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2012 Acquisitions in Social Media Analysis

Net-Savvy Executive

The volume has gone up every year, and 2012 is no exception. This year, I thought I'd do something new: I wrote a recap of the activity, which you can find at The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2012. Looking back 2012 was about more than acquisitions, of course.

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Is YouTube for you? 5 Reasons To Keep It In Your 2022 Marketing Strategy

SocMed Sean

Since its introduction in 2006, YouTube has become one of the largest social networks and continues to grow. As of September 2021, YouTube had 2 billion users, up from 800 million in 2012. YouTube is known for the sheer number of videos you can find there, on just about any topic you can think of.

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Twitter’s Biz Stone speaks at CIRA’s AGM

Sherrilynne Starkie

He told the crowd made up of Internet geeks, social media enthusiasts and business professionals about how Twitter was born in 2006. Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012. This week CIRA*, the organization behind the.ca Related posts: IABC Canada Summit registration now open. ICANN 45 gets cool Toronto look and feel.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Yesterday, Michael Geis t presented a keynote address to the IABC 2012 Canada Business Communicators’ Summit which was held in Ottawa. It was during the 2006 election that first signs that a grassroots movement was taking hold were spotted, according to Geist. March 2012: Ottawa’s Twitter top 20. Related articles.

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How the YouTube algorithm works in 2022

Sprout Social

In 2006, Nike’s Ronaldinho ad became the first video to reach 1 million views on the platform. 2012: Watch time. In 2012, YouTube announced a new metric “ Time Watched ” to use in their search and Suggested Video algorithm. Then in 2008, the Evolution of Dance video was the first to reach 100 million views.

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2012 Google I/O - Is This the 2007 Facebook F8?

Stay N' Alive

Called "Facebook Developers", the original API in 2006 was limited to a small number of requests per day, very similar to Google+'s current platform. Some may not be aware of this, but previous to Facebook's 2007 F8 conference, they too had an API very similar to the state of Google+'s API today.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

One night in 2006, over Tiger beer and carrot cake at a hawker center , my designer friend Little Ong told me about Multiply. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006. 2012: Today. My G+ invitation came from Singaporean/New Zealand designer Shazanah Hassan , another real world friend. Foursquare?

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