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Category Archives: Twitter
Presidential Race 2012: Tracking Candidates’ Social Efforts
May 18, 2011
To date, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich announced their official bids for the White House on Twitter and YouTube. Ron Paul raised over one million dollars in 24 hours online through his political action committee. President Obama hosted an online... Continue reading...
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In Categories Facebook | Presidential Campaigns | Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter | YouTube
Obama's Facebook Town Hall Meeting
April 25, 2011
On April 20th, President Obama visited Facebook headquarters to hold an online “town hall” meeting focused on the economy and The White House’s proposals for deficit reduction. Questions for the President were submitted in advance via The White House’s Facebook... Continue reading...
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In Categories Facebook | Politics | Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter
Impact of paywall on NYTimes.com
April 11, 2011
After months of speculation, the paywall for The New York Times went live at 2pm on Monday, March 28th, which limits online readers (non-print subscribers) to 20 articles each month. For smartphone and tablet applications, only the top news section... Continue reading...
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In Categories Digital Subscriptions | Facebook | Google | News and Media | Search Engines | Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter
Masters of the Sheeniverse
March 03, 2011
It’s already acknowledged that recent incidents in Charlie Sheen’s life and his subsequent barrage of interviews have created an online feeding frenzy. Indeed, Sheen has won the Guinness World Record for fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter... Continue reading...
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In Categories Fast Moving Search Terms | News and Media | Twitter
1 Year Anniversary for Foursquare
March 12, 2010
Location-based services have been a popular topic this week, as Twitter enabled geo-location features and Facebook announced the launch of a new location-based feature in April. Another location-based social network, Foursquare, marked their one year anniversary of their launch yesterday.... Continue reading...
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In Categories Facebook | Mobile | Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter
Holiday shopping with social networks
December 01, 2009
Last week, our custom category of 155 Social Networking websites received just over 10% of all US Internet visits. With such a large audience, marketers have flocked to websites like Facebook and Twitter to reach out to consumers during the... Continue reading...
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Facebook | Holiday | Social Media | Social Networking | Thanksgiving | Twitter | US
Twittering the Iran Election
June 23, 2009
Following the elections that took place in Iran on June 12, Twitter has become one of the most popular mediums for distributing information about the protests. Daily visits to Twitter.com (excludes mobile & desktop applications) increased 13% on June 12th... Continue reading...
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In Categories Twitter | YouTube
Twitter Switches Up Shorter URLs
May 06, 2009
Websites that shorten URLs have become a hot category over the past few weeks, mostly due to the increasing popularity of Twitter and their use to fit URLs in tweets without going over the 140 character limit. One website, TinyURL... Continue reading...
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Top Searches on Twitter Search
April 07, 2009
What do people search for on Twitter? We collected search terms that we took place within Twitter’s search engine to identify the topics that are being searched most often on Twitter for the week ending March 21, 2009. Searches for... Continue reading...
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In Categories Search Engines | Twitter
Twitter catches up to Digg
January 20, 2009
Twitter has become a popular pastime for many who like to update their daily thoughts and activities, as well as for the voyeurs who just enjoy reading the tweets. Last week, the market share of visits to Twitter surpassed Digg... Continue reading...
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