Northern Europe, where we have included countries such as Denmark, Estonia, Finland, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia concentrates a total of 44,196,200 Facebook users and 2,998,376 check-ins, which this means that 6.78% of the users in this area are using the
Facebook Places application.
There is also growing interest in more diverse activities, with 13 per cent of social network users 'checking-in' through platforms like Foursquare or
Facebook Places, versus 11 per cent in 2011.
In addition, visitors that "check in" at Tour locations via Foursquare and
Facebook Places will also win special commemorative prizes.
People involved in social networks are using general types of LBS, including
Facebook Places and Google Places.
The company is also appealing to anyone using check-in style sites such as
Facebook Places and Foursquare not to list their home as a location.
CRM: Why should companies use Foursquare over its competitors like SCVNGR,
Facebook Places, and Gowalla?
Through October 8, every time someone "checked in" at any Walgreens store nationwide through
Facebook Places or Foursquare, Walgreens donated one flu shot voucher to the pool of vouchers slated to be distributed.
This is possible thanks to the
Facebook Places integration.
In addition to these general networks, location-based social networking such as Foursquare and
Facebook Places, as well as event-based social networking through Meetup and Facebook Events, are on the rise.
About 91% of the students do check-ins on
Facebook Places or Foursquare, and while these members of the Class of '15 typically have hundreds of "friends" on Facebook, 73% don't consider someone an actual friend unless they're friends in person, according to Mr.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW) (ICAO: KDFW) (FAA LID: DFW), a US-based airport in Fort Worth, in US, has launched a new programme combining Foursquare and
Facebook Places location-based mobile applications.
Because of
Facebook Places, a location-based function on Facebook, I now have a Facebook page for each of our five locations, instead of using one page for all locations," she says.