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This Week in Social Media – 6/5/2013

Social Media Marketing

While Facebook and Twitter receive the bulk of attention, other networks such as Pinterest, Google+ and Foursquare also rank well. News Corporation (which owns MySpace) is expanding the Wall Street Journal site into a platform for users to network in addition to read news. Data + Storytelling: Emotion Must Be in the Equation.

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R.I.P. Friendster

Ari Herzog

TechCrunch shares a guide on how you can save your Friendster data (photos, blog posts, etc.) A vertical listing of my avatar, biographical data, friends’ comments, and links to their profiles encompassed Friendster’s simplicity. When the news feed arrived at Facebook , Friendster (and Myspace) began to die.

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How to Fix a “Broken Brand” with Social

Convince & Convert

From Janrain , a free guide to improve your conversion rates and your data quality. ” A promotion on Valentine’s Day last year gave a Lightning cupcake to anyone who checked in on Foursquare or Facebook. He hates to admit it, but James was first active in MySpace. Listen Now. ” Four Your Information.

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Connect with Your Friends on Your Favorite Websites: Learn About.

Saying It Social

link] Note: None of your data is shared with the site when you view social plugins. Social plugins pull information directly from Facebook and the site has no access to the data being displayed to you. April 27, 2010 | Reply Hi, I don’t have MySpace but you can connect with me on Facebook & Twitter as well!

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise.

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The Blogger’s Guide to Meaningful Engagement on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter

ProBlogger

Statistics: You only get the data bit.ly Multiple social networks: With HootSuite, you can also connect to Facebook fan pages, Ping.fm, WordPress, FourSquare, Mixi, and MySpace—not just Facebook and LinkedIn. HootSuite is much faster. will give you for TweetDeck. With HootSuite you can integrate with Google Analytics.

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5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles

Firebelly

Facebook Places vs. Foursquare: Who Has The Business Edge? Facebooks unveiling of Facebook Places is an obvious banshee cry to Foursquare and other location-based check-in services. As such, Facebook has released a new guide for businesses to learn how to merge Facebook Pages and Facebook Places into a single Page.

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