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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly So Google launched Google AdWord and AdSense based in part on technology it acquired when it bought an LA-based company called Applied Semantics. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

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social media. social networks. social networking. semantic web. RWW PARTNERS. POPULAR TAGS. advertising. developers. foursquare. google plus. augmented reality. mobile web. Home | Features | Trends | Best of RWW | Archives.

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Bye, Bye Waterfall: 5 Steps to Implement Responsive Web Design

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Guest author Travis Sheppard is VP of Technology at BGT Partners , a 2010, 2011 and 2012 Ad Age Top 15 Best Place to Work in the U.S. social media. social networks. social networking. semantic web. RWW PARTNERS. It was tough work convincing them, but you can’t rest on your laurels now.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

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Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Our platform extracts the real value from social networks, empowering online businesses to attract, engage and understand users like never before. How do we do this?

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RWW Recommends: The Startup Toolkit

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Almost every accountant or auditor whos worked with a small business is familiar with QuickBooks, dramatically increasing your ability to work with outside contractors, potential investors and business partners. social media. social networks. social networking. semantic web. POPULAR TAGS. advertising.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. Gil Elbaz from Applied Semantics has now created Factual.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

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What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0 JS (for web/internet and mobile devices).