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I'm looking forward to attending next week's two-day Web Forward internet marketing conference, which is running as a side to the always-growing CeBIT Australia Exhibition.

This year, the big bonus is that General Manager of Google Australia and New Zealand; Mr. Karim Temsamami will attend and speak to us delegates.

Politics has infiltrated the web again, with the blogger at the centre of attacks which brought down Twitter, Facebook and Google blaming Russia for going to amazing lengths to censor his musings on the Georgian conflict.

"Cyxymu" - which stands for the capital of the oppressed Georgian Abkhazia region from which he hails - has profiles on micro-blogging website Twitter, social networking website Facebook and Google's open LiveJournal blogging solution.

He blogs about all that is going on in Georgia, and among his writings is an open letter to the Russian President.

"Cyxymu", who says his real name is Giorgi, was the subject of the attacks that saw the websites he uses go down - in Twitter's case for over 1 hour!

Of course, he feels the Russian government is behind these attacks.

I came across an interesting blog piece from internet bloggers mashable, which suggests Facebook's acquisition of FriendFeed could have it take a real crack at Google's domination of the 'internet search' market.

Click here for the blog article.

FriendFeed is a bit of an unkown in the Australian market, so please watch video below to know exactly what Facebook's US$50million has bought Mark Zuckerberg and Co:

 

 

I find it very interesting to read about the rapidly declining figures of MySpace - the ‘original' mass-consumed social networking website which had over 90% of the Australian web market by the balls a few years back is now losing ground so rapidly that commentators are predicting its eventual death is now an inevitability.

The obvious daggers stabbing MySpace in the heart are Facebook and Twitter, who now share nearly a massive 10million unique monthly user-base in Australia (Facebook with 8million, Twitter with 1.5million), compared to MySpace's 2million per month (consider Twitter has only risen to fame in recent 18-24 months).

MYSPACE QUESTION 1: Can one peak too early in web business?

It is fact that before Facebook and Twitter hit the mainstream, both had the benefit of MySpace's hindsight in the third person. For example;

Facebook, which is more of a comparable product to MySpace, made their entire operation private, where with MySpace, privacy was a choice. Facebook brought people together with a uniform and neat interface, where with MySpace, self-created themes were possible... allowing for some very ugly profiles.

MYSPACE QUESTION 2: Is second better than first in web business?

Under normal circumstances, I couldn't imagine a traditional or web entrepreneur contemplating being ‘second' to market with their idea, but the MySpace decline brings to light this important web trend.

Contrary to popular belief, most ideas on the web are not new, but they are newer and better than what others came up with. And careful analysis suggests that while being ‘first' brings short-term success, longer-term success is usually achieved by those who build on the experiences by those before them.

MYSPACE ANSWERS

No internet business strategist will suggest you wait for someone else to come up with your great idea, or to ‘screw your idea' and go with bettering someone else's.

However the questions raised means steps need to be taken to ensure your ‘new' idea does not expire. Here are some tips:

Dr. Dennis Jensen - the Federal Member for Tangney WA - shows that even anti-climate change politicians have been swept by the Gen Y-inspired social networking craze.

Jensen used his Facebook profile to have a whinge on Tuesday, after his party leader Tony Abbott didn't give him a front-bench gig in his shadow cabinet reshuffle.

He wrote: "Pretty damned disappointed at the lack of a frontbench guernsey."

"Makes me wonder what I have to do ... probably the first in parliament to actively argue against AGW, first to speak of nuclear energy (March 2005 in parliament) and these are two issues front and centre of the agenda."

I can imagine very few Facebook regulars sympathising with the bloke.

The Nielsen Company has release statistics tracking Global Web Traffic to Social Networking Websites, like Twitter and Facebook, and found that Australians spend more time per user on Social Media sites.

The Nielsen report reads:

Australia led in average time per person spent, with the average Australian spending nearly 7 hours on social media sites in December. The United States and the United Kingdom came in a close second and third, with 6 hours and 9 minutes and 6 hours and 8 minutes, respectively.

This report also revealed that the continuing rise of Twitter and Facebook lead to an 82% increase in global usage of social media websites in December 2009!
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