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Under 1 Percent Of Web Visits Comes From Social Media


By WebGuild at April 14, 2011 1 Comments    Share  

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What are you hoping to gain out of your social media efforts? If it’s a rise in traffic to your website, you better come up with a new plan.

According to a new report from ForeSee Results, fewer than 1% of website visits came directly from a social media URL.

Their report also says that 18% of site visitors reported being influenced by social media, which would mean that 17% of those folks visited the site in some way other than clicking on a social media link. This plays into the idea that social media is best used for brand awareness, but still, 18% isn’t that great. More>>

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  1. Great.. so why is Facebook valued at 80 bil USD? Funny.

    Comment by Ryan — April 14, 2011 @ 8:15 PM

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