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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

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So will all of these players run from the fray when Facebook throws down its 400 million-user glove? Witness Google, with Google Buzz, which has generated some interest but doesn’t really seem poised to destroy Twitter. facebook privacy Foursquare Gowalla Location Based Services check in. I don’t think so.

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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

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Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base. Read Facebook’s own Privacy page. Inform Your Friends.

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Judge Confirms: You Have No Privacy. Get Over It.

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Facebook has made one privacy screw-up after another. Google compromised user information with the launch of Buzz. Yet how many blog posts tell us how to adjust our Facebook privacy settings? Or, are Google and Facebook, with “populations&# greater than that of the United States, beyond the reach of any regulatory agency?

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Why Every Brand Should Have a YouTube Channel

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YouTube is the second most popular social media site in the world and is only exceeded by Facebook, ever since it was introduced in 2005. YouTube is, just after parent organization, Google, also the second most powerful search engine. 73 percent of US adults are using YouTube, which would be better than Instagram and Facebook.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

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Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter. We’re nearing the end of the hegemony of Google Search. Even Google, a Web 1.0

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10 Social Media Marketing Tips for Restaurants

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Do not boosts posts on Facebook: If you are thinking of promoting and marketing your restaurant then boosting your posts on Facebook is a less accurate way of doing so. Gather reviews: A restaurant’s reputation highly depends upon Google Reviews! Come, find for yourself! Add some pictures of your food and offer a discount.

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Six Social Media Predictions for 2010

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They search social network profiles on Facebook, Twitter, etc.; Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent.