What foursquare badges can you get

However, checking into any old movie theatre on Foursquare won't necessarily count as progress toward the Zoetrope badge; all the theatres you check-in to must also be tagged "movie theater," or they won't count.

Twitter, Facebook and other social networks are also great places to find information on hard to find badges. Just ask your followers. You may be surprised at how many people are willing to help. As you can see from the last section, tagging venues on Foursquare is important and you should frequently take the time to do so on your own. Unfortunately, you can't remotely add tags to venues at this point--at least using any of the mobile applications I've employed.

So you'll need a PC with Web access to start tagging. You may, for example, want to search for all the local pizza places near you to ensure they're all tagged "pizza" before you start visiting them on your way toward that Pizzaiolo badge, mentioned above.

And you can also add new venues that may not show up in your search via the Foursquare desktop interface, and tag them appropriately so you get proper credit when checking-in in person.

To do so, simply log-in to your Foursquare account and start searching for your desired tags in the search-box at the top-right of the page. If you search "pizza," you'll be presented with lists of results in four categories: Venues, with the word "pizza" in their names; People, with the word "pizza" in their names; Tips from users that mention "pizza;" and "pizza" Tags.

If you're simply searching for places that'll get your closer to that Pizzaiolo badge, you want to click the "Tags" option, to view all locations tagged "pizza. And it's a good idea to start tagging any new venues you may add or that haven't been tagged by others, to give users a better idea of what they might find and to help unlock badges. For instance, I visit Foursquare. To add a tag to a Foursquare venue, just visit that specific venue's Foursquare page, scroll to the bottom and fill in appropriate tags on the right.

Note: Some tags are "reserved" by Foursquare and participating brands so, for example, you can't add "luckymag" or "historychannel" tags to any venue you please.

And you can find specific types of venues or venues with specific tags, in areas other than your own, by simply changing your location information. To change your location, login to Foursquare. One of the most common concerns about Foursquare relates to user privacy. Surely, if you're checking in everywhere you go, every day, you're opening yourself up to some fairly significant privacy risks.

More specifically, you're handing over your location information to potential stalkers and other baddies. So the key to reducing the privacy-risks associated with using Foursquare is to set a privacy-strategy.

In other words, properly manage who has access to your location information. Then check-in three times in the financial district in New York City. Then check-in two times at lunchtime to restaurants on the WSJ foursquare page. Then check-in to all 5 boroughs in New York City. Let me know!!

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