---
title: "Social Media Trends 2009, TrendsSpotting"
date: 2008-12-28
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
---

# Social Media Trends 2009, TrendsSpotting

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/lifestream-icons.jpg)One our favorite blogs about consumer Internet trends, TrendsSpotting, has just published a [presentation about social media trends](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=536). The predictions were gathered from social media influencers, including ReadWriteWeb. Check out the slides below, and also our post from yesterday [2009: Predictions Across the Web](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2009_predictions_across_the_we.php). And stay tuned for ReadWriteWeb’s own annual predictions post, it’s coming very soon!

Note: the page which struck a chord for me was pg 18, which included this quote: “Google will ‘pagerank’ and ‘map’ peoples influence.” Measuring social media is definitely an area which needs more attention in 2009, so it will be interesting to see if Google is at the forefront of that.

[Social Media Influencers Predictions 2009 By Trendsspotting](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://www.slideshare.net/TrendsSpotting/social-media-influencers-predictions-2009-by-trendsspotting-presentation?type=powerpoint "Social Media Influencers Predictions 2009 By Trendsspotting")View SlideShare [presentation](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://www.slideshare.net/TrendsSpotting/social-media-influencers-predictions-2009-by-trendsspotting-presentation?type=powerpoint "View Social Media Influencers Predictions 2009 By Trendsspotting on SlideShare") or [Upload](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://www.slideshare.net/upload?type=powerpoint) your own. (tags: [social](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://slideshare.net/tag/social)[media](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831/http://slideshare.net/tag/media))![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202831im_/http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyMzA1MjA3OTgyODEmcHQ9MTIzMDUyMTE*NDUyNyZwPTEwMTkxJmQ9Jmc9MiZ*PSZvPTc4ODBjMzlhZDIxYTQ2Y2Q4ZTU4NjJmZDk*YjE1Y2E4.gif)

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_media_trends_2009.php))*