In search of a 'social media' definition
The Miriam-Webster definition for "Social Media" is as follows: forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages and other content (as videos).
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Market research through social networking has limits
Online tools are bringing market-research capabilities to the masses. But you have to know your limitations.
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Jeff Gelles: Marrying search and social networking to enhance commerce
If you use familiar search tools such as Yelp or Angie's List to help choose, say, a great place for Sunday brunch or a trustworthy contractor, maybe you've wondered: Sure, lots of people recommend it, but how do I know I can trust them?
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Social networking hogs work bandwidth
Social-network users are hogging more computer-network bandwidth -- from the cubicle next door.
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Those Millions on Facebook? Some May Not Actually Visit
On the first page of Facebook’s prospectus for its sale of stock to the public, it pegs the number of its “monthly active users” at a whopping 845 million people. The social networking site arrives at an even more astounding number when it comes to “daily active users”: 483 million people.
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