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eMarketer has published new findings regarding advertisers on social networks and revised their projections for ad spending on social sites.

I probably read more marketing blogs than the average person. But that’s my job. I read and keep up on things that you don’t have time to. Which, I hope, is one of the reasons you read the Friday Traffic Report!

Here are some posts that have really stuck out for me recently. If I have done my job, some “aha” moments and inspiration are in store for you today!

Using Google’s Insights for Search, Pingdom has “looked at 12 of the top social networks to answer a simple, but highly interesting question: Where are they the most popular?”. In their post, Social network popularity around the world, they surveyed MySpace, Facebook, Hi5, Friendster, LinkedIn, Orkut, Last.fm, LiveJournal, Xanga, Bebo, Imeem and Twitter. Their technique was simple: search for MySpace and use the “regional interest” estimates. Here are some observations they made:

With the Internet acting more like a handy local area network, surfers need to be more aware of protecting their privacy.