A number of companies have thrown their hats into the geo-location services ring recently with limited success, but these two popular services are currently winning the fight: Foursquare and Yelp.

Plus, eight stories from around the Web you may have missed.

Does your best pal use an emoticon stamp and continually talk about getting hashtag tattoo? If so, this list is certainly for you.

You can accomplish almost anything through a smart social media campaign. If you can’t, try cheating. It appears the Russian government is fond of that tactic.

As sharing information through the social media stream becomes increasingly important, businesses are finding LinkedIn an indispensable tool.

Facebook toys with a “Dislike” button, Twitter sharpens its image and Presidential hopeful releases an odd video.

Ireland is the ideal place for beer drinking and cloud computing, according to locals.

Spreading your ad planning budget between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is not as simple as it may seem.

Designing and configuring social media sharing buttons can help expand your brand and deliver your content to more people.

Social media is an important part of the online marketing mix and not only relevant to online searches, but the online search process itself.

The ability to measure social media ROI is often debated but rarely receives a definitive answer. Like many statistics, it outcomes depends on what your decide to measure.

The ever evolving Facebook platform has left many confused and more than a few laughing.

Every time Facebook makes a move marketers can expect to be following closely behind. One of these major moves announced last week is an improved Open Graph, which allows users to watch video, listen to music and read news together.

Search Engine Expo (SMX) East in New York City once again proves it is a valuable resource for anyone trying to optimize online business efforts.

Numbers don’t lie but they sure can give you the wrong answers if you aren’t asking the correct questions.