2. Table of Contents
• What is the Social Web
• Different Forms of Social Web
• The Growth of Social Networking
• Social Networking Usage

3. On a broad level
the Social web is
an online
community of
people who are
socializing with
each other
through a web
site. There are
many different
types of social
networking sites
available to us on
the web.

4. What is the Social Web?

5. The Growth of
Social Networking
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Facebook Active User Growth
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 Facebook is one of the
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6. The Growth of Social
Networking

7. Social Networking Usage

8. Comscore, (2010) Social Networking Ranks as Fastest-Growing Mobile Content Category
http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/6/Social_Networking_Ranks_as_Fastest-
Growing_Mobile_Content_Category/(language)/eng-US
Epic. (2010). New Social Networking Poll Released, Kids Privacy Campaign Launched.
Retrieved from the Epic Website: http://epic.org/privacy/socialnet/
Epic. (2010). Epic to Urge Congress to Strengthen Privacy Laws for Facebook Users. Retrieved from the
Epic Website: http://epic.org/privacy/socialnet/
Forrester. (2009). The Future of the Social Web Portable Ids Catalyze A Power Shift to Consumers.
Retrieved from the Forrester Website:
http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/future_of_social_web/q/id/46970/t/2
Gigaom. (2010). SXSW: Is Privacy on the Social Web a Technical Problem? Retrieved from the Gigaom
Website: http://gigaom.com/2010/03/13/sxsw-is-privacy-on-the-social-web-a-technical-problem/
Pingdom. (2010). Study: Ages of Social Network Users. Retrieved from the Pingdom Website:
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/02/16/study-ages-of-social-network-users/
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