How many users does Clubhouse have? 40+ Clubhouse stats
List of key Clubhouse stats, with a focus on users and user growth.
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Social network usage & growth statistics (2026)
Explore the ultimate roundup of social media user statistics. Discover social network statistics on growth, country, platform & time spent daily.
11 new social media platforms in 2026
Social media is evolving fast, with platforms like Threads and Noplace leading the charge. Check out these 13 new social networks in 2026.
What 75 SEO thought leaders reveal about volatility in the GEO debate [Research]
AI search sentiment is positive, but consistency isn’t. Data shows why volatility – not acronyms – is the real risk.
8 Twitter alternatives marketers need to know about
Advertisers have been fleeing Twitter since Elon Musk took over – but where exactly are they flying off to?
What is LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a social network founded in 2003, now owned by Microsoft. LinkedIn is a social platform like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like, but unlike these other platforms, it is focussed on business. It is a networking platform for professionals to connect, learn, and share knowledge. It is designed to allow people to create […]
LinkedIn’s Service Pages for freelancers adds features to showcase credibility
Service Page owners can now show the organization they work for and include media from their portfolio.
Freelancers can now offer their services on LinkedIn’s new gig marketplace
The LinkedIn Service Marketplace competes with the likes of Fiverr and Upwork.
What Is Instagram?
Instagram is a free photo and video sharing social network, created in 2010 and acquired in 2012 by Facebook. Since its inception, Instagram has been through various – minor or major – transformations, and is now one of the most popular and used social networks. Anyone can sign up for it for free. While it […]
Nextdoor rolls out Groups and Help Map in response to coronavirus outbreak
The crisis may become a breakout moment for Nextdoor.
What is Quora?
Founded in 2009, Quora is a social network based around knowledge. Users of the site may post questions, which anyone may then answer. Users also have the option to request answers from specific users if they like, and Quora will also prompt users who have previously answered questions on the same subject to attempt to […]
Google Maps becomes more ‘social’ with Local Guides follow feature
Local Guides are part of the reason GMB and Maps are so successful.
Nextdoor’s ‘Local Deals’ ads let SMBs target specific neighborhoods
Appearing in multiple places, it's both a paid search and display ad in one.
Nextdoor emerges as a location marketing destination
Claiming pages and managing your reputation with customer ratings and reviews on this hyperlocal platform calls for a closer look from local business.
Google to close Google+ after 7 years: A look back at the impact it once had on Google search
This should come as no surprise, Google is closing down Google+ over lack of use and security issues.
Google Bulletin: Hyperlocal news, Nextdoor competitor or both?
Google has already proven it can crowdsource local content at scale through its Local Guides program.
Facebook Local is the social network’s stab at Yelp, Foursquare
Facebook’s new app lets people find nearby things to do and places to go.
Apple Updates App Store Search Ranking Algorithm
Did you notice the iOS app store search results have changed? Some have.
The Google Mobile Search Carousel Adds Pinterest Pins, Vines, Houzz & Food Network Recipes
The Google Search news carousel gets a bit more social with Pinterest Pins, Vines and more.
Search In Pics: Google Carnival, Google Now Mug & The Breaker Lab
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
Is Lowe’s The First Brand To Adopt Jelly?
A new social network or online community comes along and every brand has to answer one basic question: Should we be active in this channel? No matter whether you’re among the world’s biggest brands, or a small home-based business, that’s a question you have to wrestle with. Lowe’s, the home improvement retailer, appears to have […]
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Launches New Social Search App Jelly
Building on the concept, “If you have a questions, there’s somebody out there that knows the answer,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and former Twitter colleague Ben Finkel have launched Jelly, a social search app that uses your social networks to deliver results. According to the announcement today on the company’s blog “Jelly is designed to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 11, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Quietly Brings Back RSS Feed Option To Google Alerts The Next Web reports Google has quietly added back the RSS Feed option to Google Alerts. I’ve confirmed the RSS Feed […]
AltaVista Officially Closes — What Will Pawnee Do!
We mourned the closing of AltaVista when it was announced at the end of last month. But today’s the day it actually closed. No more AltaVista. Gone. Perhaps no one will suffer as much as the inhabitants of Pawnee, Indiana. The fictional town from the TV show Parks & Recreation has mentioned AltaVista in various episodes over […]
One Out Of Five “Second Screeners” Looks Up Advertised Product Info While Watching TV
To give further credence to consumers’ love of “second-screening” and why marketers should be salivating at the opportunities these new habits behold, Nielsen released stats on just what consumers are doing on their tablets while watching TV. Social networking sites are users’ top destinations, but consumers also seek out information about what they are watching […]
Foursquare Improves Android App, Makes Search More Prominent
Foursquare has introduced a new version of its Android app. As the company says in its blog post there are three primary changes: More prominent “Explore” search box at the top of the screen A map at the top of the screen displays your network’s most recent check-ins (which opens a larger map). A left […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 25, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: A Year Later, Google’s Block Sites Feature Remains BlockedIn 2011, Google rolled out a feature allowing searchers to block web sites they don’t like from appearing in its search results, which […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 24, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Yandex Launches Experimental “Wonder” Voice Social Search App For The US Yandex, the company behind the leading search engine in Russia with a presence in Turkey, has taken a radically different […]
Rumor: Apple May Buy Crowdsourced Mapping App Waze
Is Apple considering buying Waze? That’s what TechCrunch is saying by way of the rumor mill. If you don’t already know, Waze is a crowd-sourced mapping and traffic app. But it’s also a social community; it’s not that far removed from Foursquare. That’s what makes any potential acquisition here really interesting. There are many local […]
Foursquare Takes On Yelp With New Homepage Search Box
Perhaps it was always inevitable that Foursquare would shift its emphasis from location-based social networking to local search. Indeed, the site has been moving in this direction for quite some time, and very self-consciously for the better part of the past year. This afternoon the company is rolling out a new PC homepage for users […]
Foursquare Rolls Out App Redo: New Likes, Better Recommendations, Visually Simpler
This evening Foursquare is launching a redesigned version of its iPhone app (with Android and Blackberry to follow). It represents both a simplification and expansion of the app, based on what the company has learned over the past three years. The app is also cleaner and visually stronger. It features three nav buttons on the bottom: […]
Hitwise: “Facebook” Was 4 Of Top 10 Search Queries In 2011
Following the major engines themselves, Experian Hitwise announced the top search terms of 2011. The company looked at the top 1,000 search queries of 2011 and found that Facebook topped the list for the third year in a row. Overall Facebook had four of the top 10 search terms for 2011, the same as in […]
Google + Thanksgiving Day TV Commercial
Google aired a 90 second TV commercial on Thanksgiving Day during the Lions/Packers Football game. The commercial highlighted some of the features of Google +, focusing on the circles and hangouts features – but mostly on circles. The goal of the commercial was to communicate how Google + enables you to share as you would […]
Google+ Expands Search Options, Adds Trending Topics To Search Results
Google+ has made a few tweaks to how its search function operates, and has added the obligatory trending topics its search results pages. The first change begins right in the search box itself: As you type a search query, Google+ now separates possible matches in a pop-up window with People or Pages that may match […]
Survey: Most Use Social Media To Keep In Touch, Not To Follow Celebrities Or Find Dates
The Pew Internet & American Life project polled over 2,250 Americans to find out why exactly they use social media platforms. The results pointed to one common answer: keeping in-touch with acquaintances or reconnecting with former friends they may have lost touch with. Some of the lowest motivators include using social media to create new […]
Google Acquires Katango ‘Magicians’ To Improve Google+ Circles
Finding it too much hassle to organize your friends and contacts into circles on Google+? Google may have a solution on the way, thanks to the company’s acquisition of Katango. Katango launched this past summer with an iPhone app that automagically organizes Facebook friends through an algorithmic approach that looks at profile information, past interactions […]
Twitter Begins To Roll Out The ‘Activities’ Tab To The Masses
As we reported a few months ago, Twitter has rolled out the “activities tab” for web users. This tab allows Twitter to operate more like a classic social network as you can keep tabs on your friends… pun intended. Here’s a look at how the activitiy tab looks: This tab shows items favorited by those you […]
Facebook’s Zuckerberg To Charlie Rose: “We Just Do One Thing”
Asked to reflect on the cultural differences between Google and Facebook, current Facebook COO and former Googler Sheryl Sandberg told Charlie Rose that “Google is fundamentally about algorithms and machine learning . . . We start from a totally different place. We start from an individual: Who are you? What do you want to do? What do […]
Google+ Adds Popular Stories, Post Analytics, Photo Filter Kits & Begins Supporting Google Apps
Today Google announced a flurry of new features for its fledgling social network, Google+. The new additions include popular content on Google+, analytics for public shares called “Google+ Ripples,” creative kits for photos and accounts for Google Apps users. Here’s a bit of info on each of the new items: “What’s Hot” – Popular Content […]