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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:

• Facebook Walls Full of Profanity
• YouTube Celebrates 6th Birthday, Reports 3 Billion Views Daily
• Twitter Starts Email Notifications
• After Negative Review and Lawsuit, Yelp Gets a Check

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Facebook Accounts For 25% of Page Views in U.S.
• Startup Allows You To Track In-Person Twitter Interactions
• Yelp Gets Into the Check-in Offer Game
• Facebook Alternative Diaspora Goes Private Alpha

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• TBD.com Launches With Innovative News Approach
• Businesses Aren't Using Social Media Wisely
• Like Yelp, Businesses Can Now Talk Back To Customer Reviews
• Who Are The Top Brands On Foursquare?

Wouldn't it be nice if you had an audience of, let's say, 500 million people, at your disposal? With Facebook Questions, now you do. The king of social networking starting rolling out the new feature, which lets users pose questions to the entire Facebook community, yesterday afternoon. 

Last year Yelp turned down a US$ 550 million dollar offer from Google, and today remains one of the few companies to have walked away from the famous, primary-colored clutches. Not to be outdone, it looks like Google's answer to the local and location craze is a mobile solution called Google Places. 

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Foursquare Rakes in US$ 20 Million in Funding
• Yelp vs. Foursquare
• Facebook Unveils Hovercards
• Social Media Use Amongst Veterans

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• 1.5 Million Facebook IDs For Sale
• Facebook Embracing Local Businesses
• Surprise! Students Are Addicted To Social Media
• FTC May Look Into Social Networking Regulations

Social Media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here’s the week’s top stories, in scan-friendly format.

This week:

• TechCrunch Is Full of What?
• Social Networking Attracts 75% of Online Europeans - comScore
• Zcapes Launches Microblogging/Activity Stream Service For Mobile Web
• Baby Boomers Using Social Media
• Yelp.com Outed For Mafia-Like Extortion

We’ve talked a lot about the benefits of semantics in the recent past with regard to search functionality, but you’re probably wondering if there’s anything else to be gleaned from linguistic development.

Straight up: you want to know if semantics, in any way shape or form, mean money. The answer, friends, is "yes." BooRah, a restaurant reputation report, is a prime example of this.