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Social listening is the process of monitoring and analyzing digital interactions and communications on the internet, primarily on social media...
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Sentiment analysis—an audience analysis method that relies on text analysis, natural language processing (NLP), and other data mining methods—is increasingly...
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FOMO is an acronym for Fear Of Missing Out, which is a feeling of envy or anxiety over missing out...
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In internet jargon, a catfish is a user who assumes a false identity for purposes of deception. A catfish might...
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A Facebook page is a public profile specifically created for businesses, public figures, brands, causes, or other organizations. A page...
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LinkedIn is a business-focused social media platform mainly used for professional networking. Founded in 2002 by venture capitalist Reid Hoffman,...
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Online reputation is the consensus public opinion of an individual or organization based on their online presence and dependent on...
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Facebook Messenger is Facebook's dedicated messaging application, now residing separately in its own platform. Learn more from Webopedia.
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Facebook Portal is a video call device and platform that allows Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp users to make video calls. Learn more from Webopedia.
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A Social Media Coordinator, also known as a Social Media Engagement Coordinator, is someone who represents a brand and maintains the brand's social media presence.
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A Facebook clone, also known as a cloning scam is when a person’s profile picture and other social information is...
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Clickbait, also written as click bait, is online content that uses sensationalized headlines and text descriptions to tempt a person...
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The Third Platform is an information technology (IT) term coined by IDC that distinguishes the current IT environment of mobile,...
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Instagram is the name of an online photo sharing social Web service that lets you share your life with friends...
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A long-rumored smartphone project from Facebook that officially debuted in April 2013 not as a standalone mobile device but instead...
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Facebook account settings is a selection of options available to help Facebook users manage basic account preferences. Account settings is...
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OP is short for original poster. In online discussion forums, OP is short for original poster — the person who...
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A slang term used to describe a photo that is taken of oneself for the purpose of uploading it to...
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Harlem Shake is a dance that has become an almost overnight phenomenon using Internet technology, including YouTube, social media, blogs...
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An Internet meme is a unique form of media that’s spread quickly online, typically via social media. Memes are interesting...
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An interactive software application developed to utilize the core technologies of the Facebook platform to create an extensive social media...
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Creating a backup of your hard drive and all your data on a regular basis is important — but have...
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The movie “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner, spawned one of the most well-known quotes of all time: “If you...
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Tuenti is a social networking platform that is designed to improve communication and information sharing between people who know each...
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What is social CRM? Social customer relationship management (CRM) describes the addition of a social media element in traditional CRM...
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Get instant access to the Internet.com’s contests, promotions, downloads, special features and more via our Facebook pages. Plus, check out...
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Slang term used to describe an attraction between two Twitterers (people who send tweets on the Twitter service). See also...
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A slang term used to describe a second person who tweets on a single Twitter account. See also “Twitter Dictionary:...
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Monitter is the name of a free Twitter tool that lets users monitter the Twitter service for a set of...
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Short for “Twitter etiquette” it is a slang term used to describe acceptable Twitter behavior. See also “Twitter Dictionary: A...
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Short for “Twitter and terrific” it is a slang term used to describe something terrific you find on Twitter. See...
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The name of a free online service that searches Twitter in real-time. TwitterTroll can be used to help you find...
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Slang term used to describe used to describe tutoring or lecturing on or about Twitter. Some industry speakers use the...
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Slang term used to describe a tweet (a Twittermessage) send by a user who is drunk. See “Cool Twitter Tools...
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Slang term used to describe a tweet (a Twittermessage) that you later regret having sent. See “Cool Twitter Tools for...
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Slang term used to describe someone who is walking while they tweet (a Twittermessage) using a mobile device. See “Cool...
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A blogsite is a website that offers blog content. Usually the site will be a portal to blog news and...
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Slang term used to describe a blogger who plagiarizes the content of another blogger. See The History of Blogging in...
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In blogging terms an excerpt is a shortened description of your blog post. The excerpt is used to describe your...
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On WordPress blogs and other user-generated content (UGC) sites, a Quicktag is a on-click button that inserts HTML in to...
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In social media, authenticity is the word used to describe “real” people behind blog posts and other social profiles that...
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Short for Cisco Entertainment Operating System, it is a social media networking platform for media and entertainment companies. The platform...
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An option on the Facebook Web site to provide feedback on the stories that appear in your friend’s news feed....
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The term used to describe video, audio, and text that can be freely shared on the Internet. Most open media...
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A hash tag or hashtag is a way of organizing your Tweets for Twitter search engines. Users simply prefix a...
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Twishing is the act of sending a message to a Twitter user in an attempt to obtain his or her...
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A location-aware social networking service that enables people to stay in touch with family and friends and to be informed...
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A slang term used to mean “artificial” blog buzz. In the blogosphere people may blog about a new product, which...
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An image that displayed on a blog or personal profile on social media Web sites that identifies you. Most encourage...
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Short for graphics (or graphical) blog, glog is the name used to describe a publicly accessible graphical blog. A person...
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Outside of using Twitter’s own Web interface, there are a number of applications, clients and tools you can download to...
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On Twitter, blogs, and other social media sites, a follower is someone who subscribes to receives your updates. “See “Cool...
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An app (or add-on) that can be used to post Tweets longer than 140 characters on Twitter. BiggerTwitter works by...
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The name of a Twitter client for BlackBerrysmartphones. See “Social Media Tips for Online Marketing Plus 30 Social Media Sites”...
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The name of a mobile Web-based Twitter client for the iPhone. You can use it to see the latest tweetsfrom...
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Short for Twitter networking, Twittworking is a slang term used to describe Twitterers who use Twitterto network. See “Social Media...
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An expression used to describe the ‘world of Twitter‘. See “Social Media Tips for Online Marketing Plus 30 Social Media...
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A mash-up that lets Twitter users update their locations on a Google Map and send a tweetwith it. See “Social...
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Meaning Twitter people, Tweeple is the name give to those who Twitter(Twitter users). See “Social Media Tips for Online Marketing...
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The name of a full-featured Twitter app designed for use on Androidmobile phones. See “Social Media Tips for Online Marketing...
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On the Twittersite, the Fail Whale is an image of a whale held up by birds and nets. This image...
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A term used to describe a group of elite bloggers who post daily on their blogs and receive a huge...
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Short for blog and wiki, bliki is a type of blog that can be edited by readers or an agreed...
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A slang term that describes the use of blogging to push an event or subject to mainstream news. A blog...
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A slang term used to describe a blog that is created only to handle a business public relations crisis. Crisis...
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(n.) A slang term used to mean a political blog-a blog about politics. (v.) To author a political blog. Other...
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A channel partner term that is used to describe how products and services move through channel partners to the consumer....
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The social networking site Facebook is actively used by 845 million people each month (December 2011 Facebook statistics) to share...
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Short for Made for Digg, MFD is a slang term used to describe content or blog posts designed only for garnering Digg.
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Slang term used to describe someone new to Twitter. Twitter newbie. See “Social Media Tips for Online Marketing Plus 30...
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The name of an online Web service that tracks Web addresses (URL) that are being tweeted about the most on...
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What Does DM Mean? In computer and Internet phrases there are multiple definitions for the DM abbreviation, including the following:...
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Abbreviated as RT, Retweet is used on the Twitter Web site (a free social messaging tool), to show you are...
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On the Twitter Web site “following” someone means you will see their tweets (Twitter updates) in your personal timeline. Twitter...
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On the Twitter Web site, the @reply means a Twitter update (tweet) that is directed to another user in reply...
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Social media is an umbrella term that describes any web-based or mobile application for human interaction through digital networking. Social...
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Slang term to describe a Twitter update to answer Twitter’s “What are you doing?” question. A tweet is basically whatever...
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Facebook Groups are pages that you create within the Facebook social networking site that are based around a real-life interest...
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A type of blog that lets users publish short text updates. Bloggers can usually use a number of service for...
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Twitter is a microblogging social media platform where individuals, organizations, and businesses can share and connect through text and multimedia...
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A social bookmarking Web site that serves as a bookmarks manager for users, similar to a collection of favorite links....
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On many blogs including Typepad, Blogger, Live Journal, Moveable Type, and WordPress, the words “Digg This” may appear below a...
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Two popular social networking sites are LinkedIn and Facebook. While both are designed to connect people online, the two sites...
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A type of data portability technology that enables users of the social networking site (SNS) Facebook to connect their Facebook...
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On the Facebook social networking site, a forced invite is a term associated with Facebook applications. After installing some applications,...
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YouTube is a popular, free video-sharing website that lets registered users upload and share video clips on their online media...
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This social media sites for small business marketing guide offers details on more than 30 social media sites. There are...
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If you think about it, social media is like an online version of word-of-mouth advertising. Social media is the new...
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A loosely used slang term to describe the emerging Facebook ecosystem of application developers, groups, bloggers, innovators and so on....
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The name of a social networking site (SNS) that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live...
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Abbreviated as SNS a social networking site is the phrase used to describe any Web sitethat enables users to create...
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Web-based social networking services offer a way for individuals or groups to create a profile of themselves, then share that...
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A social structure made of nodes that are generally individuals or organizations. A social network represents relationships and flows between...
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A vlog—a portmanteau of video and blog—is a videography style that’s less formal and more conversational than other types of...
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Found on blogs it is a list of links to other blogs and Web sites that the blog author commonly...
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) [Image: Screenshot showing a visual representation of a tag cloud. This image shows the “All time most popular tags”...
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(1) Commonly used in blogs, site authors attach keyword descriptions (called tags) to identify images or text within their site...
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Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on...
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TnL or T&L, short for Transform and Lighting it refers to a hardware feature found on some graphics cards. TnL...
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Clock gating is one of the power-saving techniques used on the Pentium 4 processor. To save power, clock gating refers...
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TrackBack is a type of peer-to-peer communication system that was designed to send notification of updates between two Web sites...
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(1) Polling is a CAM. In a master/slave scenario, the master queries each slave device in turn as to whether...
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A portmanteau word from “web log,” a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal...
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(1) Short for Symmetric Multiprocessing, a computer architecture that provides fast performance by making multiple CPUs available to complete individual...
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An online discussion group. Online services and bulletin board services (BBS’s) provide a variety of forums, in which participants with...