42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>They show that the gap between Facebook's UK visits and those of rivals Bebo and MySpace has been narrowing rapidly this year, from 265% in January to just 41% last week. </p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1304/838756044_4bada5c513_o.jpg" /> </p> <p>Recent stats from Nielsen//NetRatings also showed faster  visitor growth for Facebook, with <a href="/blog/1432-myspace-feels-heat-from-uk-rivals-jumps-shark">MySpace's UK visitors falling by 300,000 in May</a>.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>They show that the gap between Facebook's UK visits and those of rivals Bebo and MySpace has been narrowing rapidly this year, from 265% in January to just 41% last week. </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Center"> <Image Source="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1304/838756044_4bada5c513_o.jpg"> </Image> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Recent stats from Nielsen//NetRatings also showed faster  visitor growth for Facebook, with <Link URL="/blog/1432-myspace-feels-heat-from-uk-rivals-jumps-shark" Window="Self">MySpace's UK visitors falling by 300,000 in May</Link>.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-07-17T17:01:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>More people searched for Facebook in the UK last week than for MySpace; more evidence that the social network is rapidly closing the gap on its rival, according to stats from Hitwise.</strong> </p> <p>Though <a href="http://www.myspace.com/">MySpace</a> still has a 41% larger share of UK visits than Facebook, the <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-hopkins/2007/07/facebook_overtakes_myspace_in.html">search stats</a> point to the growing popularity of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Mark Zuckerberg's site</a>. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>More people searched for Facebook in the UK last week than for MySpace; more evidence that the social network is rapidly closing the gap on its rival, according to stats from Hitwise.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Though <Link URL="http://www.myspace.com/" Window="Self">MySpace</Link> still has a 41% larger share of UK visits than Facebook, the <Link URL="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-hopkins/2007/07/facebook_overtakes_myspace_in.html" Window="Self">search stats</Link> point to the growing popularity of <Link URL="http://www.facebook.com/" Window="Self">Mark Zuckerberg's site</Link>. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1517 <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> 363821 Facebook closes gap on MySpace false 2007-07-18T08:43:00+01:00 facebook-closes-gap-on-myspace 2009-04-28T22:54:23+01:00 2009-10-13T09:12:23+01:00 150