Sunday, October 25

Online social networks are flourishing

Facebook has become the most visited websites of the readers in the United Kingdom in recent times, despite the global economic crisis, and it is clear that many older adults have become involved in social networking sites.


London: No online social networks, any downturn in the number of users on the contrary, the number of those who joined to one of these sites, and has become the "Facebook" site more popular with Internet users in the United Kingdom according to the latest research on this field.

With the increase in the number of known online visitors, especially among the advanced age many of them heading to join the social networks and use as stated in the report of the status of "Ofcom" British. According to the report issued by it, there is an increase in the number of those who have Web logs on the Internet where it is used 38% of the attendees online social Web sites, and each of them his panorama While this number does not exceed 22% in 2007.
But the study reveals a decrease in the number of Internet users for the purpose of obtaining information regarding work or school, falling from 48% to 35% and the economic crisis has also caused the decline in the number of British consumers who use the Internet to buy goods.

This study also indicated that access to social sites is not restricted to those with the profile, but that there are approximately 41% of Internet users, online social networks every day, while their number was two years ago, no more than 30% and those looking for news of friends and family members. After the news of fraud and embezzlement became users of social networks and make them touch only with relatives and friends.
As the London Times newspaper reported today, 17 October, the number of visitors to Facebook has increased by 86.1%.