Facebook’s Like Button Turns One!
It seems as though Facebook’s Like Button has been around much longer than one year, doesn’t it? As the world’s most popular “button” celebrated its one year mark yesterday, Facebook released some interesting usage statistics. The Like Button is a big part of the evolving web, and these statistics prove just that:
1. 10,000 websites integrate with Facebook each day
2. More than 2.5 million websites have integrated with Facebook (including more than 80 of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and over half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites)
3. Over half of the 25 fastest growing comScore U.S. retail sites use Facebook
4. Media sites that adopt the Like button average a greater than 300% increase in referral traffic from Facebook
5. Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites
(Source: HubSpot)
The Like Button is a way for your students, graduates, staff, faculty, and prospects to share the content your school is putting out there. Not only that, but it creates a new way for your audience to interact with one another. Has your school been utilizing the Like Button on other platforms, such as your website or blog?
(Photo Source: Mashable)
