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Course website for USC Online Communities (APOC) CMGT 538
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Twitter and its impact on news reporting

May 01, 2010

A brief background on Twitter and how the social networking site has played a major in breaking news events and political movements.

Twitter Overview

Apr 19, 2010

Twitter tools overview – Great job Jessica!

Search Engine Optimization Overview

Mar 29, 2010

Please find slides from our Search Engine Optimization class.

Are Social Networks Creeping in on Search Territories?

Mar 25, 2010

The concept of users adjusting their behavior, which results in an increase of traffic being driven from Social Networking sites (most notably through the “stream” on Facebook or Twitter) has recently been popping up all of the place.

Gigya recently released a case study to show some real life examples of companies who are seeing a lift in traffic from Social channels, some at the cost of Search Engines, like Google.

History of Online Communities

Feb 19, 2010

Please find the class presentation below. Subjects covered include: History of Online Communities, BBS, AOL IM, ICQ, Instant Messenger, Blogger, Tripod, GeoCities, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Friendster and more!