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Social

Google+ Must Focus on Sharing With Purpose, Not Privacy

Google+ is getting some things right, but has one fundamental hurdle to overcome. In short, Google Plus needs to make sure it…

By Jonathan Allen · 01 Jul 2011

Local

Foursquare Hackers Turn New York City Into a Game of ‘Risk’

“World of Fourcraft” uses Foursquare's framework and Google Maps API, to create a social game social media marketers should look at for…

By Brent Rangen · 01 Jul 2011

Analytics

Google Adds +1 Button, Social Analytics Reports

Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools have been updated to allow for easier analysis of a all social actions on your site, how…

By Rob D Young · 30 Jun 2011

Social

Google+ “Re-Share”: A Privacy Loophole

A loophole has been uncovered in the Google+ project that can completely break the built-in privacy protections. Simply by "re-sharing" content, a…

By Rob D Young · 30 Jun 2011

Industry

Blekko Gets Foodily to Help Eat Away at Recipe Spam

Blekko's big pitch for recipe searches is that they involve human curation. Now that curation has become more powerful with a new…

By Rob D Young · 30 Jun 2011

Social

News Corp Sells MySpace For $545 Million Loss

A day after Google launched its answer to Facebook, News Corp sold MySpace, the social networking site displaced by Facebook, for $35…

By Frank Watson · 29 Jun 2011

Social

Social Networks Grade Google+ Project

The much rumored social network from Google launched yesterday to mixed response. Given the product has only been shown to a handful…

By Frank Watson · 29 Jun 2011

Social

Google Tries (Again) to Get Social With Google+ Project

Google finally has revealed their plans for a social product called Google+ – the same social project Google has been denying repeatedly…

By Thom Craver · 29 Jun 2011

Industry

Google +1 Spreads Around the World

Google +1, the social recommendation feature that lets users indicate their favorite pages, is picking up steam. Google is continuing to push…

By Rob D Young · 29 Jun 2011

Social

Facebook Pages: Diminishing Returns & Long-Term Value

One of Facebook's most powerful resources for businesses is the free "page." But with so many potential areas to focus on with…

By Rob D Young · 28 Jun 2011