Charles Birnbaum (Foursquare) «Big data and user generated content LBS»
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Foursquare
user-generated big data
#MBLT13 Moscow
May 2013
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By the numbers
3,500,000,000+ check-ins
50,000,000+ POIs
50,000,000+ public photos
33,000,000+ user accounts
25,000,000+ tips
5,000,000+ check-ins / day
1,000,000+ claimed merchants
30,000+ superusers
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Foursquare in Russia
~1,000,000 registered users
260,000,000+ check-ins
2,400,000+ POIs
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The Foursquare API
Our venue information now reaches 100 million active users each
month via partner integrations – 75M API calls per day
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Tip & Photo Growth
Tips
photos
Venues
Venues, tips and photos all
continue to grow rapidly
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Data & Signals
The real-time, on-the-ground signals we collect about users and
venues allow for powerful insights on search & discovery
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Foursquare Explore
- Social search & recommendations
powered by over 3.5 billion check-ins
and counting
- Results are based on popularity,
semantic analysis, trends, time of day
and more
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Merchant Relationships
- Merchants “claim” venues through
simple verification processes for
SMBs and chains
- Drive customer traffic through
updates & specials
- Free analytics tools to monitor
activity and learn about loyal
customers
- Recently launched Foursquare for
Business app
- >1M claimed venues to date
Our free merchant tools on web & mobile help connect businesses
with their customers
Notes de l'éditeur
- Common Mobile Use Case #1 tagging content with a location. Path, Instagram, Vine, Flickr, Evernote Food
