of the future. The first six communities were introduced in July
1995”. By 1998, Geo Cities boasted 1.7 million members who had
staked out virtual “homesteads” in 40 separate virtual
neighborhoods.
Since those pioneering days of digital social networking
communities, we have seen an explosion of a wide assortment of
social communities that target virtually every conceivable area of
interest or niche.
Data presented on the following page is from comSource World
Metrix comparing the growth of selected Social Networking
Communities from June of 2006 to June of 2007:
Even more revealing, is the data on the following comScore chart
which displaying the average number of “Daily” visits that each of
the selected Social Networking Sites experience:
