39% 0.03% 50.25% amazon.com Mass Merchant & 6,189,302 1,868,821 43.25% 0.20% 47.79% Department Store Examining sites that direct visitors to Facebook is an important practice for an online marketer looking to create social engagement with their customers or prospects. Sites that send many referrals to Facebook could be great examples of brands running successful social campaigns linked with a Facebook page and thus building their engagement with users, ultimately increasing their chances of conversion and retention. Another situation that might be occurring is that the site is successfully As Facebook’s getting online users to create social chatter online via Facebook, which number one referrer boosts the brand’s publicity. in November 2011, As the number one referrer to Facebook, Meebo.com is a site to watch. As a compiler of personalized user interests, Meebo helps Internet users Meebo.com is a site navigate through the web and share content relevant to them. With advertising as a component of their business, it might be wise for those to watch. looking to run a Facebook campaign to advertise through Meebo. As we can see above, the majority of the top growing referrers are actually retail sites. Given that this data was pulled smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, this comes as no surprise. Instead of making an industry vs. industry analysis, this data gives us the opportunity to examine who across the retail industry is having success increasing their Facebook interactions and what their methods are for doing so. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.4
  • 5. Also, it is interesting to note the success that an education-based gaming site is having in connecting with Facebook users. At #11, coolmath-games.com holds .02% of the share of site referrals to Facebook. We often see referral connections between gaming sites and Facebook which might inspire brands to think about creating a related online game themselves. If you are a retailer, maybe you would want to think about building a holiday themed game showcasing your brand or products and sync it with Facebook for social growth and engagement. Outgoing Traffic Top Growing Site Destinations for Facebook.com (November 2011) Destination Site Industry Category Monthly Outgoing Share Change in Share walmart.com Mass Merchant and Department Store 0.20% 82.42% wizard101.com MMORPG Games 0.08% 79.50% pinterest.com Specialty Portals and Search 0.16% 55.51% target.com Mass Merchant and Department Store 0.07% 53.80% amazon.com Mass Merchant and Department Store 0.35% 39.73% blogspot.com Blogging Services 0.37% 11.53% wooga.com Online Leisure Gaming 0.09% 10.31% instagr.am Free Software/Downloads/AddIns 0.06% 9.63% godvine.com Think of Facebook Videos 0.15% 6.70% twitter.com Personal Networking 1.31% 3.42% Since Facebook is the #2 site on the Internet with over 800 million as a giant pond active users, half of which sign in everyday, it is extremely important for filled with fish marketers to understand how their brands can integrate genuinely and successfully into this social powerhouse. As an online marketer, how are and your online you going to meet your customers and potential customers where they spend the most time and furthermore, how are you going to then entice marketing strategy those users to make your page the next stop in their session? Think as the fishing pole of Facebook as a giant pond filled with fish and your online marketing strategy as the fishing pole and lure. If you’re Wizard101.com, Pinterest, and lure. Blogspot, Wooga, or Insta.gram, you’re either new to the neighborhood, upgraded your equipment last month, or changed your technique. If you’re Walmart, Target, or Amazon, maybe it’s just the perfect season for you. Since blogging service websites such as Blogspot (Destination #6) and Tumblr (Destination #12) have seen recent success in referrals from Facebook, think about starting a company blog if you haven’t already. Since Facebook is home to short status updates, it gives to reason that the syndication of more engaging content—like blog posts—would do well to drive traffic to your site from Facebook. If you already have a blog, don’t forget to incorporate Facebook share buttons and regularly share your own content across company pages. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.5
  • 6. At #8, Instagr.am is, at its core, efficiently and simplistically integrated into various social channels. Increasing in popularity and referrals from Facebook, Insta.gram site isn’t even home to the application. Users on the site are redirected to the App Store in order to utilize the program. It becomes apparent that users are interested in documenting their lives visually in real time. As an online marketer, you may want to create an Insta.gram account yourself and document daily life at your office, your city, and industry related events. Also, you could host an Insta.gram contest based on a relevant theme and promote this heavily through your business’s Facebook page. Google+ Unique Visitors to plus.google.com in the US (June to November 2011) 16,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 Just months 8,000,000 after launching, 6,000,000 Google+ saw nearly 15 million 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 unique visitors in November 2011. Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 (US only) Launched June 28, 2011 as an “invitation only” social platform, the world waited with anticipation to see just how “circles,” “hangouts,” and “sparks” might change the social media game. Marketers jumped over to the drawing board to see just how they could pioneer themselves with this new tool to a more engaged and bountiful social horizon. While much is still left up to the imagination, the launch of brand Google+ Pages on November 7, 2011 has cut out an official place for online marketers to set up shop and continue to promote their brands and engage with potential customers in new and evolving ways. The fact that Google+ is so young makes our analysis of how people are getting to the social site and where they are going all the more exciting. Let’s check it out! www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.6
  • 7. Keywords Keyword Referrals for Plus.Google.com (November 2011) Destination Site Number of Referrals google plus 40,259 google 30,919 google+ 16,804 google + 5,131 billy rios 4,854 gmail 4,665 google.com 4,550 beau hayden 4,395 boulton hayden 4,029 googleplus 3,540 Although most of the top keyword referrals are naturally associated with the Google+ brand, we noticed a fair share of proper names in the top search terms, leading us to believe that much like LinkedIn, Google+ will be heavily focused on personalization. We are also eager to see in the coming months whether or not there will be an increase of search terms with “+” tacked on, given the new functionality to search “NAME/ BRAND NAME +” in Google and be automatically redirected to the given Google+ page. Marketers should be aware of the unique integration of Marketers should their Google+ pages into the Google search algorithm. be aware of the Referring Sites unique integration of Top Growing Site Referrals for Plus.Google.com (November 2011) Destination Site Change in Share Google+ pages into inman.com 200.83% 1800petmeds.com 200.64% the Google search oyez.org daringfireball.net 199.84% 199.70% algorithm. 10starmovies.com 199.56% datpiff.com 199.18% poolsupplyworld.com 199.13% dailydealspanel.com 198.95% ew.com 198.81% lycos.com 198.66% In the first 6 months of Google+, brands have tried to figure out how and why they are going to get people to interact with their Google+ pages. Given that Pages were just released this past November, this data is perhaps the most telling for brands because it shows who has increased their referrals to Google+ the most since the addition. Companies on the list above might be successful in directing users to their Google+ page by inviting them to a hangout or other social campaign, or maybe they are good at getting others to share their content on Google+, with perhaps a prominent Google+ share button. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.7
  • 8. Outgoing Traffic Top Site Destinations for Plus.Google.com (November 2011) Destination Site Number of Referrals google.com 202,698,646 facebook.com 19,064,380 youtube.com 8,122,006 yahoo.com 6,726,803 aol.com 3,398,454 msn.com 2,794,464 amazon.com 2,378,276 sparkpeople.com 2,365,293 lowes.com 2,283,122 blogspot.com 2,281,328 How are marketers capitalizing on an engaging Google+ Page and converting visitors into leads? We took to our destination data to see which sites people were going to after Google+ in month of November. Unsurprisingly, we see that many of the top sites are also in the top destinations from Google+. That piece of data isn’t insignificant by any means; it just reinforces the idea that as a company you should have a strong presence on the top players in the social media game so that there is a chance to build upon the relationship you’re forming with users at every step of their browsing session. Aside from this, we see that Amazon.com, Sparkpeople.com, and It’s time to start Lowes.com are all retailers that Google+ has redirected visitors to. It would be interesting to research the kinds of campaigns and strategies utilizing the Google+ these companies may be implementing in order to cultivate traffic from Google+. In addition, Blogspot.com is an interesting destination, as share button. we may infer that syndicating blog content through Google+ is an effective tactic. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.8
  • 9. LinkedIn Unique Visitors to LinkedIn.com (November 2009 to November 2011) 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 09 10 0 10 10 10 10 11 1 11 11 11 11 r-1 r-1 v- n- y- l- p- v- n- y- l- p- v- Ju Ju Ma Ma No Ma No Ma No Ja Se Ja LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has been growing steadily Se since it was created, and following a nearly $8 billion IPO this spring, has seen even more rapid growth. Garnering roughly 25,000,000 unique visitors in November 2011, LinkedIn is clearly a social force to be reckoned with and should not be discounted by their larger competitors. As of November 2011, Advertisers have a great market available to them with LinkedIn; as of November 2011, 58% percent of the visitors to LinkedIn.com made 58% of visitors to over $60k and 30% made over $100k! How will LinkedIn factor into your LinkedIn.com made competitive intelligence strategy? Read on to find out! Keywords over $60k and 30% Keyword Referrals for LinkedIn.com (November 2011) made over $100k. Keyword Search Paid Share Natural Average Time Total Time Referrals Share Index Index Share weyland chan 0.02% - - 0.35 0.04 james barney shaw 0.02% - - 0.18 0.02 michelle chen odwalla 0.02% - - 0.84 0.09 edward mugits 0.02% - - 2.3 0.25 kurt meyer seattle 0.02% - - 17.05 1.77 george kottayil 0.02% - - 1.12 0.11 acuson and sales rep 0.02% - - 4.3 0.43 and los angeles odwalla accountant 0.02% - - 0.3 0.03 jim del ciello 0.02% - - 5.78 0.56 salarius pharmaceuticals 0.02% - - 2.53 0.24 james stoodt 0.02% - - 2 0.19 link in 0.02% 0.00% 100.00% 1.23 0.11 linkedln 0.02% 79.99% 20.01% 1.97 0.18 norma jeanne sewell 0.02% - - 1.08 0.1 susan cook, texas 0.02% - - 1.35 0.12 stella and dot tax analyst 0.02% - - 1.02 0.09 alex legrande 0.02% - - 11.28 0.99 french vocabulary 0.02% - - 0.02 0 www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.9
  • 10. As opposed to Facebook’s referrals, which come mostly from countless misspellings of their brand name, LinkedIn’s keywords tell a more personal story. Instead of searching for brands and companies, people seem to be searching for specific names when they arrive at LinkedIn. com. One potential option for marketers to take advantage of this trend is to communicate more with customers through LinkedIn. Like Facebook, LinkedIn gives marketers the advantages of talking to someone who is using his or her real name, but Facebook’s users are less likely to be interested in B2B products, simply because their age range is much wider and many people consider their Facebook accounts to be too personal to deal with a slew of marketing materials. Researching and connecting with prospects with LinkedIn is a great way to personally tailor your sales and marketing messages for individuals. Referring Sites Top Growing Site Referrals for LinkedIn.com (November 2011) Site Industry Category Visits +/- +/- (%) Incoming Change in Share (%) Share workinretail.com Job Search 26,977 17,982 199.91% 0.04% 223.85% michaelhartzell.com Miscellaneous 20,237 12,758 170.58% 0.03% 194.44% walmart.com Department Store 31,739 19,790 165.62% 0.04% 188.89% jacquielawson.com E-cards 19,313 11,739 154.99% 0.03% 178.02% organizationdirect. Miscellaneous 28,243 17,058 152.51% 0.04% 174.07% Keywords driving com mevio.com Videos 16,439 9,774 146.65% 0.02% 168.75% traffic to LinkedIn woot.com Coupon and Bargain 20,445 11,595 131.02% 0.03% 150.47% Search are personal—most freeze.com Miscellaneous 17,895 10,083 129.07% 0.02% 148.94% cbsnews.com News: World 17,450 9,778 127.45% 0.02% 146.24% are specific people’s newegg.com Electronics 19,210 10,259 114.61% 0.03% 133.33% names. The holiday season officially begins in November for most retailers, but LinkedIn may have also seen some interesting holiday-style use this year. The social network has seen a large rise in referrals from retail sites since October 2011, perhaps due to people looking for seasonal holiday work at retail stores. Add into the mix sites like Woot.com and NewEgg. com, and It may be a safe bet that people are starting to use LinkedIn as a primary social network—including both personal and professional needs—and sharing deals and products with their LinkedIn connections. Marketers should consider using LinkedIn to promote B2C and B2B products through advertising and other promotions. As mentioned above, LinkedIn is a great tool to personalize marketing campaigns for your customers and prospective clients and staying current with how potential customers use social media outlets like LinkedIn is a critical component of how they will buy what you’re selling. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.10
  • 11. Outgoing Traffic Top Growing Site Destinations for LinkedIn.com (November 2011) Destination Site Industry Category Monthly Outgoing Change in Share Share indiatimes.com General Portals and Search 0.06% 143.14% businessweek.com Magazines: Business 0.08% 134.17% synacor.com Business 0.07% 60.51% hootsuite.com Personal Networking 0.10% 54.11% businessinsider.com News: Business 0.31% 51.38% jobs-ups.com Job Search 0.97% 48.72% tumblr.com Blogging Services 0.08% 45.93% snagajob.com Job Search 0.06% 44.49% ups.com Freight and Storage 0.09% 43.36% cnet.com Shopping Search 0.06% 42.56% As noted above, it seems like the more users that join LinkedIn, the more that it’s becoming a social network like Facebook rather than exclusively professional focused. By the increase in news sites getting traffic from LinkedIn, it’s pretty clear that people are sharing interesting articles with their co-workers and friends. Additionally, as the growth of Tumblr.com has exploded in recent months, people seem to be using LinkedIn as an outlet for sharing their personal blogs in addition to business focused ones. For marketers, in similar fashion to how they are using Facebook, should be starting to see LinkedIn as a personal The line between platform as well. personal and professional Twitter networking is blurring. Unique Visitors to Twitter.com (November 2009 to November 2011) 40,000,000 38,000,000 36,000,000 34,000,000 32,000,000 30,000,000 28,000,000 26,000,000 24,000,000 22,000,000 20,000,000 09 10 0 10 0 0 10 11 1 11 1 11 11 r-1 l-1 -1 r-1 l-1 v- n- y- v- n- y- p- v- p Ju Ju Ma Ma No Ma No Ma No Ja Se Ja Se www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.11
  • 12. With their recently announced brand pages and expansion of promoted tweets and users, Twitter is becoming a more valuable marketing tool than ever before. By the explosive growth seen on the chart above, it’s clear that Twitter is not going anywhere and brands should absolutely consider making Twitter a part of their marketing strategies if they haven’t already. With over 140 million tweets sent every day, Twitter is becoming an invaluable component of any content marketing strategy. Keywords Keyword Referrals for Twitter.com (November 2011) Keyword Search Paid Share Natural Share Average Time Total Time Referrals Share Index Index kim kardashian twitter 0.09% 0 1 0.65 0.25 kamron mostofi twitter 0.09% 0.0477 0.9523 0.16 0.06 justin bieber 0.09% 0.0089 0.9911 0.96 0.34 justin bieber twitter 0.08% 0 1 0.45 0.15 india westbrooks 0.08% - - 0.76 0.25 jsarge10 on twitter 0.08% - - 0.21 0.07 leann rimes 0.07% 0 1 2.58 0.8 hatecheaters23 0.07% - - 2.81 0.87 twitter home page 0.07% 0 1 3.07 0.94 www.facebook.com 0.07% 0 1 0.52 0.16 channinbaby 0.07% - - 1.04 0.3 With over 140 sam khan twitter 0.07% - - 0.61 0.17 kingjughead 0.07% - - 0.08 0.02 million tweets every kim kardashian kasey mann 0.07% 0.07% 0 0 1 1 0.4 0.34 0.11 0.09 day, Twitter is an brandi glanville 0.06% - - 2.08 0.56 invaluable part of any twiiter 0.06% 0 1 1.16 0.31 ashley spivey on twitter 0.06% - - 1.75 0.47 content marketing Searching for celebrities is one of the most important search drivers to strategy. Twitter. Twitter handles in the top 30 search referrals reveal names like Chris Brown, Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, Leann Rimes, and Justin Bieber. This is important to note for marketers as celebrity partnerships with their brands may be a viable option to drive even more traffic. With the additional promotion of these Twitter power users, and even minor celebrities, brands will likely see a lift in interest to their websites. Also interesting to marketers is that some celebrity keywords like “justin bieber” are paid for by Twitter. They certainly know who their power users are, and by using competitive intelligence tools like Compete PRO, marketers can see who Twitter is trying to promote and take advantage of that. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.12
  • 13. Referring Sites Top Growing Site Referrals for Twitter.com (November 2011) Site Industry Category Visits +/- +/- (%) Incoming Change in Share (%) Share crackle.com Videos 49,354 32,791 197.98% 0.02% 185.88% mevio.com Videos 1,160,557 762,280 191.39% 0.57% 181.50% ehow.com Dictionary/Thesaurus/ 125,373 74,157 144.79% 0.06% 136.78% Encyclopedia whitepages.com Local Search 88,852 51,723 139.31% 0.04% 131.75% theboot.com Music 43,821 24,371 125.30% 0.02% 118.18% bestbuy.com Electronics 76,006 41,152 118.07% 0.04% 110.67% aarp.org Geriatrics 44,325 22,930 107.17% 0.02% 100.00% yuku.com Personal Networking 85,962 44,076 105.23% 0.04% 98.13% cnet.com Shopping Search 132,272 66,715 101.77% 0.07% 95.21% polyvore.com Fashion and Style 42,665 20,294 90.72% 0.02% 84.21% As we’re sure you’ve guessed, Twitter is a great place for people to share multimedia content, and the list of site referrals to Twitter.com certainly reflects that. By producing more unique content, marketers are sure to appeal to Twitter users who are likely to share that content with their peers. Videos are of particular interest to Twitter users, and driving more traffic to Twitter than ever before. Content marketers should start to consider videos to be an important part of their content strategies and become more involved with popular platforms like YouTube, Crackle, and Mevio. Content marketers Outgoing Traffic take note: Twitter Top Growing Site Destinations for Twitter.com (November 2011) Destination Site Industry Category Monthly Outgoing Share Change in Share has become a tmblr.co meebo.com Miscellaneous Messaging and Chat 0.08% 0.06% 817.78% 262.05% media haven. mevio.com Videos 0.42% 232.05% cafemom.com Personal Networking 0.08% 138.82% hulkshare.com Music/Video 0.07% 67.65% File Sharing pinterest.com Specialty Portals 0.12% 48.61% and Search celebuzz.com Entertainment and Celebrity 0.13% 47.54% Blogs instagr.am Free Software/Downloads/ 0.70% 40.80% AddIns soundcloud.com Music/Video File Sharing 0.06% 28.89% livejournal.com Blogging Services 0.13% 26.06% Similar to incoming referrals, destination sites are primarily populated with multimedia, specifically videos and music. Again, a great way for marketers to take advantage of this is to develop a more robust content strategy to include videos and music. One of the most interesting increases in change in share is Pinterest. What was—only a few months ago—a small social aggregation site has developed into what is sure to soon be a social media powerhouse. Marketers should be encouraging the use of Pinterest by their customers to aggregate content and jump on the Pinterest train while they can still be seen as an innovative social site. www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.13
  • 14. About Compete Compete, a Kantar Media company, helps the world’s top brands improve their marketing based on the online behavior of millions of consumers. Leading advertisers, agencies and publishers rely on Compete’s products and services to create engaging online experiences and highly profitable advertising campaigns. Compete’s online panel — the largest in the industry — makes the web as ingrained in marketing as it is in people’s lives. Become a fan on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Google+ Join our group on LinkedIn Subscribe to us on YouTube This report is part one of a series that will take you inside the most important channels available to marketers and shed light on how and why changes in consumer behavior should influence our approach to marketing. Stay tuned for the next update! www.compete.com • 866-633-8390 • support@compete.com pg.14