Article by Monzer Tabbakh

World Wide Web is growing at rapid pace. On average, more than a billion new pages are added to it every day.The growth rate of the Internet is accelerating in such a degree that a rather amazing related milestone was passed; Google’s spiders discovered the trillionth URL. That’s 1,000,000,000,000 Web Pages indexed.

Let’s say that it takes you exactly one minute to read through this article. In that time, over 6,600 photos will be uploaded to Flickr, about 70 new domains will be registered, over 1,200 new ads will be created on Craigslist, and more. Here’s what happens on the Internet every 60 seconds.

That disclaimer aside and without further ado, here’s what’s happening each minute:

* Search engine Google serves more than 694,445 queries * 6,600+ pictures are uploaded to Flickr * 600 videos are uploaded to YouTube, amounting to 25+ hours of content * 695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on social networking site Facebook * 70 new domains are registered * 168,000,000+ emails are sent * 320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets are generated on social networking site Twitter * iPhone applications are downloaded more than 13,000 times * 20,000 new posts are published on micro-blogging platform Tumblr * Popular web browser FireFox is downloaded more than 1,700 times * Popular blogging platform WordPress is downloaded more than 50 times * WordPress Plugins are downloaded more than 125 times * 100 accounts are created on professional networking site LinkedIn * 40 new questions are asked on YahooAnswers.com * 100+ questions are asked on Answers.com * 1 new article is published on Associated Content, the world’s largest source of community-created content * 1 new definition is added on UrbanDictionary.com * 1,200+ new ads are created on Craigslist * 370,000+ minutes of voice calls done by Skype users * 13,000+ hours of music streaming is done by personalized Internet radio provider Pandora * 1,600+ reads are made on Scribd, the largest social reading publishing company

Impressive? Scary? Overwhelming? We’re not sure. But we do know that a lot happened in the few moments it took to look at this blog post — so you better rush to catch up.

Why is Facebook ImportantFacebook is one of the top social networking sites.Facebook statistics September 2011:People on Facebook:More than 750 million active users.50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day.Average user has 130 friends.People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.Activity on Facebook:There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages).Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events.Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month.More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.(Source: facebook.com)

- Why is Facebook Important:Facebook presents a unique marketing opportunity for businesses through the creation of Facebook Business Pages. As more people explore social media, social networking sites have become some of the key online sources they use to learn more about products, organizations, artists and world events. Marketing on Facebook has a viral effect – information spreads through networks exponentially.

- There are two primary ways for companies to market on Facebook. The first is through Facebook Groups and the second is through Facebook Pages.Facebook pages are typically the best option for organizations to promote themselves on Facebook.Facebook Page Design Example: Imagine company Facebook fan pageFacebook pages provide a forum for dialogue between customers and the brand, giving companies the opportunity to build better relationships with target audiences and current customers.Each time a Facebook user becomes a fan of a Facebook page, a notice is posted as news item for all of that user’s friends to see. This creates an opportunity for a Facebook page to go viral and reach new viewers.As a Facebook page grows its fan base, traffic to the company website will increase. Facebook pages also appear in Universal Search ResultsFor more information: Imagine | Best web design company Syria and Middle East, SEO Syria, web hosting Syriahttp://www.imagine-sy.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Imagine.Web.Designs

Related Internet Marketing In Syria Articles

Article by Jamie Francis

North Africa presents many opportunities for British companies to spread the scope of their operations, with Syria among the countries with greatest potential.

The country’s strength is helped by a number of factors, which include a stable political environment – President Assad celebrated the tenth anniversary of his accession to power in 2010, and the previous president, his father, ran the country for 39 years.

Most recent available figures show that UK exports to Syria were worth ?147.1million in 2009, which represented a healthy balance of trade surplus in the UK’s favour.

Large-scale reforms and investment are affecting many aspects of life in Syria, with the country’s education system, and construction and life sciences industries being seen as particular priorities.

All over the country, new major construction projects have been undertaken, ranging from hospitals to shopping complexes.The country was one of a minority to benefit from the economic downturn of 2009, as outside investors looked to mitigate the risks to their investments in the Gulf region. As a result, large teams of workers who had previously been deployed there were moved to work on projects in Syria.

One consequence of this influx of foreign workers has been an increase in demand for rapid and efficient express delivery services.Many people who have friends and loved ones working on major projects in Syria are turning to courier companies to send packages of items which are not available in Damascus or anywhere else in the country.

While the travelling time to Syria is not long, the nature of much of the investment being made in the country means that workers have long-term contracts to assist in a number of large-scale ongoing projects. That means that regular communications from home, and the arrival of packages containing home comforts are eagerly awaited.

Friends and family members will always be grateful for such deliveries, and sending them through parcel delivery companies with established track records, such as FedEx, UPS and DHL will ensure that they enjoy a smooth journey. From collection from your home or business at a time in the day to suit you, through its long journey, to its final arrival at its destination, your parcel will be in good hands.

You can track the progress of your parcel over the internet, keeping its recipient informed of its progress using your courier’s parcel tracking technology so that they can be ready to receive it. If required, a signature can even be obtained for you to confirm its safe arrival, and a copy of it emailed to you for your records.

If you need to send a parcel to Syria, online services will find you the right international delivery company to do the job, at the right price.

Article by Un Boxed

For most western Research Agencies, doing standard Quantitative research is easy as the markets are well developed and doing Face to Face (F2F) interviews and CATI are done day in and day out. Similarly doing Focus groups and In-Depth Interviews (Qualitative Research) as well as Ethnography poses no problems. Random sampling, segmentation and recruitment can be done quite easily without batting an EyelidIn the Middle East markets of Saudi Arabia, UAE (Dubai) Sudan, Egypt and even markets like India, things are not as simple. The lack of telephone and internet penetration in some markets makes CATI impossible and the fact that you could be arrested for running a focus group in some markets makes Qualitative research more difficult- especially where cultural understanding is ctitical.Unboxed Consulting (www.un-boxed.me) is a boutique research agency and an affiliate of ESOMAR that has been doing all kinds of Market research in markets as diverse as Algeria, Libya, Levant (Jordan, Syria and Lebanon) as well as within the GCC (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar etc)Based out of Dubai (UAE) this specialist agency has native language speaking moderators and does research in various categories including FMCG research, Financial Research, Branding and Equity Research apart from Product tests and consumer researchThey also do technology oriented work including Usability Testing and user interface/Website Evaluation work on a regular basis.They have very senior consultants who are hands on for each project and take pride in bringing consumer insights alive. Their range of experience varies a lot and are adept at doing all varieties of Market Research.They also do a large amount of work in Urban and Rural India and undertake full service projects as well as large scale fieldwork projects. They are reliable fieldwork suppliers for Middle East as well as India.Based out of UAE, Unboxed consulting is the brainchild of Dipen Mehta who has been working in these markets over 13 years and been in several large research agencies before setting up on his own. For more information, please send mail to info@un-boxed.me or visit http://www.un-boxed.me. Their motto ‘Great heads, minus the overheads’ ?