There's more to social networking than participating in the mainstream sites alone. Select the right niche social sites by using one of the following tools to measure the site's traffic.
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Owned by Amazon and founded in 1996, Alexa is one of the oldest tools out there. At the site you’ll find among many other useful tools, including a downloadable toolbar, traffic stats and related links.
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Offers a whole host of info and a downloadable toolbar for your browser that reveals visitor numbers for each site you go to.
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This site offers traffic graphs and detailed demographic information including gender distribution, age, household income, ethnicity and education. For its partner sites, it will also reveal a site’s geographic distribution.
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A free media planning tool for identifying websites your target customers are likely to visit.
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Once again, Google comes to the rescue with a data tool that may help you figure out where your customers are and when they may be ready to buy. Visit my blog for more info.
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There's lots of useful info at this site, including tools that measure age and gender distribution.