2009 the Year of Twitter and Facebook
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Twitter, fueled by smartphones and online bursts of 140 characters, soared to lofty heights over the past year while Facebook eclipsed MySpace to become the world's leading social network.
"Those are the big winners," said Jason Keath, a North Carolina-based social media consultant and founder of SocialFresh.com, an organizer of social media conferences. "Facebook more or less tripled their size this year."
"Twitter grew immensely," added Keath. "I think there were somewhere around maybe two to four million users at the beginning of the year. Now there are near 40 million."
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