Friday Links: IPO Talk and Tech Giant Expansions StockTwits Social Web Index $SWEB

Friday Links: IPO Talk and Tech Giant Expansions

Posted by brittpierpoint
on March 2nd, 2012

Yelp IPO Surges Despite Valuation worries (Market Watch)

What Happens Next If Spotify Goes Public? (Paid Content)

Twitter’s Slow Road to IPO (Wall Street Journal)

Apple Throws Weight Around in TV Negotiations (The New York Post)

Zynga’s “Project Z” Revealed: Social Games on Its Own Web Site (All Things D)

What the Web is Saying About Google’s Privacy Policy (GigaOM)

Social Networks Make You ‘Entrepreneur of Your Own Life’: LinkedIn Founder (Mashable)

Facebook Plans Major Overhaul To Preferred Developer Consultant Program (Tech Crunch)

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The social web is vibrant and growing very fast. Younger pure play companies are coming public, established ones are cultivating social tools and this trend is accelerating. The StockTwits Social Web Index ($SWEB) was built to measure the performance of this group of companies. It is comprised of 28 public companies that maintain a significant social web presence or contribute to the build out of social web infrastructure. The $SWEBprovides the essential broad snapshot of this fast growing investment area over time as well as valuable data regarding the relative performance of the individual components. The weighting and components of the$SWEB are subject to change, reflecting the dynamic nature of the sector and multiple forthcoming IPO’s. You can learn more about the construction, composition and measurement of the $SWEB here.

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