Top 50 Social Media Sites 2009

by Jack Humphrey on Feb 8

Website Magazine has just published a Top 50 list of the biggest and busiest social media sites.  How many do you have an account with?

From the article:

websitemagazine“This edition of Website Magazine features 50 of the top social media resources available on the Internet. While you may find some of your favorite micro-social networks absent from the list, keep in mind that this is one sample from the overall behavior of one subset of the entire Web population. The list does, however, provide a valuable look as to where the mass of social Web users spend their time, sharing content and visiting sites in droves.” More…

Tagged as: best social sites, social media list, social media sites, top social marketing sites, top social sites

  • http://www.GaryMcElwain.com Gary McElwain

    Hey Jack

    Thanks for the great list, it gives me a better idea of where to be.

    Gary McElwain

    Gary McElwains last blog post..How Pyramids, Dinosaurs, and Recession, Lead to MLM Prospecting Success

  • http://www.SuccesswithEFT.com Michele Price

    Dude, you did it again, I was just looking at this and saying ok it worked for Jack before can I do it here, damn you beat me to it shazam!

    Michele Prices last blog post..Getting Ancestral Baggage Out Of Your Wallet-EFT Coaching

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Sorry lol – I’m not doing it on purpose!

  • http://www.kiwipulse.com KiwiPulse

    Thanks for the list. Just what I was looking for! :P

    KiwiPulses last blog post..Columbia Sportswear: Stop Global Warming

  • http://inspirationalguidance.com/personal-growth-articles/latestnews/25-random-and-personal-things-about-me Personal Development Resources

    I’m on 22 out of 50 so close to halfway but still quite a few I need to take a look at (if I can stand to be in any more)
    I’m on Ning overload right now and probably get 5-8 invitations a week to a new Ning site – although I don’t join them all :)

    Not familiar with BlackPlanet and CafeMom – will take a look at those two. Is it necessary to be in all of them do you think Jack?
    If noting else I guess it’s a link back to my site which is always helpful but building a reputation in these sites would take a lot of hours on the keyboard!

    Diane

    Personal Development Resourcess last blog post..All About Goal Setting

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Diane – definitely not necessary to be on all of them. Some just won’t make sense for any given niche. But there’s always something new to try when you want to test a new site.

  • http://MoreInStoreMarketing.com/blog Stephanie Trahd

    Thanks for the heads-up Jack. My issue of Website Magazine just came in today’s mail. I’ve already got page 14 bookmarked!

    Stephanie Trahds last blog post..Papa John’s Super Bowl XLIII Touchdown

  • http://www.fitnessforyouall.com sonia

    Jack,

    Thanks for this list.
    When I searched into Google on “top social media sites 2009″ this post was on page 1 of Google for broad match with more than 86 million competing pages.
    And it shows up on # 1 position for the term “top 50 social media sites 2009″ broad match with more than 11 million competing pages.

    You had mentioned a few times that you don’t spend a whole lot of time on SEO. I wonder if it was the anchor text, post title plus the authority of FTR that got such incredible results.

    Way to go!! Thanks for this wonderful Blog!

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Sonia – I know it’s probably hard to believe that it was this simple, but I really owe it all to peoples undying need for lists. Not only to read them, but to link to them. By putting this up, and surely doing some blog commenting at the time, I got some anchor links back to the blog post. And people just read it and linked to it.

      I would never go out of my way to promote such a post, because it is a post ABOUT a list that I didn’t even compile! So whatever happened to get me those results had to be through the interest in the topic, people linking, and mild keyword placement that was more natural/accidental than purposeful.

      But how do you like the “power of the list” for its ability to even get a post ABOUT a list on another site such results? lol Also has to do with site authority why such a post would out rank other similar posts and sometimes, even the original content you are linking to.

      I’m just as amazed as anyone when this stuff happens sometimes. :)

  • http://www.idsketch.com Muqtada Khalid

    Awesome list, i was not in favor of using social media websites a couple of month before but seeing success faster than other resources and medias, i m believing in the magic spell of these media. Thanks for the list anyways.

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  • http://www.saimrice.com/ Neal Wilson

    thanks for sharing this list with us. its so useful for me. but i am already using some of them. and i am finding good results from them. but i also find some new form your list. and i will try them. thanks for sharing this with us.

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