Yahoo and ComScore completed a research project to determine how many web sites people use on a regular basis. They found that on average people visited 85 sites per month. Out of those sites, people are “deeply engaged” with only 1.5 of them. What sites do you find yourself “deeply engaged” with?
I got to thinking about the sites in my FireFox tool bar. Also, I recently started to focus more on social networking i.e. LinkedIn, Twitter, Delicious, and my new career blog site. Here are the sites I find myself using pretty frequently.
- Google- Used Daily. What else can I say? It is the best search site out there. I use it Gmail for my centralized email account, search for my fav restaurant, and use it on my PPC-6800 phone.
- Netvibes- Used Daily. This favorite web page is my main RSS reader. I have my daily weather, news, Gmail, Twitter etc. Other tabs for technology, travel, and business. Great RSS reader with some good widgets.
- LinkedIn- Used Weekly. Great social networking site that that is centered around business and career related contacts. Excellent research tool too.
- Delicious- Although new to me, I’m already envisioning the value of this bookmarking site. Once it is built, Delicious will become an invaluable resource site for information.
- Twitter- Pretty new to me. I don’t yet see it as a potential social networking site. For me, I have very few friends that would bother using it each day. But I’m posting and watching some interesting people as I go along. Not sure if it will even make it to .01
Honestly now. Which sites are you deeply engaged with? Is it 1.5 or 10?
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Here’s a site I use daily. It’s a customizable start page you set up with RSS links for any topic imaginable including your own favorite links, email, weather, etc. Because it’s web based, you can view it from anywhere or any pc you’re using. Even a mobile phone!
Here’s an excerpt from the Netvibes home page:
“Netvibes is a free web service that brings together your favorite media sources and online services. Everything that matters to you, blogs, news, weather, videos, photos, social networks, email and much more is automatically updated every time you visit your page.
The wizard is a tool to help you easily create your very own start page, Netvibes.
I love Netvibes. I have several page tabs set up with all my favorite content via RSS feeds. It has the usual flair of News, Weather, and Stock Quotes. But I also have feeds for my other accounts like: Twitter, Gmail, Monster dot com, LinkedIn, LifeHacker. Then I have tabs for business, technology, travel etc.
You can keep this dashboard open all day and view info as it rolls in. Keeping you in touch with your most needed information.
See it here: Netvibes
