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If You Think “Social” Means Viral, You’ve Got It All Wrong
There are different ideas of what “social” can mean on the Web, and not everyone knows where the gold lies. (Hint: You won’t find it with the South Park underpants gnome plan.)Venpop Makes a Case Against Adding Shopping Carts on Facebook
Retailers have flocked to Facebook, looking to create a community of users who “like” their brand. But now the big question is how do you drive additional sales?Trying to Define the Opportunity for Commerce on Facebook
Adgregate Markets, which helps brands build storefronts on Facebook, has conducted a study to help define the opportunity for social commerce.Will Facebook Be the Mall of the Future?
It’s where teenagers go to hang out. It’s where they gossip. And it’s where more than half a billion people spend a lot of their time. No, it’s not the mall. It’s Facebook.Voices
How Does Twitter Verify Celebrity Accounts?
While Twitter continues to give celebrities, athletes, musicians, actors and others a platform to directly connect with their fans, the social networking site remains tight-lipped about how it determines if those stars are really who they say they are.SkyGrid Groups Social Media Conversations and Fans
SkyGrid, the creator of news filtering apps, today launched a new tool that gives public figures and organizations the ability to bring together fan conversations.News Byte
Drugstore.com Buys Into Social With Stores on Facebook
Drugstore.com and its subsidiary site, Beauty.com, has launched stores on Facebook to allow users to share with their friends what they purchased –from collapsible cupcake holders to Anti Monkey Butt Powder (available in the “hard to find” category). The stores, which are found in Facebook’s apps section, were built by Adgregate Markets’ ShopFans platform. The two e-commerce sites, which collectively have 182,000 Facebook fans, eventually kicks consumers out to their homepage to finalize the purchase.Google Deal for SayNow to Make Google Voice More Interesting
Ever since GrandCentral became Google Voice, it’s been a lot less fun to use. Maybe that’s one of the reasons behind today’s acquisition by Google of SayNow, which made its name connecting celebrities with fans.There's a One in 200 Chance You're Tweeting From Inside Justin Bieber
Or at least somewhere very close to the teen idol: Some are “in Justin Biebers heart” or “Bieberacademy” or “Bieberville, California.” Big picture: Sometimes people aren’t truthful when they fill out their Twitter profiles!News Byte