Another school year's started, and (probably by coincidence) the Royal Pingdom blog has presented what might be considered a long-term report card on Twitter. The data shows, as a blog post explains, "how Twitter has been taking over the world."
Running a blog can be a big nuisance; you've got keep up with current events, write posts, and monitor comments on at least a daily basis. But new Pingdom statistics should lighten the load by helping people make sure their blogs remain accessible.
Whether a given blogger takes pride in being a weirdo or feels safer as part of a crowd, a new report will help him (or her) sort out exactly where he (or she) stands. Pingdom staffers took a close look at which platforms are most common among the most popular blogs.
If LinkedIn has its way, the image of a blue-robed wizard will become nowhere near as familiar as Twitter's fail whale. But in what might be a good or bad sign for the company, this symbol of downtime is indeed being seen more frequently.
It shouldn't surprise anyone if MySpace's execs all have the "Jaws" theme stuck in their heads. Facebook has been creeping up on its rival for some time, and within the next month or so, may finally overtake it in terms of unique U.S. visitors.
Twitter's potential Achilles' heel - or head to toe bull's-eye, really - has long been the amount of time it spends in a nonfunctional state. One new set of stats seems to indicate that it's solving the problem, though, and another shows that it's continuing to grow, regardless.
Depending on where you are, MySpace, Facebook, or LinkedIn may be the most popular destination for social networking.
MySpace is on top in the U.S., Facebook follows, and so on; we're all familiar with the usual social network rankings. But here's some interesting news: Orkut seems better suited to Iran than America. And Facebook, while successful here, should consider relocating its headquarters to Turkey. Or so imply some new stats, anyway.
You know those monkeys that are supposed to recreate the works of Shakespeare? Judging from some of the strange domain names Google owns, the company appears to have hired a handful of them.
As numbers go, 36 isn't a stunning one; some companies have locations numbering in the hundreds or thousands. Still, Pingdom has tracked down three dozen of Google's data centers and plotted them on a map worth seeing.
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