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  SiliconRepublic.com: The silver bullet for social networking fears 

  http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10353

  25.02.2008 - Intelligent technological solutions being developed by sites like Bebo represent the silver bullet when it comes to parent s fears over not only what their children are doing on social networking ... sites but also what content they are exposed to, says Dr Rachel O Connell, forensic psychologist and chief safety officer for Bebo. In a social networking seminar which took place in Dublin on Friday and was aimed at educating parents on the concepts surrounding these type of sites used by their children, experts including Dr O Connell fielded questions by concerned parents on issues such as identity theft, internet privacy and peer influence. The technology put in place by Bebo can pick up on inappropriate images submitted to the site and have them taken down rapidly, explained Dr O Connell. While cyberbullying is a hot topic amongst parents and educators, Dr O Connell told siliconrepublic.com it is simply not true that it is easier for children or young adults to target someone   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 25 February 2008, by: Jutta Schrimpf  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  parental control, security, social networking, social networks

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  Microsoft Word - social network reportv2.doc [pdf]

  http://www.wildbit.com/wildbit-sn-report.pdf

  Social Networks Research Report This report is the result of an in depth analysis on social networks for a web community project at Wildbit. The report aimed to discover how to ... attract members, define structure, influence participation, and manage the community in order to design the web site prototypes. The progress of this project will be posted occasionally on our blog. Please feel free to distribute this report as long as the credits to Wildbit remain attached. For questions, comments, or corrections please email Chris Nagele at cn@wildbit.com. This report can be downloaded on our blog at http://tidbit.wildbit.com Document version: 1.00 Change date: 07.25.05 © Copyright 2005 Wildbit, LLC. All rights reserved Worldwide. http://www.wildbit.com © Copyright Wildbit, LLC. All right reserved Worldwide. Please respect our rights. Feel free to reproduce the report, just don’t forg   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 22 January 2008, by: Jutta Schrimpf  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  research report, social networking, social networks, facebook, web 2.0

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  Social Networking Sites Grow 47 Percent, Year Over Year, Reaching 45 Percent of Web Users, According to Nielsen//NetRatings [pdf]

  http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/pr/pr_060511.pdf

  For Immediate Release: NetRatings, Inc. Suzy Bausch (408) 941-2965 Leilani Han (408) 941-2930 SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES GROW 47 PERCENT, YEAR OVER YEAR, REACHING 45 PERCENT OF WEB USERS, ACCORDING TO NIELSEN//NETRATINGS ... Successful Sites Drive High Visitor Retention Rates NEW YORK– May 11, 2006– Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, announced today that April’s top 10 social networking sites collectively grew 47 percent year over year, increasing from an unduplicated unique audience of 46.8 million last year to 68.8 million in April 2006, reaching 45 percent of active Web users. MySpace, which has attracted significant media attention of late, topped the list with 38.4 million unique visitors and a remarkable year-over-year growth rate of 367 percent (see Table 1). Blogger took the No. 2 spot, garnering 18.5 million unique visitors and growing 80 percent year over year, followed by Classmates Online with 12.9 million unique visitors and a 10 percent y   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 12 May 2008, by: Jutta Schrimpf  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  growth, netratings, nielsen, social networking, social networks