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Twitter: A Potential Victim of the Google+/Facebook Showdown

Forbes writer Erika Morphy recently gave us the latest rundown of the Google+, Facebook, and Twitter “clash of the titans” showdown. Rather, clash of the two titans, and one growing giant (Google+). In the article, she states that it’s only a matter of time until Google+ overtakes one of these titans, inevitably causing the victim to “go the way of MySpace.” Morphy speculates that Google+ will take off, and the most likely to fall will be Twitter. Although there are 350 times more daily items shared on Twitter than Google+ right now, she predicts that Twitter will gradually fade into the background while Google+ and Facebook duel it out for years to come.

Google+ is a Legitimate Challenger to Social Networking Superpowers

On June 28th, Google launched their new social networking site, Google Plus. The release instantly grabbed the attention of the tech world, and flooded the blogosphere with all sorts of posts, articles, and videos. The common question has been: “Can Google Plus compete with Facebook and Twitter?” The data analytics team here at Chitika decided to conduct a research study looking at an early indication of growth, and searches. We also wanted to how Google Plus would fare amongst the heavy hitters of social networking.

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