{"id":17084,"date":"2012-10-15T16:42:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T21:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=17084"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:19:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:19:04","slug":"foursquare-beyond-the-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2012\/10\/foursquare-beyond-the-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Foursquare Beyond the “Check-In”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Need to find a cup of joe? Get Foursquare recommendations without even signing up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Explore feature for many Foursquare users was kind of a personalized concierge service to point you to the best that your city offered; complete with recommendations from those you tend to trust – your friends. Today, Foursquare is opening up the Explore service far beyond their already large user base (reported at 25 million users), everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a big move and change of focus for the once meatspace social gaming site (yes, collecting badges was\/is as much a game as collecting Trophies in PSN or Achievements in XBox Live) that ventures into something entire for the company – offering up recommendations to people that they may not have much info on (other than their location of course). It’s a bold move that speaks to just how much Foursquare trusts its users to provide great insight on their relative markets. What separates a Foursquare recommendation query from, say, Yelp, is that they’re looking more than just a location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foursquare’s head of search Andrew Hogue notes that Foursquare “won’t necessarily suggest a bar at 8AM” suggesting that their search engine is factoring non-location based factors into a query. We think that’s just awesome (ever search for a vegan-friendly breakfast and get a bunch of restaurants that only serve dinner? It sucks.) and are looking forward to what they plan for the future; one that will also factor in things like weather as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: FastCompany<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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