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This infographic was submitted to us by Satellite Broadband ISP, who also provided this description:

Facebook has been around since many of the people who use it can remember. For me, it was right around the time I was beginning college and I couldn’t wait to get a college email so that I could use it.

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Now how does Facebook compare to Myspace and some of the other internet giants that have come before it? Could they end up like Myspace? If so, who’s next to take over?

This infographic takes a look at some of the internet giants that have come before Facebook, how they got started, where they are now and how they ended.

I like the concept of the topic — it does seem like Facebook has had some “staying power” in the Internet world, but at some point it’s got to go.

I don’t think the title accurately represents what’s shown here, though, because the bulk of the information is about other sites/services that have already tanked. So it’s not really about “who’s next” but what might happen to Facebook and what has already happened to others.

There’s not much to be said about the design here. The star-like background behind the title doesn’t seem to tie into anything, the bar graph is very basic (and uses three disparate fonts), and the companies described (Facebook, AOL, Yahoo!, MySpace, Friendster) are just haphazardly thrown in. Although it seems that “Challengers to the Facebook Throne” is meant to be the conclusion, my eye didn’t find it that readily — I was trying to figure out which bulleted list to read first, instead.

This infographic would really benefit from a more descriptive title, better organization, more unique design elements, and proofreading. There are lots of inconsistencies in capitalization and punctuation as well as spelling errors. In an ideal scenario, an infographic will be shared across blogs, publications, and social media outlets all over the web — with the company’s name right on there at the bottom. If it’s unattractive and unpolished, it doesn’t present a good image for the company. That’s why attention to design and detail are so critical.

I’d have to give this infographic a D. Unfortunately, I just wasn’t drawn in by the design, I wasn’t clear on what the information would be about, and I couldn’t get past all the typos.

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This is an infographic we designed for Schools.com, so we can’t critique it. Well, we could, but that just wouldn’t be fair. So why don’t you do it instead?

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This infographic comes to us from TabJuice, who also submitted this brief description:

“We keep hearing how social commerce ‘is the next area to really blow up’ but details on how it will blow up are sparse. Take a look at this infographic to understand how social commerce can be utilized to leverage both of its users, brands and fans.”

This infographic is loaded with tips and statistics related to social commerce. It’s nice that it is targeted at both stores and consumers, so that everyone gets valuable information at the same place. The creation of a fake brand allowed the infographic to provide easy-to-understand examples for each tip.

A big problem with this infographic is that the tips are visualized, but the stats aren’t. (The exception is the prediction for social commerce growth at the base of the IG.) Statistics must be visualized in order to make an infographic truly an infographic. These visuals don’t all have to be so big as to throw off the existing design, though. The very first statistic–1 out of 13 people on Earth use Facebook–could be illustrated with 13 little people, and one in a different color to represent the Facebook user. They would fit in the space where the statistic is currently written. The other statistics could be done as bar graphs in those same spaces, if keeping the current design were determined to be vital to the success of the infographic. Of course, the brilliant thing about infographics is that you can give five designers the same data and they will all invent something uniquely different from the others.

Because the design is clean, the information is concise and relevant, and the copy is relatively error-free (with the exceptions of “BIG Annoucement” and the “XYZ Designs Veritgo Tee,” which I imagine is supposed to be “Vertigo”), this graphic has a leg up on some others. Still, data viz is essential to infographics, and for that reason I’d give this infographic a C- overall.

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Lebseo Design submitted this infographic to us.

The data here does a great job of conveying exactly what it’s supposed to. The information is extremely focused, which keeps the viewer on track and lets them get through the IG quickly–and that’s the point. (Of course, I spent a long time staring at the age distribution charts, but not because I didn’t understand them. I just thought they were really innovative and useful.) The cubic flags are also pretty visually interesting. It was really interesting to be able to follow the trends by country, and to see that 18-25 is the most Facebook-entrenched age range in both men and women in all countries.

If anything, the design is a touch drab. I think I was so fascinated by the age distribution charts because they were among the most unique data viz here, and because the font choice and extremely plain background weren’t particularly enticing. It gets a little overly blue from the age charts downward, too, which instills sort of a visual monotony. The data viz really is great, and there is absolutely no purposeless text on this infographic, but a little something to break it up might be nice. All the data viz stretches to the borders, so there’s no room to mix it up. A couple of text facts or smaller charts and graphs thrown in might actually provide the spice this infographic needs.

In summary, what’s here is great, if a little visually repetitive, but a little size and info variation could benefit the infographic overall. I’d give this infographic a B: it’s doing its job, so now it just needs a makeover.

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This is infographic comes courtesy of IdentyMe. The way this infographic is laid out is great. It’s simple, to the point, and almost entirely visual. Very little text dependency and great data visualization. A clean color scheme makes it even more visually appealing. While the visualization is great, it’s not complete, and there are some components that are a bit too text heavy to make it an A.

The Google Plus insanity is a great topic for an infographic. The gender breakdown is great, and I like how throughout the infographic the population percentages were also represented with proportionately sized visuals, such as the bubbles in the gender visual and the population by country. It helps to show the US dominance in Google Plus users without relying on text to convey the facts.

The cost to create and maintain Google Plus would likely be better show with some sort of visual graph, chart, etc. The piggy bank is great, but the numbers underneath require a bit too much reading for a successful portrayal. Using a graph or chart to show the amount invested in each company/acquisition/employee would drive the cost home a bit more than it currently does.

That being said, this infographic does a great job with visualizing data and keeping on topic. Most of the data and presentation is well thought out, easy to understand and comprehend. The color scheme is consistent and non-abrasive. It could use some work on the cost of Google Plus section, but apart from that this infographic is a job well done. I’d give it a A-.

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This infographic comes to us from the people behind Canada’s Social Election Experiment. Here is what they had to say about their infographic upon submitting it to us:

The infographic is the summary of key findings from The Social Election Experiment focused on evaluating a Facebook Likes to real world vote, for the Canadian 2011 federal election. We confirmed that the electoral process can be influenced by social media and most importantly, we can attribute a true value to a Facebook LIke (which is considered a marketer’s holy grail). It also appears to be a pioneering effort in terms of the first thumb-official digital straw poll.

Overall, this infographic is pretty good. I give it a B+. The design cohesive, definitely goes with the social media theme and has a very “Facebook-y” feel. All of the icons go together, and I like the map of Canada as the main graph (there is a typo, however, under the “28.5 million”). I would say that the pie charts need a little work. Though they look good in terms of the colors and clarity, but they could be a lot more interesting. An easy way to fix this could be to add a stroke or outline, or giving layers to the pie graph (each “slice” could be a different layer.) Also, it seems that the bar graph at the bottom is uneven or slanted at the bottom.

The text call-outs at the bottom are in a font that doesn’t really go with the rest of the infographic – I would use the same font that was used throughout to keep things cohesive. Also, the percentage call-outs are a bit redundant since they are visualized earlier in the IG.

Overall, this infographic just needs a few tweaks to go from good to great. Nice job!

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This infographic is one that we designed for Schools.com. Here is a sample of the information covered in the infographic:

• 91% of college faculty engage in social media as part of work.
• 80% of educators have at least one social media account.
• 25% of all college educators have accounts on 4 or more social networks.
• Two thirds of all faculty have used social media during a class session.
• Over 40% of faculty have required students to read or view social media as part of a course assignment.

We can’t critique this infographic since it is one of our designs, but we would love to hear what you think!

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This infographic is one that we worked on for Schools.com about how social media is affecting the college admissions process. Here is a sample of some of the statistics covered in the infographic:

• 80% of America’s top colleges use social media in their recruiting process.
• 70% of colleges say that the Facebook profiles of candidates are also a medium or high priority in the admissions process.
• 62% of admissions officers say that students’ social media profiles have generally helped them get accepted, not hurt them.
• 80% of admissions officers have received a friend request from an applicant on Facebook or Myspace.

We can’t critique this infographic since it it one of our own designs, but we would love to know what you think!

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This infographic comes to us from Go-Globe.com and covers facts about what can happen in 60 seconds for several websites that we all use every day. Here is a sample of what goes on online each minute:

• 12,000+ ads are posted to Craigslist.org
• 98,000+ new Tweets are posted.
• 6,600+ pictures are uploaded to Flickr.
• There are over 695,000 status updates on Facebook.
• Over 70 new domain names are registered.

This infographic has a lot of data. It is fairly easy to read and go through quickly, but this data could be visualized in a much better way. Right now, each statistic is accompanied by the respective logo of the website. I really like the way that all of the logos are incorporated and all of the facts are very interesting.

This data could be presented well graphically — the LinkedIn section is a good example of how most of this data could be visualized. Each icon could represent a certain number of profiles (or tweets or status updates) and then the total number could be displayed that way. The sites whose statistics involve amounts of time (like Pandora or Skype) could be visualized in a similar way or with a bar graph. In addition improving the aesthetic of the infographic and making it easier to read, visualizing the data would be a great way to compare activity on each of these websites as well.

This infographic is designed nicely, but could seriously benefit from work on the data visualization aspect. It has the potential to be really great!

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This infographic comes to us from the folks at ecreativeim.com and covers statistics in business to business social media marketing. Here’s what they had to say about their infographic:

B2B companies (business that sell to other businesses, rather than to end consumers) are making use of social media to promote themselves in record numbers. This simple infographic attempts to explain why for those B2B companies that simply don’t the point of social media in B2B internet marketing. This infographic covers some basic statistic about how awesomely huge the leading social media outlets are, and then dives into some B2B-specific info, including B2B buyer behavior.

First off, I really like the color scheme of the infographic. I also like the way that the charts look – I love when people take a traditional pie chart and add some subtle changes that make the chart look completely different.

The biggest issue with this infographic is pretty obvious right away: there is way, way too much text. The point of an infographic is that you don’t have to read the entire thing. Not only does having too much text completely miss the point, it distracts from the data visualization itself as opposed to clarifying or enhancing it, which I honestly think there is enough here to display properly. As it is now, it seems like the images are more there to compliment the text descriptions than the other way around.

I also think that the citations are a little unnecessary – there is a source list at bottom. The numbers for the citation should at least be a bit smaller. Finally, the title is in way too small a font – it looks like there isn’t any title at all. It should be bigger than the description, and the word “why” is just way too big here. It’s not that pressing of a question.