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Married People Who Like Prostitutes And Other Unintended Facebook Social Graph Search Results

In Memory 9-11 and Katrina by cobalt123

"Married people who like Prostitutes", "Single women who live nearby and who are interested in men and like Getting Drunk" are just two of the searches unlocked by Facebook's new Social Graph Search. For that first search, there's even the option to list their spouses.

As the saying goes, "with great power comes great responsibility". Safe to say, opening the endless mountain of personal data on Facebook to user search is a bold business move, but as programmer Tom Scott proves, there's mischief to be made.

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CIPR: Social Media Evening - Google + and Author Rank

£10+ VAT = £12 for tickets for non members and members of the CIPR

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Date: 21 February 2013
Location: CIPR, UK

CIPR: Social Media Evening - Measurement and Evaluation

Tickets are £10 + VAT = £12 for both members and non members of the CIPR

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Date: 31 January 2013
Location: CIPR, UK

Hitting the Mark Email Marketing Seminar - February

We will take a look at engagement metrics that will show you how to target your very best customers, convert your very hottest prospects and reactivate contacts you thought you had lost for good. Learn how to automate a process to clean and purge your email database to create a lean, mean, revenue-driving machine.

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Date: 14 February 2013
Location: Adam street members club, UK

Hitting the Mark Email Marketing Seminar - Manchester - February

We will take a look at engagement metrics that will show you how to target your very best customers, convert your very hottest prospects and reactivate contacts you thought you had lost for good. Learn how to automate a process to clean and purge your email database to create a lean, mean, revenue-driving machine.

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Date: 6 February 2013
Location: Onthe7thFloor, UK

Hitting the Mark Email Marketing Seminar - January

We will take a look at engagement metrics that will show you how to target your very best customers, convert your very hottest prospects and reactivate contacts you thought you had lost for good. Learn how to automate a process to clean and purge your email database to create a lean, mean, revenue-driving machine.

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Date: 29 January 2013
Location: Adam street, UK

Are you Taking it Personally? The Reality of Personalisation and Relevance for Retailers

Attend this event and we will answer your questions on this fragmented yet critical business issue. This event is for Brands, Retailers & Agencies working directly with Ecommerce clients. Please note this event is invitation only, however, if you fit the criteria please feel free to apply for a delegate place.

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Date: 13 February 2013
Location: Cavendish Club, UK

SMW REWIND: Facebook Marketing ROI: A Masterclass [VIDEO]

Facebook Hub SMWLDN 2012

In Facebook Marketing ROI, Panelists from Nokia, The Social Partners, Play.com, The Humane Society of the United States and EngageSciences discussed how social marketing is changing and the processes organisations need to put in place to generate real world value. The social media managers of today could be the CMOs of tomorrow if they are able to help their organisations leverage the opportunity that marketing on Facebook represents to the bottom line. Tune into the livestream to see some of the strategies that leading brands are implementing and the results they are getting.

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Referee! Sport tackles Social Media

The news that footballer Marvin Sordell has sought treatment for Twitter addiction has kickstarted a new debate about sport and social media.

Plenty of ink has been spilled, with The Guardian’s Barney Ronay asking why 140-characters holds such a fatal attraction.

One thing is certain: it’s a mass affliction. In a minority of cases, such as Marvin Sordell’s, additional factors are likely to be in play, separating the “normal” obsession the rest of us are avidly and cheerfully pursuing.

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ionSearch 2013

Online marketing conference ionSearch returns for a second time this April, expanding over two days and welcoming a host of leading speakers from across the globe - including representatives of Expedia, BBC, Adobe and Hootsuite.

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Date: 18 April 2013
Location: The Carriageworks Theatre, UK

Social Media Measurement & Monitoring

The UK's No. 1 measurement & monitoring event - featuring a keynote and training session from Katie Delahaye Paine. A two day training workshop and conference will covering topics such as choosing the right metrics, creating a measurement framework, sentiment analysis, influencer marketing, monitoring tools, team working, big data.

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Date: 26 March 2013
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

Home of Social Taster Course

If you're new to social media and want to learn how to get started this course is for you. The session will help you get to grips with the world of social, looking at various platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, blogs, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and more.

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Date: 12 January 2013
Location: Campus London, UK

a4uexpo Europe 2013

a4uexpo Europe 2013 will see in excess of 900 delegates come together in Amsterdam, to learn, share knowledge, network and be at the forefront of digital evolution. Join us for 30+ interactive conference sessions covering the very latest in performance marketing, alongside networking, value-add features and a lively exhibition floor.

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Date: 2 July 2013
Location: Hotel Okura, NL

Instagram Faceplants, Flickr Back From Dead

Instagram's Head in Your Hands Moment

What a bizarre couple of weeks for the image conscious, or at least the photographically-minded, first Instagram severs it's close ties with Twitter, then ratchets up user anger with a dramatic changes in its terms, enabling it to sell users' photos.

Meanwhile, over at Flickr, the once beloved haunt of pictures the product development wheels have cranked into high gear with numerous updates including a well-received and surprisingly snazzy mobile app.

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Social Media Marketing Training Workshop

One day social media marketing training giving you the latest updates in social media from the latest networks, strategies to fresh case studies and analysis. Hosted by Our Social Times with training from CEO, Luke Brynley-Jones, the day will also feature guest speakers and one to one advice.

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Date: 31 January 2013
Location: London, W1, UK