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In early September, we got the unfortunate news that the San Francisco Port Authority was closing Pier 38 (home to Dogpatch Labs San Francisco).

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Twitter’s Who To Follow vs. Facebook’s People You May Know
August 9, 2010 – 5:20 am | 249 Comments
Twitter’s Who To Follow vs. Facebook’s People You May Know

It was a long time coming, but Twitter released their “Who to Follow” tool… and it’s terrific. It makes Twitter more navigable and more socially relevant:
For me at least – this translates to richer content, …

Dynamic, Branded Twitter Ad Units
July 8, 2010 – 7:54 am | 307 Comments
Dynamic, Branded Twitter Ad Units

Last week I wrote about a Nike Golf / Golfsmith social media campaign that rewarded Facebook fans with special giveaways and discounts. The following ad units appeared alongside that blog post. They appeared instantly – …

20% of All Google Searches are Location Related
April 20, 2010 – 8:44 am | 306 Comments
20% of All Google Searches are Location Related

The last week of tech news has revolved around: Twitter, Foursquare, Apple, Google (who today announced Google Places) and Facebook (who announced communities yesterday and has F8 tomorrow).
The common threads across each of these: …

Foursquare Traffic Sources: Facebook 33%, Google 22%
March 16, 2010 – 11:13 am | 711 Comments
Foursquare Traffic Sources: Facebook 33%, Google 22%

As you can tell from recent blog posts, I have been spending time looking at traffic sources for various sites (Facebook, Huffington Post, Perez Hilton, etc).
New data from Hitwise reveals that one-third of Foursquare’s traffic …

Follow McDonalds on Facebook, Are you Sure?
March 12, 2010 – 12:49 pm | 17 Comments

Several social media best practices – particularly on Facebook – come from big consumer brands: Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Rockstar, Vitamin Water, etc. McDonalds is arguably the biggest brand, but….
Go to McDonalds.com and notice prominent links …

Brizzly Launches iPhone App & Brizzly Guide
March 10, 2010 – 1:51 pm | One Comment
Brizzly Launches iPhone App & Brizzly Guide

A big, exciting day for Brizzly (whom I have written about more than a few times!). Today they announce two major product launches:
1. Brizzly for the iPhone

As SERPs Get More Crowded, SEO Gets More Challenging (With New Opportunities)
March 3, 2010 – 3:07 pm | 293 Comments
As SERPs Get More Crowded, SEO Gets More Challenging (With New Opportunities)

Internet marketers used to optimize for the “first page” – in other words, being one of the top ten natural search results. While there was declining value with each search position, you could still derive …

Peyton Manning’s Super Bowl Losing Interception Capsizes Twitter
February 7, 2010 – 6:33 pm | 261 Comments
Peyton Manning’s Super Bowl Losing Interception Capsizes Twitter

Twitter handled the volume of Super Bowl XLIV… until Peyton Manning threw the game-ending interception and effectively sealed a New Orleans Saints victory. Immediately after the play, Twitter was overwhelmed:

@RyanSpoon – My New Twitter Name
February 4, 2010 – 2:41 pm | 353 Comments
@RyanSpoon – My New Twitter Name

A quick note to announce the move of my Twitter handle to @RyanSpoon (from @berecruited). I am not sure there is a better way to make the username move – but it was creating confusion …

Twitter Local Trends: Local Search is About to Change
January 26, 2010 – 7:16 pm | 356 Comments
Twitter Local Trends: Local Search is About to Change

I might be in the minority here, but I consider Twitter’s launch of Local Trends Twitter’s most significant product advancement since… launch? It will no doubt be overshadowed by tomorrow’s Apple announcement – but local …

Facebook Friends and Twitter Followers
December 24, 2009 – 9:23 am | Comments Off
Facebook Friends and Twitter Followers

Mike Hirshland today has a blog post, “Friends or Followers“, which describes the frequent conversation / debate around Facebook and Twitter:
In the course of our meeting [at Facebook] the Twitter question came up, and we …

One Week: Facebook’s FB.me and Google’s Goo.gl
December 14, 2009 – 4:34 pm | 3 Comments
One Week: Facebook’s FB.me and Google’s Goo.gl

I wrote on Saturday that Facebook had rolled out a new URL shortener, FB.me (covered on InsideFacebook here):

Today, Google announced their own shortener: Goo.gl. Interestingly, it is available only on the Google Toolbar, as a …