This page has been set up to display the stats and compare Facebook, Twitter and Google+ usage by small businesses who sign up to UK Small Business Directory.
It displays how many businesses added their Facebook details, Twitter details and Google+ details when they registered in UK Small Business Directory.
Week 1 – 1st to 7th January 2012
Total sign ups this week – 321
Facebook: 86 = 27% sign up rate
Twitter: 94 = 29% sign up rate
Googe+ 16 = 5% sign up rate
Week 2 – 8th to 14th January 2012
Total sign ups this week – 423
Facebook: 110 = 26% sign up rate
Twitter: 91 = 22% sign up rate
Googe+ 19 = 5% sign up rate
Week 3 – 15th to 21st January 2012
Total sign ups this week – 429
Facebook: 137 = 32% sign up rate
Twitter: 124 = 29% sign up rate
Googe+ 29 = 7% sign up rate
Week 4 – 22nd to 28th January 2012
Total sign ups this week – 448
Facebook: 123 = 27.5% sign up rate
Twitter: 109 = 24.3% sign up rate
Googe+ 29 = 6.5% sign up rate
Week 5 – 29th January to 4th February 2012
Total sign ups this week – 464
Facebook: 123 = 26.5% sign up rate
Twitter: 108 = 23.3% sign up rate
Googe+ 21 = 4.7% sign up rate
Week 6 – 5th February to 11th February 2012
Total sign ups this week – 501
Facebook: 126 = 25.1% sign up rate
Twitter: 117 = 23.4% sign up rate
Googe+ 22 = 4.4% sign up rate
Week 7 – 12th February to 18th February 2012
Note: free registration page was offline for a day whilst updating site.
Total sign ups this week – 378
Facebook: 103 = 27.2% sign up rate
Twitter: 82 = 21.7% sign up rate
Googe+ 27 = 7.1% sign up rate
Week 8 – 19th February to 25th February 2012
Total sign ups this week – 528
Facebook: 156 = 29.5% sign up rate
Twitter: 148 = 28.0% sign up rate
Googe+ 27 = 5.1% sign up rate
A quick sum up now 8 weeks have gone.
Stats since January 1st 2012
Total sign ups – 3491
Facebook: 964 = 27.6% sign up rate
Twitter: 865 = 24.8% sign up rate
Googe+ 194 = 5.6% sign up rate
Google+ is still lagging well behind and to date shows no sign of catching up, one thing I have noticed is that a number of people enter the wrong details in the box when trying to add their Google+ listing, maybe if Google made it more clear about the ID number people would use it more.
Week 9 – 26th February to 3rd March 2012
Total sign ups this week – 418
Facebook: 129 = 30.9% sign up rate
Twitter: 128 = 30.6% sign up rate
Googe+ 22 = 5.3% sign up rate
Week 10 – 4th March to 10th March 2012
(currently in process of updating sites, next 2 weeks figures may up and down)
Total sign ups this week – 401
Facebook: 124 = 30.9% sign up rate
Twitter: 123 = 30.7% sign up rate
Googe+ 24 = 6.0% sign up rate
Week 11 – 11th March to 17th March 2012
(currently in process of updating sites, next 2 weeks figures may up and down)
Total sign ups this week – 429
Facebook: 114 = 26.6% sign up rate
Twitter: 122 = 28.4% sign up rate
Googe+ 27 = 6.3% sign up rate
Week 12 – 18th March to 24th March 2012
(currently in process of updating sites, next 2 weeks figures may up and down)
Total sign ups this week – 481
Facebook: 141 = 29.3% sign up rate
Twitter: 144 = 29.9% sign up rate
Googe+ 28 = 5.8% sign up rate
Week 13 – 25th March to 31st March 2012
Total sign ups this week – 456
Facebook: 131 = 28.7% sign up rate
Twitter: 128 = 28.1% sign up rate
Googe+ 24 = 5.3% sign up rate
Week 14 – 1st April to 7th April 2012
Total sign ups this week – 488
Facebook: 123 = 25.2% sign up rate
Twitter: 122 = 25.0% sign up rate
Googe+ 22 = 4.5% sign up rate
Week 15 – 8th April to 14th April 2012
Total sign ups this week – 457
Facebook: 130 = 28.4% sign up rate
Twitter: 116 = 25.4% sign up rate
Googe+ 28 = 6.1% sign up rate
Week 16 – 15th April to 21st April 2012
Total sign ups this week – 541
Facebook: 151 = 27.9% sign up rate
Twitter: 139 = 25.7% sign up rate
Googe+ 38 = 7.0% sign up rate
Week 17 – 22nd April to 28th April 2012
Total sign ups this week – 553
Facebook: 185 = 33.5% sign up rate
Twitter: 182 = 22.9% sign up rate
Googe+ 44 = 8.0% sign up rate
Another quick sum up now 17 weeks have gone.
Stats since January 1st 2012
Total directory sign ups this year to date – 7,707
Facebook: 2,223 = 28.8% sign up rate
Twitter: 2,091 = 27.1% sign up rate
Googe+ 470 = 6.1% sign up rate
Google+ is still lagging well behind, but has increased the percentage rate slightly, Twitter has also increased slightly with Facebook remaining virtualy the same.
Week 18 – 29th April to 5th May 2012
Total sign ups this week – 462
Facebook: 151 = 32.7% sign up rate
Twitter: 134 = 29.0% sign up rate
Googe+ 18 = 3.9% sign up rate
Week 19 – 6th May to 12th May 2012
Total sign ups this week – 452
Facebook: 142 = 31.4% sign up rate
Twitter: 129 = 28.5% sign up rate
Googe+ 33 = 7.3% sign up rate
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