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The December 11 Instagram API Changes are Here. Let’s Talk about Them.

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In April of this year, I wrote about the Big Facebook and Instagram API Changes that had just been announced. Three of the four changes — restrictions on Facebook Group publishing , Facebook Private Messages, and Facebook Search API) — were soon overturned by Facebook and life returned back to normal.

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Facebook F8 2018: What Marketers Need to Know Ahead of Facebook’s Annual Conference

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Here’s everything you need to know about Facebook F8 2018, including some key sessions to keep an eye on and predictions for F8 2018. What to look out for at F8 2018: 3 key areas of focus. Relevant sessions: The Instagram Graph API – What’s In It For You? So what’s ahead for this year’s conference?

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3 Snapchat Announcements Marketers Need to Know

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Internal data (Q4 2017 vs. Q4 2018), users have tripled the time they’ve spent watching shows on Snapchat. Right now, it’s open for early access into the program and there are four features you can apply for: Community Stories API – allows brands to search public Snapchat Stories and display their favorites on their app.

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Top 10 Brands Killing It on Instagram

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2018 was a big year for Instagram. In April, the platform saw changes to its API that resulted in the death of Instagram bots, apps that help brands analyze their followers and limitations on the ability to repost UGC. This attention to visual and highly shoppable content helped the brand to increase sales 39% in 2018.

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Here’s what you need to know about the Google+ shut down

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In October 2018, Google announced that it will be shutting down the consumer version of Google+ owing to insufficient usage. Since this bug was affecting the platform’s Application Programming Interface (API) and some of its users, the company decided to expedite the shutdown. What this means for you: Next steps to take.

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What New Social Media Management Features Did Agorapulse Release in 2018? [INFOGRAPHIC]

agora pulse

Let’s take a quick break from our planning for 2019 to reflect on the different social media management features that Agorapulse launched in 2018 that helped make managing social media easier and more efficient. January 2018. Community managers often want to take public conversations offline. February 2018.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Foursquare’s geolocation API was used for geofilters and location tagging in apps like Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. In 2018, Facebook, Twitter, and Google representatives appeared before the U.S. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005. presidential election.