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GEOTAGGING: to geotag or not to geotag.

Okay first off.. what is it? I found a great definition on this site : GEO-TAG

 It said: "As its name implies, geotagging involves "tagging" a geographical location to something like a status update, a tweet, a photo or something else you post online. It's particularly useful because a lot of people now share content on their favorite social networks via their smart phones or tablet computers while on the go, so they're not always in one specific location all the time like we used to be back in the day when we could only access the web from a desktop computer"

This post was very useful in giving it’s readers very specific directions as to how to best “geotag” your posts across several social media platforms, namely Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vine and Snapchat. It would appear more and more platforms are giving it’s users opportunities to tag their location because—well.. they want to. It is becoming ever more popular to let your viewers see where you are at, whether it is the hole in the wall restaurant you and your boyfriend love, your local hockey game or checking in at Grandma’s. We as social media users like to know where other people are at, and we like when other people know where we are.

This post covered a lot of the Perks of Geotagging:

Geotagging is a great way keep your social media use and pictures organized by location. It is becoming ever more popular to “share your location” or “check in” so everyone can see what you are up to. It’s a great way to let your followers see your fun night out on the town or out vacationing.

While it is fun to see how many “likes” you can give on your post of you checking in on your week long vacation in Mexico, statistics show and many articles I came across that doing this is a very bad idea. Social Media stalkers and thieves are known for getting tips from social medias. So be careful what you post, because you never know who may see

Be Cautious Geotagging
When you geotag a picture, viewers can find out your current location, your location history and where your picture was taken. That is a lot of info that you are often letting strangers see, without even knowing it. If this kind of freaks you out, consider turning off location services on some location sharing apps. Find the location sharing settings on your smart phone and turn off the ones that you think might pose a personal safety risk. You can always turn them back on later if you want to. Most smart phones will let you turn off location sharing for individual apps as an alternative to turning them off globally.

Links Used:
 http://webtrends.about.com/od/glossary/a/what-geotagging.htm

  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/geotagging-photos-start-right-now/

 http://netsecurity.about.com/od/securityadvisorie1/a/Why-Stalkers-Love-Your-Geotags.htm