In preparing a recent speech, I kept thinking “Why don’t I save my key sources?!”  I wanted THE sources, the ones that update regularly so you can get a trend line and an update for the month or year.  They also needed to be free.  So here are the key sources I used for a speech on social media for golf course owners and pros.  I’ll be adding to this list…like Jeremy below!  Let me know your key sources.

Jeremey Owyang’s Blog:  A Collection of Social Network Stats for 2009

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/01/11/a-collection-of-soical-network-stats-for-2009/

Traffic for any site

quantcast.com or compete.com

Monthly Traffic updates

Comscore.com   http://bit.ly/BzqMZ

Pew Internet Research – tracking consumer Internet usage & behaviors

http://www.pewinternet.org/