It makes sense that check-ins are a factor, since Facebook will want to surface places that are actively seeing people visit the location. For "visitors of", I already explained how check-ins seem to be a strong factor, and this option lets you...
The new Foursquare, 4 years and 3.5 billion check-ins in the making – Foursquare BlogWith v.company had added a prominent Explore search box in the top nav of its iPhone app, and has made a ton of behind-the-scenes improvements to make the search...
While Foursquare and Facebook deals tied to location may not be the best way for all retail brands to interact with their target consumers, the wealth of data that can be culled from check-ins is staggering.
Mike Blumenthal was the first to spot a noteworthy change to the Google Offers help files: a discussion of Google+ check-ins and their purpose. Your customers will choose who see their check-ins" (including private check-ins)
A large number of check-ins creates the “I want to be there, too” reaction in friends. Your social media outreach program will probably include a mix of Facebook, Twitter, social contests, viral video, mobile check-in services, and other tactics to...
Foursquare hit the truly impressive 1 billion mark for check-ins this week. To celebrate, Foursquare heat-mapped the check-ins for the week prior to hitting a billion: A Week of Check-ins on the Path to One Billion from foursquare on Vimeo.
While many merchants hope check-ins will immediately generate sales, most are finding that to be far from the case. Turning check-ins into real-world sales isn't as easy as it sounds. The check-in services favored by your current fans and customers...
What is distinctively absent from the tied together products are: Buzz, Places, Latitude Check-ins, or Offers. Integrating GPS, cameras, messaging and location, Google's mobile features will allow you – if you desire – to add your location to every...
This fact hasn't been lost on Google, which introduced check-ins and offers on Google Latitude. I wouldn't be surprised to see Latitude be renamed Google Places Mobile and for check-ins, +1's and reviews from mobile to spread across social search...
Fun check-ins can provide a way for consumers to check out services of these local practitioners, and at the same time learn more about their overall wellness. Social location services like Foursquare and Facebook Places provide ways for consumers...
Compared to the previous method of pushing tips based on a single check-in, a broader set of relevance triggers are used, including search terms, patterns of past check-ins, and friend activity. We do some of that now in showing what's around you...
Google Has Check-ins Using Latitude by Thom Craver Mobile Search 101: Ins and Outs of Mobile Search - ClickZ.asia Google Adds Location Markers To Adwords, Blue Marks The Spot by Frank Watson Google launched blue location markers in to Adwords ads...
By default, the check-ins are visible to "Friends only" but Facebook is providing its users with a full privacy widget that can be adjusted all the way up (maximum privacy) or down (maximum sharing). If the user chooses the "Not now" option, his...
But it could be a problem when these services move toward charging businesses to run various promotional campaigns based on check-ins. Examples of these use cases include the University of Wisconsin's classrooms, which are each listed as Foursquare...
The most recent and noteworthy social-LBS deal seen recently was Foursquare's agreement with the Independent Film Channel and the Huffington Post to provide geo-localized info with check ins. Dague would not reveal the identity of Localeze's future...
The bottom line is that Foursquare is launching a new content service with the Independent Film Channel (IFC) to give users targeted, geo-localized information for their check ins. Now what this means for Foursquare is that the service now can...
Twitter has associated a "Twitter Place" with tweets generated through Foursquare and Gowalla, meaning that when you click on such places, you will be able to see check-ins at those venues on Twitter as well as tweets sent from the venues.
For local search, this is relevant because check-ins happen around physical places – often a business – rather than a meaningless lat/long reading. Realizing this, leaders in the mobile local space such as Loopt and Yelp have integrated check-ins...
Plug-Ins For Flash, RealMedia Indexing Via Google Desktop Search May 17, 2005 - IndexSWF Plug-in is 1MB shareware file that indexes and makes Flash files searchable via Google Desktop Search. Blogdigger, a blog search engine being developed by Greg...
More Plug-ins For Google Desktop Search Now Available By Gary Price, Apr. Google Desktop Search users will be happy to learn that the Googleplex has just posted a batch of new plug-ins for the GDS app.
