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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The Open Graph API was a giant leap past that. Facebook realized at least two years ago that the future was not Facebook.com per se, but in making Facebook the plumbing of the Web. Facebook Connect was the first step toward becoming the single digital passport for all of our lives. Cutting edge.

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Paid Content Facebook Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 138

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

RowFeeder is the first business to be spawned from the buzzed about new tech incubator Untitled Startup – a “transparent startup&# in Seattle that even publishes their website traffic live on their home page. There’s a bonus feature that automatically selects winners of online contests, via random number generator.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Work Management 120

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages. At the next level of integration is what Levis is doing, Huffington Post is doing, LIkebutton.me is doing, and even Amazon (as mentioned).

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages. At the next level of integration is what Levis is doing, Huffington Post is doing, LIkebutton.me is doing, and even Amazon (as mentioned).

Facebook 167

Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The results automatically update in front of your eyes, and watching Kurrently results for a buzz-worthy live event is a breathtaking portrait of our interconnectedness. Gilbert thinks perhaps it will happen, but that the additional complexity of the Facebook API will dampen the explosion somewhat. link] jaybaer Great tip Ike.

Social Media 165

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MARCH 16, 2010

According to these numbers, the audience using Twitter actually declined from August to December, 2009 (during the same period, Facebook went from 250 million to 350 million members). In true Twitter fashion, it wasn’t “rolled out” per se, it just appeared as part of the API that third parties access.

Social Media 125

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MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it. link] Evo Terra That seems to be the angle Google has taken with Buzz.

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