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advertis<strong>in</strong>G ma r k e t <strong>in</strong> ma l a y s i a<br />

Messenger popular amongst Malay<br />

Internet users<br />

Yahoo! Search as Malay Internet<br />

users favourite search ehg<strong>in</strong>e<br />

Malay Internet users access the<br />

Internet outside home<br />

Source: “Omnicom, Yahoo ! Identify Onl<strong>in</strong>e Behaviour of Malaysia” by ADOI Market<strong>in</strong>g Comunications Magaz<strong>in</strong>e, June 2008<br />

Social Network Scenario <strong>in</strong> Malaysia<br />

Friendster is the number one social network website <strong>in</strong> Malaysia accord<strong>in</strong>g to Internet measurement<br />

company, comScore. As at May 2008, Friendster is four times bigger than Facebook and MySpace<br />

<strong>in</strong> Malaysia. Friendster leads the social networks by be<strong>in</strong>g the first to offer a complete social<br />

network<strong>in</strong>g experience <strong>in</strong> Malay, and a new mobile site, also <strong>in</strong> Malay.<br />

10 Most Popular Sites on Malaysia Web<br />

1 Yahoo 6 Google<br />

2 Google.com.my 7 W<strong>in</strong>dows Live<br />

3 Friendster 8 Facebook<br />

4 YouTube 9 Microsoft Network (MSN)<br />

5 Blogger 10 MySpace<br />

Source: “Top Sites <strong>in</strong> Malaysia” by www.alexa.com<br />

Malay Internet Users Behaviour<br />

56%<br />

With over 2.4 million visitors <strong>in</strong> the age range of 15 to 34 years old, and about 70% of Facebook<br />

users and 80% of MySpace users visited Friendster, the site has become a new power of onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

social network for brands, advertisers and <strong>market</strong>ers to promote their products and services to this<br />

large demographic segment, us<strong>in</strong>g community pages called Official Profiles.<br />

Whilst the number of fans the brand won over speaks as the basic tool of the campaign success,<br />

there is a number of options available to measur<strong>in</strong>g the effectiveness of the campaign. For example,<br />

Cl<strong>in</strong>ique measured the total number of referrals, testimonials and product samples requested.<br />

Rexona tracked the number of widget <strong>in</strong>stalled with<strong>in</strong> users’ profile, along with brand testimonials<br />

and actual sales made by users.<br />

73%<br />

81%<br />

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