Why A Website Is More Important Than Facebook & Twitter

Why A Website Is More Important Than Facebook & Twitter Matt McGee | November 18, 2012 | 0 Comments I don’t know John Burke, and he’s probably a kind and smart guy, but I don’t think his article does business owners any favors: 6 Reasons Facebook and Twitter Are More Important Than a Website It’s actually the headline I disagree with most, because the rest of the article primarily makes the point that websites alone aren’t enough — a point I can support . Still, the headline just begs for debate, so I’ll take the bait and argue the opposite viewpoint… Why Websites Are More Important Than Social Media 1.) You Own Your Website. You Don’t Own Facebook. Facebook has more than a billion users. Everybody’s using it. It’s more important than a website. Facebook is going to last forever! That’s what everyone thought about AOL in the 1990s. And about MySpace in the 2000s. And what ...

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Agreed. Great article, Bill. “@billjoseph: Why a website is more important than Facebook & Twitter: [link] - It's a both/and.”
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