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"Over the last few months, there has a massive amount of hype surrounding the geolocation war between Foursquare and Gowalla, two of the biggest players in the space.  The intensity reached critical mass during this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, where the two mobile apps squared off for geolocation domination.  \nWhile we already knew that Foursquare had a tremendous SXSW, it wasn't clear who actually \"won\" the geo war.  But thanks to social analytics platform Viralheat, we have new data points in which to judge the fallout of SXSW.\nThe team aggregated and plotted out social chatter about both geolocation tools from March 11 (the day before SXSW) to April 13 in an awesome infographic. The data shows that both apps got a boost in attention after SXSW, peaking on April 3.  However, the one getting the most attention on Google Buzz, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks is clearly Foursquare, which earned more than 38,000 mentions on social channels at its peak. In comparison, Gowalla garnered less than 25% of that amount, peaking at 8,296 mentions.  \nWhile social chatter has dropped significantly since that time, the ratio has not. On April 13, Foursquare had 14,653 mentions on social channels, more than four times the 3,496 mentions Gowalla received on the same day.  \nIt looks like Foursquare has the upper hand in the geolocation war, at least for now.  Who has your allegiance?  Let us know in the comments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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