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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. The hashtag arrives (2007) The strict 140-character limit for tweets set Twitter apart from rivals, including Facebook and Tumblr.

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Social Media APIs Explained (In Simple Terms)

Hootsuite

You can dig into details on each network’s site for developers: Instagram APIs Facebook APIs YouTube APIs Twitter APIs LinkedIn APIs Pinterest API TikTok APIs How does this work in practice? Social media tools like Hootsuite have seamless integrations with all major social networks based on API access.

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Cracking the Code: How to Leverage LinkedIn’s Algorithm Updates for Success

Oktopost

Since its inception in 2002, LinkedIn has grown into a formidable platform that has revolutionized the way professionals connect and businesses operate in the digital age. After over 20 years of existence, it has evolved far beyond a simple job-hunting site into a dynamic hub for B2B networking, marketing, and lead generation.

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Social Pros 20 – Katie Morse, Billboard

Convince & Convert

Just because it’s on a social network doesn’t mean it’s not advertising. Katie, I was wondering if, you told the fantastic story of the “Beliebers” and your two hashtags. Jay : They were talking about, they were managing, they weren’t all official, but they were monitoring 20 or 25 hashtags.

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Cracking the Code: How to Leverage LinkedIn’s Algorithm Updates for Success

Oktopost

Since its inception in 2002, LinkedIn has grown into a formidable platform that has revolutionized the way professionals connect and businesses operate in the digital age. After over 20 years of existence, it has evolved far beyond a simple job-hunting site into a dynamic hub for B2B networking, marketing, and lead generation.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Abusing Twitter hashtags during a crisis. I write about social media , people, not about beer bongs. And well, they say that social media is the new link exchange, so instead of asking for an old-fashioned link (which might have worked in 2002), consider using a more viable strategy for this modern time period.

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191: Tools for Creating Great Visual Content for Your Blog

ProBlogger

When I was looking back at some screenshots of my very first blog from 2002, recently, I was amazed by how boring it looked. I looked back the other day at my first blog and some screenshots of it from 2002 and I was amazed at how boring it looked. It can actually be used in a lot of the other types of content as well.

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