Pierre Bellanger, president and founder of Skyrock, social networks com Score figures are formal: in July, social networks totaled 13 million unique visitors 185 miles (VU), or 50% of the French population of Internet users, and Skyrock undoubtedly occupies first place with VU + 9 million, well ahead of second, My space, which has less than 3 million.In Europe, up 22% since the beginning of the year, Skyrock Network can be found between My Space and Bebo, closely followed by Face book that records still an increase of 422% (!) And exceeds 10 million VU, but succeed in breaking in France, where its market share did not exceed 3%! This is perhaps a good reason to consider optimizing for social media …
[Begin]And as I speak, I take this opportunity to bring to your attention this article by Pierre Bellanger, entitled “The social network: future telecom” (found via Loic Le Meur).
For if the president and founder of the first social network of France (and second in Europe) spoke about … social networks, his speech is perhaps that it stops, what do you think?
Here are some excerpts to feed reflection.
On the Internet:
The first step in a technological revolution is to use the new means at our disposal to accomplish what we were doing already. Paradoxically, the change is primarily the ultimate support of continuity. It is then that there, often at the margin, or from the public, which uses new express modernity and opportunities of the new technology.
The Internet was first considered by many as a new means of dissemination, simple expansion, diversification or exotic futuristic department of press companies, radio, publishing, record or film.
It appeared then that the real strengths of the network.
* The Internet creates a new resource: the collective intelligence of its users
* The Internet creates a new form of distribution: the network of peers
* The Internet, individual empowerment multiplier
* With Internet becomes a media code
* With Internet advertising is démassifie
* With Internet advertising interrupting is replaced by advertising or integrated device to the source
* With Internet which is not local is global
On social networks:
This vision of social network as an extension of mail and identity digital integrated social network as a centre of gravity of all electronic exchanges of an individual leads to the following: the social network is the future of telecom.
Des About (sometimes, but accessible), which reminds me of the words of Senator Rene Trégouët on the digital revolution:
There is no doubt that this changing digital world will continue to accelerate and will lead, by 10 years, the emergence of a world radically new, multidimensional, polycentric and deeply destabilizing, on the psychological, cultural and Social Council, for all those who have been unable or unwilling to prepare. The great challenge of this next decade will be to give a sense of social, cultural, cognitive and ethical this prodigious technological revolution in order to humanize and make for more …
Social networks are undoubtedly one of the major forces - still largely ignored and underestimated - the Internet. So try to save his side ..
May 10