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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011). The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience.

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Is Your Startup Tracking the Right Metrics?

Up and Running

If you’re in a really crowded area, let’s pretend one of you is selling flowers and competing in the online flower market, it’s going to be really hard to rank in search engines. From an SEO perspective, you can go and use Google Tools and find out how many people search on certain keywords.

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