the internet is dying
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From September 2009, absolute unique visitors from some of the biggest websites in the world started to drop. I've checked the charts from Google Trends and drawn some basic trendlines. Maybe I'm seeing ghosts, but I'm curious about your theories...TRANSCRIPT
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Is the internet dying?
From September 2008, absolute unique visitors from some of the biggest
websites in the world started to drop.
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Portals
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Social Networks
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Blogs
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Media
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Shopping
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Entertainment & Knowledge
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Even the Bad Boys
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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Can you guess who did the opposite?
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Daily Unique Visitors (Google Trends Websites)
Support line/ Trend line before decline
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How to explain this?
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
2. Traditional websites aren’t social enough which has become the expected standard or they lack integration with the social web.
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
2. Traditional websites aren’t social enough which has become the expected standard or they lack integration with the social web.
3. The worldwide recession has a direct link with global internet usage. The credit crunch has been a catalyst for the decline in all consumer activity.
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
2. Traditional websites aren’t social enough which has become the expected standard or they lack integration with the social web.
3. The worldwide recession has a direct link with global internet usage. The credit crunch has been a catalyst for the decline in all consumer activity.
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
2. Traditional websites aren’t social enough which has become the expected standard or they lack integration with the social web.
3. The worldwide recession has a direct link with global internet usage. The credit crunch has been a catalyst for the decline in all consumer activity.
4. The banking crisis caused a correction, not just in consumer confidence and people’s spending power , but also in their values i.e. a refocus on the things that really matter to people (friends, family, leisure pursuits, work=life balance etc).
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
2. Traditional websites aren’t social enough which has become the expected standard or they lack integration with the social web.
3. The worldwide recession has a direct link with global internet usage. The credit crunch has been a catalyst for the decline in all consumer activity.
4. The banking crisis caused a correction, not just in consumer confidence and people’s spending power , but also in their values i.e. a refocus on the things that really matter to people (friends, family, leisure pursuits, work=life balance etc).
5. People are just starting to get bored by the internet.
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How to explain this?
1. Facebook & Twitter as a central hub for friends, entertainment, news & other content replace the traditional content providers.
2. Traditional websites aren’t social enough which has become the expected standard or they lack integration with the social web.
3. The worldwide recession has a direct link with global internet usage. The credit crunch has been a catalyst for the decline in all consumer activity.
4. The banking crisis caused a correction, not just in consumer confidence and people’s spending power , but also in their values i.e. a refocus on the things that really matter to people (friends, family, leisure pursuits, work=life balance etc).
5. People are just starting to get bored by the internet.
6. I’m seeing stuff that isn’t there.
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So anybody smart enough to explain this to me?
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Let’s hear it!