Natasha Murashev is the author of Psychblog.com, a digital magazine focused on applied psychology.
Most parents have a hard time imagining their young “naïve” teen having sex. As a result, parents wait until it is too late to talk to their child about the physical and psychological risks associated with sex and how to best stay [...]
According to a new study completed by the Facebook data team, “the more people use Facebook, the better they feel and those who share and communicate the most with their friends feel even better”. This study was presented as part of the “Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems” in Chicago this past week. [...]
A report from the Network Box shows that 6.8 percent of all the URLs accessed by businesses goes to Facebook and 10 percent of internet bandwidth goes to Youtube. The study analyzed 13 billion URLs accessed by businesses and studied business bandwidths to find results, and found Facebook and Youtube leading other companies like Google [...]
According to an eMarketer report published yesterday, between Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace users, Facebook users are most likely to return to the site with an increasing frequency over time. The numbers are representative of Facebook’s ability to pull users into the site and also paint a bleak picture of MySpace where most users are [...]
Natasha Murashev is the author of Psychblog.com, a digital publication focused on applied psychology.
Although there is no Facebook application that can tell you who exactly is looking at your Facebook profile, you can just about guarantee your Facebook stalkers are emotionally charged. According to recently published research by University of Missouri Professor Kevin Wise, Facebook [...]
Recent reports show that Facebook has become a major source of traffic to web portals, at least in the U.S., and that sharing through Facebook status updates has become a source of news for many. But what kind of news do Facebook users prefer? Heather Hopkins, an analyst at Hitwise, presented a fascinating analysis [...]
According to a new report from Nielsen, Facebook was the top destination for Cable TV viewers who turned to the web to view the opening ceremonies of this year’s Winter Olympics. According to the report, 13 percent of the Cable TV audience who watched the Olympic opening ceremonies, also simultaneously watched them on the Internet.
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Researchers at Rice University have published a report that examines the dollar value of Facebook fans on the sales of Dessert Gallery (DG), a Houston-based bakery and cafe chain. The study found that Facebook fans became more loyal customers.
Facebook now has more than 400 million users, 200 million of which login to the site [...]
A new study conducted by The University of New Hampshire shows that spending time on Social Media sites does not affect the academic performance of students. Despite the ongoing concern of Facebook addiction, it doesn’t appear to have a negative impact on school performance. These findings contradict previous studies which suggested the exact [...]
An interesting statistic provided in a report by Pingdom earlier today, shows that Facebook now generates over 10 times as many pageviews as MySpace, bringing in a whopping 260 billion page views per month. The latest numbers were surfaced using the Google ad planner which provides traffic estimates for practically every site on the [...]
