As part of their Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet in-depth analysis, comScore found that 75.8 percent of all online ladies visited a social networking site in May 2010. Conversely, the study found that only 69.7 percent of all men engaged in the same activity.

In a recent poll conducted by Zogby International Americans were asked to rate the news sources that they trusted most. At the very bottom of the list? Traditional Media.

The Network Box report indicates that more business traffic lands on Facebook that any other website.

Arbitron Inc. and Edison Research, have recently published the results of their recent report, revealing a number of useful statistics in regards to today’s digital lifestyle.

Thousands of South Carolinian's are expected to capitalize on and use the power of social networking tools to stage an online rally aimed at voicing their opinions to state legislators.

South Africa currently ranks number 29th on Facebook’s global user list, and demonstrates a number of similarities with much larger using countries.

Opinions abound on Social Media. How it works, where it works best, how individuals and businesses can use it best, etc. Each of these opinions have their own intrinsic value, but sometimes, nothing beats cold hard numbers.

There’s no arguing that 2009 was a banner year for online social networking platforms. Obviously, the big players in the field, Facebook and Twitter, saw a healthy increase in user activity. A new report from eMarketer might just point to the reason why.

According to a new survey published by Alerian, two thirds (66%) of marketing professionals plan on allotting more in their budgets for social media engagement.

If you, or someone you know, just doesn't 'get it', i.e. "Twitter is a waste of time," please take 4 minutes and 22 seconds out of your busy day, watch this outstanding video from socialnomics.net and rethink the, "What's the point?" attitude.

For quite some time now, I've deviated from how this humble blog started out: a collection of my interests, thoughts, etc. Granted, a lot has changed since I started this thing way back when (I'm looking at you twitter - and oh, who's laughing now Altchiler?), but unfortunately so did the way I ran this thing.

Major TexMex restaurant chain Chevys enters the social media realm with a flash based widget. In addition to the entertaining game, users can order gift cards via the widget and receive $10 towards their next purchase when purchasing $50 or more.

Facebook's answer to OpenID went live yesterday with 100+ participating or soon to participate sites already on board. A recent press statement by Facebook reveals some surprising numbers about usership.

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