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Users Share Links More on Facebook Than E-Mail, Suggests Report

by Warren Riddle on July 23, 2009 at 06:35 AM

AddToAny, a popular widget maker, recently announced some of its internal study results that indicate Facebook overwhelmingly leads the way in shared Web content. According to Mashable, AddToAny lets users share information they find noteworthy with a variety of Web sites, including Digg, Facebook, and Twitter.

The group reported that 24-percent of information shared through its widget was posted on Facebook. Other notables included Twitter with 10.8-percent, rival MySpace with only 5-percent, and Digg with 4.4-percent. Surprisingly, e-mail only accounted for 11.1-percent of sharing, ranking third behind Yahoo!, whose sites totaled 14.4-percent of shared content.

Of course, these sharing numbers are tied directly to the AddToAny widget. But, if these numbers accurately reveal larger sharing trends on the Web, the low amount of e-mail sharing may (hopefully!) result in uncluttered inboxes everywhere, as Facebook will have to put up with all the "cute cat of the day" messages from your mom or the dog-demeaning "OMG! look at the unbelievable pooch wearing a hat and shoes!" messages from your annoying co-worker. This should also definitely free up more space so that no one misses out on the essential e-mail messages, like male enhancement discounts and promises of untold Nigerian riches. [From: Mashable]

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