Social Network boom or fatique?

I am relatively new to AR and all social networking, but it sure seems to be the next big thing.  I am not sure if I am doing the right things however to make it worth my time, and to see the payoff business wise.  I will need to educate myself some more!

For myself I use most of the networking to promote my site on google to pick up buyers leads....and it's paying off.  For the top terms in my area:  Logan Utah Real Estate  I am now up in the top 10 of google and have a couple more pages of my site on the 2nd page.  That's after about 4-5 months of blogging consistently with quality links and terms going back to my site.   I really only focus on the large established networking sites because thats' what Google seems to like....

Some will come and some will go but I think AR is set firmly in cyberspace!!!

I think some will flourish -- and some will fall by the way side.  I think AR is going to be here for a long tme.

I think some will flourish -- and some will fall by the way side.  I think AR is going to be here for a long tme.

I think it has a place but the site has to be well thought out and serve a benefit and a purpose to the consumers that it serves

I'm not sure of the business benefits either. I can't say that anything has come out of AR in the way of business, per say. BUT I have gotten lots of great information and lots of fun with it. I think it is here to stay because of those two reasons alone.

I don't know its all business and I am on here and other social networking for business only......... I hate to blog and I hate playing with it all....but then I hated when we moved from MLS books to computers but now I don't know what I would do if I had to look at a book again......

Technology is a necessary evil I think......its human to error but takes a computer to really screw things up....

Todd Hueffed

I think it is a combination of social networking via computer and social networking the old fashioned way-via face to face opportunity at community events, open houses, caravans, lunches, etc that gets the job done. Nothing replaces a hand-shake and a smile. Or even better yet, a thank you note to someone for something they did at a networking event. That said, I am planning to up my blogging activity to see what the future reward might be.