What Does “Viral” Mean?

So many people say that they want their content, videos, blogs and/or images to “go viral”, but what exactly does that mean? Does viral mean that you have thousands of hits and people all over the world are watching and talking about what you put on the Interwebs? Does viral mean that you make such a huge buzz with your content that news stations Offline are talking about your content creating an even larger buzz?

If you think that’s what viral is then I would totally have to disagree with you. To me, viral means that you have reached everyone that you wanted to and THOSE people are talking about your content creating a buzz within the group that you are targeting.

Would you agree or disagree?

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Reet Aneja at: Totally agree! Viral will not be viral if it happened to a bee than a human!
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Beth @ Modern Planters at: I agree. But maybe we can call it a targeted viral or something?lol Its making your site, video, image, etc. viral to your target market only. It is indeed important and more effective that we reach our target market rather than a thousand of people who doesn’t have interest in our niche.