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URL shortening website Bitly (renamed from Bit.ly) has announced that users will now have access to a social API, which includes three different services: a real-time search, attention spikes and URL metadata.
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Social data platform provider DataSift is teaming up with URL redirection/link tracking service bit.ly to provide deeper analysis of how social conversations and clickstreams affect their brand’s online reputation and performance.
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Does the athlete who wins the most Olympic medals also win the most social media clicks per day? Though many of us might think this may be the case, the reality is that swimmer Ryan Lochte beats out most-medaled Michael Phelps by a pretty handsome margin. According to a realtime study that the data scientists at bit.ly are conducting for
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Start off June with a new gig -- we've got a shopping list of hot jobs for you to browse. Our featured jobs list is a great collection of opportunities spanning specialties and continents. Here's who's hiring this week (and if you're hiring, post your open jobs here). Business/Executive
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The team behind Bit.ly, a popular link shortener, has been diligently working on turning its giant collection of link data into valuable offerings. Yesterday, it announced the beta launch of two of them: a search platform and reputation monitoring service specifically for "viral" content.
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Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format: More Facebook Users "Liking" Items Google+ Traffic Falls 60% HootSuite Now Supports LinkedIn Twitter to Shorten Every URL Using t.
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URL shortening service Bit.ly (news, site) has acquired automated social media broadcaster Twitterfeed (news, site ), moving from URL analytics towards channel delivery, thus extending its intelligence capabilities into the burgeoning social media sphere. Customer experience managers should be pleased. The Information Ecosystem In its acquisition announcement, Bit.
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And now for another announcement in the white-hot world of....URL shortening? Yep. In the second URL shortener announcement this week, bit.ly (news, site ) is announcing that its bit.ly Pro service, which lets organizations set up custom short domains, is now going to be free.
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Things happen quickly in the industry, including changes in employment. Here's a quick and dirty list of the biggest moves that hit our radar over the last couple of weeks: Klout Nabs Former Yahoo Exec Social influence measurement provider, Klout (news, site ), has a new a VP
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Popular link-shortening service Bit.ly (news, site) is aiming to attract some enterprise-y attention after Twitter (news, site ) quit using it as its default service.
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Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format: RSS Dead, Twitter Done it? Twitter Search to Be Tweaked Ning Adds Applications To Social Platform Bit.ly Replaces TinyURL as Default Twitter Shortener Retailers Favoring Social Media vs.
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