| We all know that the social media bubble is at its peak, | | | | An example of what I am trying to say is to turn our |
| Facebook is one of the most successful social | | | | attention to Google. Google simply revolutionized the |
| networking sites ever and it has got a vast pool of | | | | search with their technology. This is why over the past |
| celebrities using it. Since the sites launch it has grown | | | | decade they have shrugged off any rival search |
| to become a type of necessity in world culture. Most | | | | engine and will continue to do so unless someone |
| people that use the site are very active users and | | | | invents a better way of search. The site cannot be |
| they obsessively check there profiles every day as | | | | cloned or copied because it is just too advanced. |
| well as browsing their friend's profiles. | | | | Ok social networking is not exactly the same, each |
| Twitter on the other hand is a simple micro blogging | | | | site offers something different but it's the same core |
| site where users can update their status bars and | | | | principle, the reason that Facebook will be around for a |
| allow their followers to hear their shouts. The site is | | | | long time is because it is very hard to duplicate and |
| relatively new, but has recently had a lot of media | | | | they have created a solid platform with a great |
| coverage due to the rise in celebrity stars using the | | | | business model in mind. |
| service. | | | | Twitter on the other hand has none of this, although |
| It is rumored that Facebook offered Twitter over five | | | | the site is great for connecting with people in the same |
| hundred million dollars in Facebook stock for the site, | | | | niche, it has got nothing to keep a user there. I see |
| but Twitter turned it down. But could this end up being | | | | twitter as a passing phase in the networking industry. |
| a serious mistake made at there end? | | | | That come this time next year will be saturated with |
| A lot of people (mainly Facebook users) do not really | | | | clones. Heck! we are already starting to see the |
| understand the need for a service such as Twitter, as | | | | clones popping up left right and centre, simply because |
| Facebook has its own status update section. What is | | | | the site is too easy to replicate, it just has not got too |
| more intriguing though, is the news that Facebook | | | | much thought behind it, one of the main reasons that |
| have opened up there API for the status bar section. | | | | Digg is losing popularity is because it has just become |
| Which is ultimately what in fact made Twitter the site | | | | over saturated with copycats and people are just |
| that it currently is. There is currently a lot of talk about | | | | getting fed up. Have you ever seen a copycat of |
| Facebook killing Twitter. So let's take a quick glance at | | | | Google? A search engine that is able to deliver such |
| the reasons why Twitter may or may not last. | | | | accurate results? Twitter just saw what other people |
| Social networking sites are just like search engines, | | | | have done and (Facebook status bar) and increased it |
| one of the most important facts is how the site is built. | | | | a notch, I don't know if Facebook status bar will wipe |
| Plenty of social networking sites do not stand the test | | | | Twitter out, but Twitter will probably end up picking |
| of time simply because there technologies are not | | | | there own fate, just as a lot of other social sites have |
| advanced enough. | | | | such as Digg. |
