I hear a lot of talk about Facebook or Twitter or LinkedIn and the “social layer” for search. What is that?
Category Archives: Glossary
Personal Location
Why do tools like Foursquare, Twitter and Facebook want to know my personal location?
URL
What’s a URL and does it have an impact on search engine ranking?
Possession technology
How are QR codes, RFID and augmented reality glyphs related?
Proximity
What does proximity mean?
Geofence
What the heck is a geofence?
Internet of Things
What is the “Internet of Things?”
Deal service
What’s a deal service?
Venue
What’s a venue?
Check-in
What’s a check-in on Foursquare? Or Gowalla? What does it mean when someone checks in?