Different blogs to include in the report

When looking for information to include in the report, as I am discussing media convergence, everything is moving towards digital. It would therefore seem disingenious to exclude blogs as a research source. The following blog entries are the more current on the topic of Facebook at the time of writing, and are considered to be from esteemed sources.

http://blog.louisgray.com/2010/03/for-many-families-facebook-is-real.html

This blog discusses whether Facebook is the real Wide Web. This is important as the article reveals how popular the networking site really is.

http://themelis-cuiper.com/facebook/leaving-insightful-facebook-notes-to-generate-traffic-to-your-site.html

This is SUCH an important website. It includes information completely relevant to the report, for example marketers use of the social networking site.

One quotation extracted is: "Many online marketers are looking to Facebook notes to drive traffic to their websites. this fascination with Facebook is easily understandable. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking websites in the world. according to some estimates, Facebook attracts more visitors each month than any other social networking website available today."

Further information drawn from this blog includes the acknowledgement that Facebook notes is a simple application that acts as a virtual notepad that can be used by all. It allows Facebook users to write in their own notes or in the notes of others.

The blog explains that this presents two opportunities for traffic generation. you can generate traffic by promoting your website on your own Facebook note or you can promote your website on someone else’s Facebook note.

It realises that although leaving a note is very simple, it should be exercised with caution. Overt promotion can be seen as spam by some users and may result in you getting banned from Facebook. Exercise caution when you promote your website on someone else’s application.

What next?
I will include the information relevant from this in my report. It is important to print out the above blog entries and highlight all the relevant parts, analysing these to be included in the research file. I will continue to look at these blogs for inspiration for content.