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Collapse, stagnation, and explosion - Myspace, Yahoo!, and, Facebook

Explore Google Trends analysis revealing Facebook's growth while Myspace faced decline. Discover insights into social media trends.

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A tale of three firms via Google Trends. I've been checking in on Facebook's numbers in Google Trends for years to see if I can see evidence of plateauing. Not quite yet. Interestingly all three companies were drawing similar search traffic on Google at the end of 2008, after which Myspace began its long descent, while Facebook had an inverted trajectory, and Yahoo! kept muddling along....

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