by Larry Richman | Feb 17, 2010
This weekend, the Facebook page of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“the Mormons”) passed 200,000 fans. Interested in getting started on Facebook yourself? Need to teach someone else how to get started? Watch this easy-to-understand video...
by Richard K Miller | Jan 2, 2010
BYU Professor Daniel Peterson and Scott Gordon FAIR have launched a new website with the testimonies of Mormon scholars: Mormon Scholars Testify. Bro. Peterson explained his rationale to the Church News: “I hope to gather up testimonies from, well, Mormon...
by Larry Richman | Sep 2, 2009
Posts over the last few weeks have talked about using social media for sharing the gospel and staying connected with friends. But how do you decide which social media site(s) to use? Below is a quick review of each of the major social platforms. Facebook Primarily...
by Larry Richman | Aug 19, 2009
Social networks continue to climb in popularity around the world. The study “Power to the People: Social Media Tracker” found that the percentage of US Internet users with a social network profile grew 16% from 2008 to 2009. Today, 59% of active Web users (those with...
by Greg McMurdie | Jul 12, 2009
This morning Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) tweeted about A Day in the Life of a Twintern. The article immediately caught my eye since it’s a story about Pizza Hut’s first official “twintern” – Alexa Robinson. As a twintern – “an intern in charge of their companies’...
by Larry Richman | Jul 4, 2009
In May 2009, Facebook became the most popular US social networking site, just barely surpassing MySpace’s number of unique visitors. Facebook now allows you to choose a username for your user page. For example, rather than the Web address (URL)being a...
by Larry Richman | Jul 1, 2009
If you haven’t added the LDS App on Facebook, you should check it out. It allows you to include on Facebook some of your LDS interests and background. You have the option whether or not to include the information on your personal profile. New features: Share...
by Larry Richman | Mar 27, 2009
Every day, the social networking giant Facebook is becoming a larger part of the overall Internet experience. More than 175 million people have joined since its founding in 2005, and its users contribute millions of pieces of content every day. Every day in February...
by Jimmy Smith | Mar 11, 2009
In February 2008, it was reported that comScore ranked Women’s Communities as the fastest growing category of sites on the Internet, growing 35% from Dec 06 to Dec 07. Below is a list of the top Web sites, at that time, in that category: comScore MediaMetrix...
by Larry Richman | Feb 27, 2009
Who’s using Facebook? Inside Facebook, an independent blog that reports on the Facebook platform, found that the faces on Facebook are looking older these days. 45% of the social network’s US users are ages 26+ and nearly 25% are over 34. In fact, women 55+ are...
by Larry Richman | Nov 7, 2008
Digg is a place for people to discover and share the best content from anywhere on the Web. You can submit articles and other Digg users vote them up or down. That way, the articles on the main page are those that the community finds to be the most interesting or...
by Jimmy Smith | Oct 18, 2008
There has been much said recently about members of the Church using the Internet to share the gospel. (see Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet By Elder M. Russell Ballard) Elder Ballard and Church Public Affairs have encouraged members to create blogs, leave...
by Jimmy Smith | Oct 10, 2008
Consistent with this Blog’s goal of discussing topics relevant to LDS parents and youth, as well as considering my professional field of Web analytics, I’d like to talk today about the growth of Facebook and how it relates to LDS families. Facebook.com is...
by Larry Richman | Aug 9, 2008
93% of U.S. teens use the Internet, and more of them than ever are treating it as a venue for social interaction. As they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media, they find it easier to share creations, tell stories, and interact with others....
by Larry Richman | Jul 29, 2008
Online social networks are communities of people who share common interests and activities. Social networking sites provide the ability to create a personal profile and various ways to interact with other people, such as messaging, e-mail, video, text or voice chat,...
