We've seen this trend at work in the open source - style platform behind the Occupy Wall Street protests, which has received
a boost from social network sites, live - streaming software, and digital forums that aid in organizing.
Not exact matches
Aside
from the direct benefits of traffic
from one of these
sites, as users see an interesting link and click through on it, getting linked on a major
social networking site is a good way to
boost one's PageRank and get better search returns.
Today if dating
sites want to
boost their market share, it is more about attracting users
from other dating services and the
social networks.