Samepoint
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Samepoint, LLC is a social media
API aggregation and monitoring company. Headquartered in New York
, NY, it provides data from thousands of social media websites via one API. These social media sources includes, but are not limited to Facebook
, Twitter
, Blogs and Internet forum
. The API also includes sentiment, analyzing whether a comment is positive or negative based on natural language processing
. The company launched a free social media monitoring search engine in 2009, located at www.samepoint.com, and was considered one of the first real-time social media reference sites. The company rolled out its social media API in 2010 and helped pioneer the concept of social media monitoring through an aggregated stream of sources.
Samepoint is known as an early mover in real-time data and metrics. The company has also been instrumental in applying automated sentiment to real-time data, providing a positive, neutral, or negative rating on social media comments, on-the-fly. The http://www.google.com/search?q=%22samepoint%22&hl=en&biw=1600&bih=613&tbm=bks&prmd=imvnslfd&source=lnms&ei=8AemTp_NMcbw0gHOm4mMDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=9&ved=0CDsQ_AUoCA&prmdo=1#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&prmdo=1&tbm=bks&source=hp&q=%22samepoint.com%22&pbx=1&oq=%22samepoint.com%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17234l19632l0l19873l6l5l0l0l0l0l341l844l1.3.0.1l5l0&fp=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&cad=b/Samepoint Search Engine is referenced in over 35 books].
Software to develop and publish a variety of research reports for its clients and the general public. These reports are used as montoring and profiling tools for celebrities, athletes, politicians, and businesses. In 2010, Samepoint released a study that measured the social media influence of mayors around the country, and ranking the top 100 most social mayors. San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom was named the Most Social Mayor in America according to the Samepoint study. Newark, New Jersey
Cory Booker
was the second most social mayor, according to the Samepoint study.
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
API aggregation and monitoring company. Headquartered in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, NY, it provides data from thousands of social media websites via one API. These social media sources includes, but are not limited to Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, Blogs and Internet forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
. The API also includes sentiment, analyzing whether a comment is positive or negative based on natural language processing
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
. The company launched a free social media monitoring search engine in 2009, located at www.samepoint.com, and was considered one of the first real-time social media reference sites. The company rolled out its social media API in 2010 and helped pioneer the concept of social media monitoring through an aggregated stream of sources.
Samepoint is known as an early mover in real-time data and metrics. The company has also been instrumental in applying automated sentiment to real-time data, providing a positive, neutral, or negative rating on social media comments, on-the-fly. The http://www.google.com/search?q=%22samepoint%22&hl=en&biw=1600&bih=613&tbm=bks&prmd=imvnslfd&source=lnms&ei=8AemTp_NMcbw0gHOm4mMDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=9&ved=0CDsQ_AUoCA&prmdo=1#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&prmdo=1&tbm=bks&source=hp&q=%22samepoint.com%22&pbx=1&oq=%22samepoint.com%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17234l19632l0l19873l6l5l0l0l0l0l341l844l1.3.0.1l5l0&fp=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&cad=b/Samepoint Search Engine is referenced in over 35 books].
History
Samepoint was founded by Darren Culbreath, Richard Krueger, and Kwasi Fraser and was initially self-funded. The company's data is presently used by professional sports, advertising and public relations agencies, market research companies, and universities. The service has been used to analyze public opinions on a wide range of topics. Samepoint's utility value in the social media space was referenced in an article from the Social Media Examiner titled How to Build a Free Social Media Monitoring DashboardSocial Media Reports
Samepoint use its Social MediaSocial media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
Software to develop and publish a variety of research reports for its clients and the general public. These reports are used as montoring and profiling tools for celebrities, athletes, politicians, and businesses. In 2010, Samepoint released a study that measured the social media influence of mayors around the country, and ranking the top 100 most social mayors. San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom was named the Most Social Mayor in America according to the Samepoint study. Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
Cory Anthony Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman...
was the second most social mayor, according to the Samepoint study.