How to Create a Facebook Business Page

How to Create a Facebook Business Page: A 6 Step Guide

How to Create a Facebook Business Page

Also as Facebook changes regularly - this guide was written in April/May 2011.

This guide will take you through how to create a Facebook Business Page (aka Facebook Like Page).

Since the demise of the Facebook 'Static FMBL' application, it has been confusing for users of Facebook to create an effective 'Like Page' for their business, organisation or interest. I wanted to write this eBook guide to show that it is still easy to create a great Like Page with other, similar applications to the original Static FMBL application. I was confused earlier this year when these changes on Facebook occurred and found it very difficult to find direction on this. I did my own research and have condensed what I found into this guide. I hope it is useful.

This guide will show you how to create a Facebook Like Page for your business or organisation, including how to set up an initial Landing (or Welcome) Page (or Tab) to give a new visitor a great experience. Subsequently we will be writing other informative articles in this area about Facebook Like Page design and engaging with your Fans.

Step 1: How to Create a Basic Facebook Business Page:

1. The first stage in how to create a Facebook business Page is to set up a basic Business Like Page and then customise:
2. From your personal profile, go to any other company's or person's own Like Page.
3. Click on 'Create a Page' (located in the bottom left of the page)
4. The best choice on the next page for an effective Like Page is 'Brand or Product'; this can be fine-tuned later if necessary.
5. Next, you can choose the type of business/organisation you are, under 'chose a category'.
6. Then you can type the name of your brand (and name of your new Like Page) into the 'Brand or Product' box.
7. Your basic Like Page will now be created - ready for customisation.
8. The first 'tab' within your new Like Page that you will see is the helpful 'Get Started' page. Click the 'Update Category' button.
9. The 'Get Started' tab guides you through some of the things that you will need to and we will revisit this in a later guide. Our first priority is to customise your Like Page with a page known as a 'Landing' or 'Welcome' page (or Tab).
10. After you have confirmed the Category of your page ('Update Category'); you have created your basic Like Page.
11. You now have a basic Like Page set up; all ready to customise and make it more effective.

Step 2: Switching Between Your Personal Profile and Your New Like Page:

1. Now you have a new (basic) Like Page, you can switch between it and your Personal Page.
2. This is a new feature in Facebook. You can use Facebook as yourself (your Personal Profile) or as your business/organisation/interest (your Like Page).
3. To switch between the two, click on the 'Account' tab at the top-left of the page, then 'Use Facebook as Page'.
4. You will then be presented with all of the Like Pages that you have created (or that you are an administrator for - we will come on to administration of pages in another eGuide) see above.
5. Click on the 'Switch' button for the Like Page that you want to switch to.
6. You are then back to the 'Get Started' tab within your Like Page.

Step 3: Customising Your New Facebook Like Page:

Now that we have created a Facebook Business Page, we want to make your Like Page more appealing and more effective for you to build your Facebook community around your business/organisation/interest.

1. The first thing to do (as also suggested by the 'Get Started' guide) is to upload an image or logo.
2. This is straightforward: Click on 'Upload an Image'.
3. Then click on 'Choose File'.
4. This will then take you to a file explorer, allowing you to choose a picture or logo file from your own (local) computer.
5. Double-click on the photo that you want to upload.
6. This picture/logo (also sometimes known as an Avatar) is then published to the left-hand side of your Like Page.
7. Note: All pictures that you upload are also shown at the top of your 'Wall' tab also.
8. Steps 2 onwards on the 'Get Started' page can be carried out later, and we will be writing a further guide for these steps. We need to set up a Welcome page before these steps.

Step 4 continued: Setting up a Welcome Page.

Note: Part of how to create a Facebook Business Page is creating a Welcome Page. A Welcome Page is also sometimes known as a 'Landing Page' is it is where a visitor 'lands' the first time they access your Like Page.

1. From the 'Get Started' tab(page), click on 'Edit Page'.
2. You will arrive at the Manage Permissions tab.
3. You will need to go to the 'Apps' (short for 'applications') tab.
4. Facebook may ask you to switch back to your Personal Profile identity at this point. This is fine - click the 'Continue as You' button.
5. You will then be taken to the 'All Apps' (applications) part of Facebook.
6. Search for 'Static HTML'.
7. Then click on the 'Static HTML: iframe tabs' (with the star logo).
8. You will then be directed to the page for this App.
9. Click on the 'Go to App' button.
10. Facebook will then ask which of your Like Pages you would like to add this application to.
11. Choose the Like Page that you have just created.
12. Facebook will then ask you for confirmation that you want 'Static HTML: iframe tabs' to be added to your new Like Page; click on the 'Add Static HTML: iframe tabs' button.
13. Once confirmed, you will see that there is now a 'Welcome' tab included on the left hand side menu. This will become the page that all of our visitors see initially when they first arrive at your Like Page.
14. We can now go to our new Welcome tab and create some content for our Welcome page. Click on the Welcome tab to get Welcome Page screen.
15. We will come back to this page - so leave this internet explorer window open for now.

Step 5: Creating Content for Your Welcome/Landing Page

To create this content I use a company called Squarespace. Squarespace is a hosted web building tool that makes it very easy to create your own high quality web site(s). We are going to use it to create some HTML code to input into our Welcome Tab for our Facebook Like Page.

Note: You do not have to use Squarespace; there are many tools for doing this. What we are trying to achieve here is to create some content using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. This enables you to create content very easily - just typing in your copy (text) and inserting pictures, video, forms, et cetera, just the way that you would using Microsoft Word. Using these tools (or applications) you can then choose to view the HTML version of what you have created. You can then copy and paste this HTML code into your Welcome Page on Facebook and the Welcome Page will be created.

1. Once your Welcome Page content has been created in your WYSIWYG editor and you have viewed and copied the HTML version of that content, we are ready to past that HTML content into the Facebook Like Page Welcome tab.
2. We can then go back to the Facebook Welcome page that you should still have open (if not - don't worry, just go back to Facebook and open the Welcome page again).
3. Then right-click with your mouse and paste the HTML code into the top box from the two in the Facebook Welcome page editor.
4. You can then see the HTML code in the Welcome Page box.
5. Then click the 'Save and view tab' button to save what we have.
6. Then click on view your tab as a fan (or as a non-fan; it does not matter at this point).
7. You will then be able to see your new Welcome page as your visitors will.
8. We can still add more content in the form of pictures and video to make it more appealing, but the basic technical techniques have been covered here now.

Step 6 - Adjusting Settings For Your Welcome Page.

We now need to set our Like Page so that whenever a new visitor comes to our Like Page, they see the Welcome Page first.

1. From the 'Get Started' page click on the Edit Page button.
2. You will then see the 'Manage Permissions' page.
3. Currently the default Landing Tab will be set to 'Wall'.
4. Select the drop-down menu and change the option to 'Welcome'.
5. The Default Landing Tab is now set to 'Welcome'.
6. You can then click on 'View Page' to exit from the edit mode.
7. You can then navigate around your Like Page by using the tabs on the left of the page.
8. Each time you click on the Welcome page you will see the HTML version of the page. You just need to click on the 'Save and view tab' to see the page as your visitors will see it.
9. And view tab as a non-fan.
10. It is now possible to use a WYSIWYG/HTML editor (like Squarespace) to add further content to your Welcome page.

Watch out for subsequent guides, covering: Adding Video, Adding a Form Using an Autoresponder, Making your Welcome Page More Effective, Creating a Nice Username for your Facebook Page, Setting Up and Using Squarespace to create HTML and Effective Web Sites

(c) Copyright 2011 OrangeStamp Ltd

There are now more hits on average every day on Facebook than on Google. Facebook is a great way to expose your business to the world and your market place.

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How Google can prevent Facebook from taking over

How Google can prevent Facebook from taking over

As I have stated initially, it is basically taking your assets and what made you successful in the first place and finding new ways to use them effectively.

As I mentioned in the opening paragraph, there are many ways for Facebook to haul in boatloads of money and Mark Zuckerberg be all smiles. It is not only "how do we generate revenue", but equally important "when do we start with which one". That's tricky, and a distinct timeline can only be set by the company itself, of course. My suggestion would be to start the Event/Pictures point in parallel with the business network.

The latter has the most impact, the first can be set up the easiest and they don't interfere with each other. I have no affiliation with Facebook or any insight or access, so these are just my humble suggestions and assumptions. Whatever is going to happen, it is definitely exciting to see, where Facebook is actually going and what is possible for them.

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How Facebook remedial

How Facebook remedial

How Facebook remedial: Facebook to existing products without making any modification to cope with legal action. But in 2008, Facebook is going to attract more users and to investor's attention, so desperately wants to end this problem. ConnectU founders understood Facebook paid to $65 million, actually be bought ConnectU dege assets. "Fighting Club" (Fight Club) director David Fincher) David Fincher (about The origins of Facebook filmed film "The Social Network" (a) a Social event will be detailed why. Revealed The film will be released this fall officially theaters.

Give up Wirehog project
Occurs in: 2004 autumn
Event: two insiders TechCrunch Disrupt innovation at this year's meeting, Facebook CEO Mark said Mark Zuckerberg (Mr Zac in early 2004) has released a P2P file-sharing service, and the service Wirehog nearly led to Facebook midway die young.

The two industry insiders were music sharing service Napster founder Sean Parker (does Sean Parker) and "the Facebook Effect" (Facebook) have the author of the book David ko Patrick (David Kirkpatrick).

According to Tony parker, said zack berger memories of Wirehog and Facebook was equally are very seriously. Zack sulzberger launch Wirehog far walk in the forefront of The Times and then have not even f8 development platform. However, ko Wirehog project, said Patrick in 2006 were suspended.

Early Facebook users may remember Wirehog this additional project, Facebook users can use with friends Wirehog music file sharing pictures and. People feel surprised be, was almost few customers have privacy problem, perhaps because Facebook only to the United States is at some universities open. And can use Wirehog user is less.

How Facebook: early in a mess of Wirehog quietly, before the advent of file sharing has left many anti-piracy fighter veins, so it is not difficult to imagine BenZhang sheba, Facebook when investors first think how much a service, this leads to some obstacles. But, according to people familiar with the Wirehog project said halfway through were cut, because Facebook poineering group Wirehog development that not quickly enough to Facebook, and its influence.

Facebook Wirehog remedial: how was closed. More importantly, Facebook began to Wirehog played very indifference. According to sources, this is not true. In fact zack nico rosberg and Facebook co-founder, especially early team Andrew Michael LAN (Andrew McCollum) to Wirehog had placed a ardent expectations, and that Wirehog have potential and Facebook vie.

But in 2007, as Facebook developer platform, which launched Wirehog can see the philosophy behind the has influenced deeply on the development of Facebook, which USES Facebook user identity and social relationship for another application provides basis.

Forced out dynamic message
Occurs in: September 2006
Event: now look is stupid matchless and not always, but in the autumn of 2006, Facebook users to revolt against the website a sudden lift called dynamic message (News) of the new function're. This function will be displayed on the whereabouts of polymerization user friend's home page, rather than spreading in the user their archives page, so Facebook users initially claimed that this function let their wanderlust, like a tracking same.

How Facebook mess of: now in retrospect we will find, Facebook in social networking field to a long step, and roll out dynamic message this will annoy users function is it have to take risks. However, Facebook can take more moderate ways, not sudden once the function of imposition to the user.

Facebook how to remedy: zack berger writes the blog on Facebook said: "we this really screwed up." Subsequently, Facebook privacy control options increased, the user can choose not to show some of the operation of the front page in friends, such as change relationship state, etc.

Cancel the beacon advertising program
Occurs in: November 2007
Event: in 2007, Facebook in New York city released lighthouse (Beacon) advertising project, this is Facebook Ads overall advertising as part of the project. Facebook users in participated in the lighthouse advertising project cooperation website for any operation, these data will be displayed in the Facebook site, including users in shopping behavior, on the site Yelp web site in Blockbuster's remarks, in the behavior of the lease. Privacy fighters war-not in activism groups, including the MoveOn. Most clangorous org, the group has claimed this practice greatly violated the user's privacy rights and interests.

Here's a list of some useful application in Facebook

Here's a list of some useful application in Facebook:

NewsCloud:

This is a social news application which allows you to discuss socially relevant issues, aimed at gaining solidarity for particular endeavours and movements. You can vote, read, submit or comment on stories right from your Facebook account. Every story you post earns 10 points, a vote gets you 5 points and sharing a story or inviting a friend gets you 25 points each. Newsfeeds are a part of this application. You can also access videos from reliable news sources here.

App Builder:

About 5,00,000 people have used this one. This is the most interactive application on Facebook which gives every user a chance to feel like genius. If you've got a great idea and you think people will like it, just transform it into an application, sit back and watch how you can change the world using Facebook.

Files:

This is a storage service from Box.net that allows you to upload and store files directly from their profile. Although it's just 1 GB and doesn't even compare with remote storage facilities like MSN's Skydrive, this is useful if you want to display these files on your profile. Friends can then download these files. This is really easy to use, but these files are visible to all your Facebook friends and you may not really want everyone to see them.

Pixlr Editor:

Pixlr is a free, Firefox-powered online photo editor. Whether you want to upload new photos or edit older ones, Pixlr is an excellent application to help you through the process. Anyone who's accustomed to Photoshop or Paintshop will find the interface smooth sailing. Alternatively, you could use the Pixlr Express to crop, resize and juggle photos around with ease.

DandyID:

With accounts on services such as Twitter, Flickr and MySpace, and more or less the same set of friends on the list - and you're getting bugged with the repeated logins and updates. DandyID has the answer to your woes. This is an application that will sync all your accounts and display them on your Facebook profile.

Positive Thoughts:

Send a positive thought to each of your friends every morning using the Positive Thoughts application and make their day. While not all of them are in English, they're all deep, philosophical, bright and cheery. Try it out and get cheered up yourself when your Facebook friends write in to thank you.

Business

Social networking gives you access to all your contacts. Although not comprehensive, here's a list of business applications on Facebook that can fire up your business and ensure better brand recall without the prohibitive expenses of an advertising campaign.

Promotions:

Facebook Fan Pages are full of potential customers who stay online for prolonged periods on the site discussing everything about their favourites. Any agency or company could cash in on this by putting their advertisements on the fan page.

Promotions for Fan Pages lets you do just that. You could use it to create and launch marketing campaigns in a few minutes using the simple, user-friendly interface of this application. These must be interactive and in the nature of lotteries, contests, coupons and discount tickets. Lately, Facebook has begun to scrutinise these - especially the promo-quizzer - and are set on shutting any agencies that appear to abuse this feature.

Tag Biz Pro Business Cards:

Use Tag Biz Pro to create a life-like business card form a whole range of features to set up a business network on Facebook. You can attach your business 'card' to all your Facebook messages and pick a keyword which is then displayed in a business keyword tag on your profile page. SlideShare: Now you can hook up your favourite presentation- swapping web site to Facebook in such a way that it automatically uploads to SlideShare, Facebook and LinkedIn at the same time. And it's not just for your presentations. The site supports PPT, PPS, PPTX, ODP, PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, Keynote, iWork pages and even allows you to embed YouTube videos on your profile page. This could be of great help if you want to exhibit the unique selling points of your business enterprise or you want to showcase your own skills.

InSide Job:

This application helps you to find and communicate with Facebook users based on their old job, where they had their last interview, or who they are currently working with. You can then get the inside information about these companies and make an informed opinion about a prospective employer. You can also find the right employee, find a job or advertise a vacancy in your firm.

Memorable Web Addresses:

Here's an application that's so useful that one wonders why no one thought of it before. It's a free application that allows you to create a direct link to your Facebook profile page, choosing a name of your choice. So you could create a link such as www. profile.to/YourName, thus making it easier for friends or contacts to search and finds your profile with just a few clicks. Only thing is that you'll need to hurry because this has been catching on and already has more than a million users.

Wildfire:

This application allows companies to conduct marketing campaigns on Facebook for as less as $5 and as much as $250. It encourages users to visit your Facebook page, interact with it and then share the results with your friends, leading to even more publicity for your brand.

Entertainment

Anybody who's using Facebook knows about the apps that are most entertaining like iLike and SuperPoke. We've listed some of the popular and some not so well-known entertaining applications that can make life with Facebook more colourful.

Music by iLike:

This one allows you to add a music tab to your profile, create and share playlists with your friends, receive concert updates, and participate in DJ contests. It's already got about 10 million users so don't hang back. Bumper Sticker: An incredible range of typical bumper sticker blurbs abound in the Bumper Sticker application which allows you to view, share and use stickers on your profile and those of others. These are virtual stickers that range from the comic to the bizarre. A must-have application.

Caricature:

Choose a picture of your friend, apply the kind of treatment you'd like to give it, and there, you've got a caricature. You could post it on his wall or share it around with friends. There are a couple of other applications, which do the same thing (like Get My Caricature), and you could try those too. The effects are pretty hilarious at times and you could add this application just for kicks. Just be careful what pictures you choose to make a caricature out of unless you don't mind getting your kicks in the real world too.

Sketch Me:

For more sober representations, opt for Sketch Me. You can choose how dark you'd like your sketch to be and then publish it for your friends.

Flixster:

Flixster allows you to check out who likes the same kinds of movies among friends, post and read reviews of the latest movies, find new movies that you'd never have heard about otherwise and check your knowledge of movies.

Quizzes:

People just can't stop taking quizzes on Facebook. These quizzes range from being sensible to funny. You can spend years answering all the different quizzes created by users. Add this application to find out which Sex and the City character you are, whether you resemble Maya Sarabhai or Sahil Sarabhai more, who you were in your past life, etc. - there are too many to cover here. If you're really busy, skip this one. On the other hand, if you want to act busy at your computer, this is the one for you.

My Plans:

Organising a party or get together is usually dependent on innumerable calls to friends or family and often, by the time you end up making a concrete plan either your cell phone battery has run out or you've used up all your talk time. Try My Plans on Facebook that allows you to notify, share and discuss meeting plans with all your friends and family who are on Facebook, making the task a whole lot easier.

So that rounds up our list of six-pack applications for Facebook. Apart from applications, there are other cool tweaks that can enhance your interactions on Facebook

Frases Facebook Facebook Status and The Cool Tools You can Use

Frases Facebook-- Facebook Status and The Cool Tools You can Use

Facebook has really shown its popularity throughout the world and there is no doubt that most of us open our Facebook first when we turn on our computer before we go on to other tasks. We mostly update our status even when we are using our smart phones. Truly, Facebook has changed the way we stay in touch with the world.

Frases facebook is one of the main features in Facebook where the users are able to post any message informing their friends about their current status. Users can post anything they want like their feelings, anecdotes that they have also found on the net, recent and current events, videos, pictures of where they have been, and more. Their FB friends after seeing their Facebook status can then respond to their message by adding their own comments.

However, there are also cool features in the frases para Facebook, which you might find interesting and your friends might find it interesting as well. For instance, you can customize the "Like" button by adding a "Dislike" button as well. Just open the application of status magic and you can add a "Dislike" button. You can also make your status update text read upside down. Your friends will for certain be amazed about how you did that. Facebook does not offer an external application for this, but you can find websites that offer such trick.

There is also a Facebook status trick that will allow you to put colorful and animated word cloud that also contains a list of words that you have been using recently. And to be able to use this you will just have to open and start the Status Analyzer 3D application in Facebook. There are really a lot of cool tricks that you can do to frases Facebook and not just add the common Facebook status we see on the site. You can also add smiley faces and symbols, tag friends on your status and even add a hyperlink to it.

If you are interested in adding more emoticons to your Facebook status, there are also other websites that can provide a large variety of well-designed and fun emoticons. You can download emoticons software to your FB account to make it easier for you to use emoticons.

There are really a lot of great things you can do with Facebook and even make your status really interesting instead of just using the common status updates. Beside from the cool frases para Facebook that you can do, you can easily spread your message virally. Posting status updates that can engage friends to continually comment is one way to spread your message out after that use cool tools to make your facebook status more interesting.

Featuring Facebook

Featuring Facebook

Social networking web sites such as Facebook aren't always about wasting your time. There's a lot you can do with it. There are apps from games to professional utilities - all at one place...

A significant shift has occurred in social networking trends among the Indian youth over the last one year: almost everybody who ever had an Orkut account now has one on Facebook - and few have even opted out of Orkut altogether. Over the last four months, the number of active users of Facebook has more than doubled and July 2009 saw more than 3.2 million Indian users. Comscore, the internet marketing and research company, says 68.2 per cent of the time spent by Indians on social networking, was spent on Orkut. But just ask your friends and family about which hangout they prefer while on the net and you'll probably find the Comscore results surprising. Let's face it: for a growing number of Indians, Facebook is the new Orkut.

One reason for Facebook's growing popularity is its aggressive marketing strategy. Facebook has ensured it stays visible in the media through tie-ups with various major companies such as Aircel for mobile internet services, Vodafone (and their ZooZoos) for free access to Facebook - with all its pokes, updates and egg sending - on your cell phone, and Viacom's MTV (India) for 'Celebrity Connect' - finding out which celebs you resemble. Its failed attempt to buy Twitter, and the recent acquisition of FriendFeed - has also helped to keep it in the public eye.

The other reason is that it's packed with dozens of unique features, an immensely interactive, instantly gratifying and deeply interesting range of applications (or 'apps'), and surprising tweaks that let you have fun while being in constant touch with your friends and family. Let's take a peek at a few of the things that you could do on (and with) Facebook to bring the 'social' back into your network and to make it more exciting, entertaining and cool.

Applications

Log in to Facebook.com and take a good look at the bottom left corner of the screen. You can't miss that little button on the toolbar, which says f applications. On the f applications toolbar, click on the link that says 'Browse More Applications'. This will open up a Pandora's box of applications for you to choose from.

Games

We'll start this quick tour of applications with a look at three of the most happening games on the Facebook site, in order of popularity.

FarmVille:

While about 62 per cent of the Indian population is actually employed in the agricultural sector, all of a sudden, the population of virtual farmers has boomed, thanks to FarmVille. This online game in which anyone can set up and cultivate his/ her own virtual farm has nearly 35 million users and is definitely the most popular game on Facebook. Developed by Zynga, San Francisco, it allows you to become an online farmer - plant, grow, harvest and sell crops, buy or breed livestock - to earn 'coin income'. Each crop requires a few hours to grow (Tomatoes need eight hours, Raspberries need two, sunflowers need 23 and so on) and each give you an XP (short for experience).

The more crops and trees you plant, the more experience you earn. Farmers can invite other Facebook friends to become neighbours and send special gifts according to the level. Access to which crops you can grow depends on the number of points you've got - and therefore, which level you've reached in the game - pineapple seeds, for example, are only available to you once you reach level 15 (Professor of Agriculture) having gathered 4,500 points

Mafia Wars:

This is a multiplayer browser game that's on MySpace and Tagged as well but has an incredible 23,367,984 monthly active users (and growing) on Facebook alone. This is another hit game by Zynga, but unlike the slow, domestic space of FarmVille, it encourages you to loot, rob, kill and create an Al Capone like empire. Set in New York City, Little Italy or Cub, players must choose a character, do jobs to earn cash, build a gang by recruiting members and fight other mafia conglomerates - all with limited stamina, energy and health

As in FarmVille, you can 'level up' by getting more points and gaining XP by doing more jobs. As you rise up in levels, you are rewarded with access to new features, new weapons and new jobs.

MindJolt Games:

More than 50 games clamour for your attention on the MindJolt Games application. Prevent balls from reaching the bottom, break up brick walls, play pool, destroy balls in combinations of three - there are innumerable options to choose from. If you get bored of getting shot up in Mafia Wars, turn to MindJolt for several hours of unlimited gaming pleasure. There are other funky hangout games like Yoville and Living Social, which let you interact with friends and contacts in entertaining ways. Don't forget to check out Pet Society, another game application that contains plenty of games and decorations to play around with.

Utilities

Facebook, Privacy and the Wild Wild Web

Facebook, Privacy and the Wild Wild Web

Facebook recently unveiled several changes to its service that give users more sharing options, but in the process the company demonstrated what many have come to believe is its intentional disregard for user privacy.

This mistake feels a lot like Facebook's February 2009 debacle when the company changed its user agreement in an "all take, no give" arrangement that gave the company the right to use, in perpetuity, all information shared by its users on the site. Users rebelled and Facebook backed down immediately.

But this time it's different. With these recent updates, Facebook has given users two important things: Easier ways to share and participate among communities of interest within the network and more privacy and protection settings to accommodate this new structure.

Facebook's mistake is two-fold. First, the default privacy settings for the new Facebook are not Friends, Friends of Friends, or all of Facebook, but the entire Internet. Second, Facebook has provided no easy road map for just how to navigate to the 50 privacy settings in order to choose from among the more than 170 privacy options.

Users' confusion over the default settings and how to change them, along with lackluster explanations of the benefits of the new changes, has created the usual uproar we've come to expect each time Facebook tweaks our home away from home.

Unfortunately for Facebook, this update has also created what analysts suspect is an increase in the number of users wanting to delete their Facebook accounts. The number of searches for "how do i delete my facebook account [sic]" have increased dramatically since the changes were announced, and a mass exodus from Facebook has been scheduled for May 31.

Nothing On the Web Is Free

Facebook has over 400 million users, and after the mass exodus, the site will have over 400 million users.

The changes Facebook has made are part of Facebook's inevitable monetizing strategy. And that's the point. Nothing about Facebook is free. Facebook has never been in the game not to make money. And it's finally doing so. This year the company is expected to have revenues of between $1.2 and $2 billion. And yes, some of that will be profit.

Facebook will ultimately strike the necessary balance between its bottom line and its users. They always do. But what users have to realize is that one fact will remain: Facebook will make money off of the information users share on its site.

To those for whom this is a bad thing, Facebook is not the place to be. Profile information is the most valuable information for marketers on the Web, and no single Web service has more of this type of information than Facebook. Facebook will continue along its path to use this information to make money in order to stay in business and to continue to give users the services they sign up for in droves.

The critics are right: Facebook wants to make mountains of cash. But they can only do it if its users are happy.

The Wild Wild Web

A lot of the information you share on Facebook - your email address, phone number, physical address - is already public on the web and would remain so if Facebook went away tomorrow. This information was there before Facebook and exists online independently of Facebook.

Take a look at Pipl.com. Type in your name or the name of your best friend, or your worst enemy, and see what pops up. A recent search on this writer's name produced the following information:

Contact details from Whitepages.com, Spokeo.com, and two others Background reports from Intelius.com Personal profiles from MySpace, Spokeo, LinkedIn, Members-Base, Bebo and Flickr Email addresses from Inelius that are so old I caught myself wanting to say they pre-date the Web Public records including birth records from BirthDetails.com and Intelius Videos from YouTube Web pages Blog posts Documents

Many sites like this have emerged over the years. Pipl, Spokeo and Zillow.com, to name a few, all publish information many users feel is private. But in fact, it is not. It's quite public, and sites like these aggregate this information from public sources.

Which leads to a not-so-recent trend in social media, but one that is about to see the roof blow off because of yet another new initiative by Facebook.

The trend is social media aggregation, where information from different social media sites is pulled together in one location so that it can be more easily digested. Many aggregation services, like Gist, FriendFeed and NetVibes, offer tools and widgets that let users combine messages, search multiple social media sites at once, track friends, and even access their profile data all from one place, all in an attempt to simplify an individual's social media participation.

With the recent introduction of Open Graph, Facebook will attempt to take social aggregation into the stratosphere. In fact, Facebook wants to turn the entire Web into your personal aggregator.

Currently, different social media sites contribute to some part of the social graph. Yelp is mapping out the part of the graph that connects people to local businesses. Pandora is mapping out the part related to music. With Open Graph, Facebook plans to bring these graphs together.

"If we can take these separate maps of the graph and pull them all together," says Zuckerberg, as reported by CNET.com, "then we can create a Web that's smarter, more social, more personalized, and more semantically aware."

He goes on to say, "These connections aren't just happening on Facebook, they're happening all over the Web, and today with the Open Graph we're bringing all these things together."

If you use Facebook, you might be surprised to find you're already participating in its new social graph. Go to Account > Privacy Settings and click on Applications and Websites. There you'll see Instant Personalization Pilot Program. Click on it to see the beginnings of a monumental change on the Web.

Good Rules of Thumb

Just consider that anything you say on Facebook is public, and don't say anything that you would have to whisper to anyone whom you're dining with at an outdoor cafe.

Each time you allow a Facebook app to access your profile information, read the Terms and Conditions for that app. Apps are bound by neither Facebook's Privacy Policy nor its Terms and Conditions. They are third-party relationships, and when you share your Facebook information with them you do so independently of Facebook. Apps are how a lot of profile info leaks out of Facebook. Facebook should be clearer about this and should be more concerned for users' privacy when it comes to third-party apps, and it wouldn't be surprising if their approach to apps changes sometime soon.

Other sites offering FacebookConnect are safe. FacebookConnect is a service that lets users enjoy their Facebook relationships on other websites. Users can sign in with their Facebook username and password and discover what their friends find interesting on a particular site. The third-party website does not have access to your Facebook profile information.

Ian Huckabee is a writer and web marketing strategist. He creates social media marketing programs and solutions for organizations and individuals, and he specializes in integrating social media marketing with search engine marketing. He's an avid tweeter and enjoys creating short bursts of fiction 140-characters at a time.

Facebook users has already ease privacy concerns

Facebook users has already ease privacy concerns

"We launched these things, they will have some negative effects, and then people say, well, we don't like these new things," zack sulzberger last week accept technology blog CNET when interviewing, say, "this is feeling anxious things. People worry more people to join the social networking site. People will think, oh, this is too many. They want to share things on the web site, but does not hope there are so many people watching. I think now the only part of the function on Facebook is people think indispensable."

Facebook user is considered the most often boycott new function crowd website, but this does not mean that after a while they cannot accept new things. Back in 2006, 1 million Facebook users (or was 10% of Facebook users) against this function. News feedback But now, this function has become a part of Facebook, let you can catch a glimpse of your friend's dynamic.

Zack sulzberger points out, although the user will initially suspect the new change, new function, but as time goes by, they will change the attitude. This kind of situation is causing two reasons: first, users once use, then realize these functions or change is useful; Secondly, in the users complain that these new functions exist some ways is insufficient, Facebook will prompt adjustment and improvement.

In short, zack sulzberger think users will follow tide to complaints that some new functional shortcomings. But this time will be very short, so nothing to worry about. If most of your friends use Facebook, so you also will, whether you complaining about web site of the function of new swing.

According to foreign media reports, Facebook is embedded into the game to test new social network video ads within. Video advertising company in accordance with Sharethrough and social game advertising company TrialPay signing of the agreement, such as video ads in user watch games can obtain Facebook Credits the virtual currency Facebook.

Facebook will be established at first in 350 games and applications video ads released. Facebook advertisers may through DealSpot TrialPay advertising platform to make advertisement. If social game developers hope to gain an extra reward in the game, then can be integrated DealSpot. When players play the game, if they want to watch video advertising (such as Windows 7 ads) please, then we can gain some Facebook Credits virtual currency.

Facebook Credits supervisor Christopher Liu (Deb DE cloth, said Liu) this lets Facebook and its partners acquired new digital currency way. He said: "this is another kind of let users prefer Credits way. Developers using Credits and help users understand the Credits".

The new plan would reduce people watching the video ads embedded its activities generate natural resistance. Through Credits, can provide Facebook video ads. They see incentive For gamers Credits is fairly attractive, because they can buy more virtual goods such as better weapons or equipment. Meanwhile it can also let users know more about Facebook Credits Credits, already spread to the broader Facebook application community, enables developers to get another way of making money from the game.

At present, Facebook is not mandatory all Facebook games as virtual currency used, but Credits from this summer begins, Facebook will execute compulsory. In addition to DealSpot video game besides, will also come in other parts of the site Facebook. Users in when not playing games will also can see these ads video.

Making video advertising partners may include EpicSocial TrialPay, ShareThrough, SocialVibe and SupersonicAds,. Video Sharethrough think, will brand embedded into online entertainment such as games, video ads in improving effect is very important. This is because can lead to a more participation and more brand content sharing.

Normally, social video advertising activity can make the brand awareness ascending 100% above. But Facebook video sharing rate of brand than other platform 270% often higher. Facebook before July, let all major application developers and game manufacturers are steering Facebook Credits, as a general-purpose virtual currency use.

Now Facebook have 550 multiple games and applications in use Facebook Credits. About 275 developers are using Facebook Credits, these accounts for about 85 percent of the transaction Facebook gaming experience 90%. And Facebook in the hope that, through the cull, use the number of users can increase Credits 3 percent to 5.

Facebook Standing as well as The Cool Tools You may Make use of

Frases Facebook Facebook Standing as well as The Cool Tools You may Make use of

Facebook has already exposed it is appeal everywhere. And there is actually no hesitation that most Facebook users first revise their status online prior to they head on to other Web jobs. Many even revise their standing making use of their smart phones merely to stay connected. Facebook has truly altered exactly how we remain hooked up with buddies.

Frases Facebook is one of the main characters of Facebook where users can simply post any of the messages educating the friends regarding what you are doing and what you are actually assuming. One as one of the users of Facebook can post just about anything one feel in posting regarding your emotions, personal anecdotes or some anecdotes you located online, current as well as current events, pictures and videos of where one have definitely been actually, and just about anything one like to put as long as it is not hazardous. Your FB pals will definitely then see the status and take action to them by adding their own comments.

Yet do you understand that there are actually also sensational features in the frases para Facebook that one may view enjoyable and friends might find cool to view? For example, do you understand that beside from the "Like" switch, you can easily include a "Dislike" switch to the Facebook standing? You merely receive to open the appeal of standing magic and one may add a "Dislike" switch to the status. One can easily additionally make the content read upside down, which the friends will certainly locate amazing. However, there is no additional appeal for this on Facebook, yet one can locate other web sites by having this particular stunt.

There is actually even a Facebook standing stunt that will definitely permit you to put vibrant as well as animated word cloud that also incorporates a list of words that one have been actually making use of newly. As well as to be equipped to make use of this you are going to just have to open and start the Standing Analyzer 3D appeal in Facebook. There are really a ton of neat gags that one can accomplish to frases Facebook as well as not just add the common Facebook standing we view on the internet site. One may even add smiley faces as well as symbols, tag pals on your standing as well as even include a hyperlink to it.

If one are interested in adding others emoticons to your Facebook status, there are actually also other webpageses that can provide a big range of well-designed and fun emoticons. One can download emoticons applications to the FB account to make it easier for one to use emoticons.

So numerous impressive things may be actually accomplished in Facebook as well as the friends will definitely even find it fascinating to see a varied and exceptional frases Facebook. Posting status updates that will allow others follow in and continually comment is actually one way to spread your message while still using neat devices to make it more intriguing.

Facebook mobile phone development codename for buffy HTC foundry

Facebook mobile phone development codename for buffy HTC foundry

According to "The Wall Street Journal" 's blog, AllThingsD reports, several informed sources said on Monday, Facebook has identified the development of its smart phone code-named "Buffy" (Buffy), and has been selected HTC (HTC) as the mobile phone behalf of the business.

It is reported, Facebook smart phone code name taken from the American TV series "Buffy the vampire hunter" (Buffy The VampireSlayer). AllThingsD said citing people familiar with the statement, Facebook phone will use the revised Google Android operating system, and deep integration of Facebook's basic functions and services, and will support HTML5 and other technical standards, so that the phone has a feature to run the platform class of mobile applications.

Informed sources also revealed that the phone hardware OEM matters, Facebook had considered two manufacturers HTC and Samsung, but HTC has recently been selected. As recently selected foundry, Facebook phone is still some time away from the formal market, which is expected in the next 12 to 18 months after that. Informed sources say, Facebook's Buffy phone project started two years ago, is currently the project manager for Facebook chief technology officer (CTO) Brett Taylor (BretTaylor).

For the above Facebook Buffy rumors mobile phone project, Facebook added a spokesman refused to comment. But the spokesman said: "Facebook's mobile strategy is simple: We believe that if each mobile device with a deeper level of social elements, its performance will be even better. We are working with, including mobile operators, hardware manufacturers, operating System providers and application developers, including the entire mobile industry cooperation to bring to the world public better social experience. "

For the Facebook generation business phone rumors have been selected HTC, HTC has also refused to comment.

Mobile strategy

AllThingsD believes that the future of mobile business development for Facebook crucial. Facebook "meddle" mobile phone business, although the market will face many challenges, but also give the company a lot of potential business opportunities.

Facebook had previously said that at present its active mobile users has reached 350 million, and the company has with the world's 475 mobile operators reach a partnership. While the Facebook application has become the most popular types of smart phone applications in one, but until now, Facebook applications in the smart phone, just to play the role of providing technical support.

In other words, the smart phone users, they are currently in the process of using the Facebook application, that is, look at his friend in the delivery of messages on Facebook, uploaded pictures and status updates and so on. The mobile phone through Facebook, Facebook hopes greater strides: the user can use Facebook mobile camera immediately after the upload to the Facebook site. In addition, Facebook phone contact address can also be achieved with the user's Facebook friends list synchronization.

Competitive

AllThingsD that, Facebook into the phone business, mobile services will undoubtedly be more intense market competition. As the control of Google and Apple are two major mobile phone operating system (Android and iOS) right to speak, lead Facebook in this regard "maneuvers" of the space is not large.

While Apple has had issues with the Twitter social network integration to achieve a partnership, but over the years, Apple has been firmly in the grasp of the iOS platform to run various applications of control. On the other hand, Google has launched Google social networking service to challenge Facebook, and plans to integrate Google Android device functionality.

AllThingsD that Buffy phone project means that Facebook will take a major business transformation, that is, Facebook and mobile phone hardware vendors hope to launch a high degree of integration of the Facebook service for smart phones. Facebook Chief Technology Officer Taylor said earlier this year, mobile devices and social networking service is "inseparable."

Facebook Marketing Review - A Third Party Review of Using Facebook Marketing

Facebook Marketing Review - A Third Party Review of Using Facebook Marketing

Facebook is fast becoming the most popular website in all of internet land. Roughly more than 500 million people are registered Facebook users. Currently Facebook is the number 2 ranked website on the internet. Facebook is a worldwide phenomenon; hence as a business owner you have access to the entire world in terms of accessibility to markets. Here are some quick Facebook facts:

- 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
- Average user has 130 friends
- People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
- There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
- Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
- Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month
- More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month
- More than 70 translations available on the site
- About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
- Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
- Entrepreneurs and developers from more than 190 countries build with Facebook Platform
- People on Facebook install 20 million applications every day
- Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites
- Since social plugins launched in April 2010, an average of 10,000 new websites integrate with Facebook every day
- More than 2.5 million websites have integrated with Facebook, including over 80 of com Score's U.S. Top 100 websites and over half of com Score's Global Top 100 websites
- There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices
- People that use Facebook on their mobile devices is twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users
- There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products

Very few people realize the powerful value of Facebook as a means to market to literally millions of people. Most people use Facebook to connect with friends and family. The most successful internet marketers out there are using the immense power of Facebook to build their business.

As a member of Facebook there are several inherent advantages which you can take advantage of. Facebook users are allowed to post notes, make groups, syndicate content with thousands of friends and add videos.

How can you use Facebook to grow your business?

Below are the steps to create a lasting and powerful marketing influence on Facebook. The four steps are:

1. Create a fun and compelling profile page
2. Create a group with your name in the title
3. Create a fan page with your picture and name
4. Add 25 targeted friends a day

Business success is all about building relationships. As such, the most important resource on Facebook is people. Therefore, one of the most important aspects of your Facebook marketing campaign is the number and type of friends you have on Facebook. There are many people with very few friends on marketing. On the other hand some people have a lot of friends but these friends are non-targeted friends. It is important to remember that you should never add no more than 5 friends within 5 minutes on Facebook in order avoid the risk of Facebook banning your account.

For your Facebook marketing strategies it is important to bear in mind that people only want to do business with people they know, like and trust. I encourage you to create a fun and compelling profile page. It is important to be as real as possible and inspiring on your profile. Make your profile attractive to others and focus on connecting with people who visit your profile.

To further increase the level of targeted friends you acquire in Facebook, you will want to join targeted groups. Join groups related to your niche or the type of audience or group of people you are seeking to target. In addition, when you begin joining these groups the other group members will begin to add you as a friend.

The third step to increasing your brand and get your Facebook marketing activities is to create a group of your own. To brand yourself as a leader online, you will want to brand yourself by placing your name in the title of the group. In addition, be sure to associate your face with your group. There are several advantages of building your personalized group on Facebook such as: unlimited number of people in your group, ability to message all your group members, and the ability to create invites for business opportunity events.

As with all other forms of marketing, the key is to position yourself as a leader in your niche. You should aim to brand yourself as subject matter expert in your particular niche. Focus on the value you would like to add to your target market which helps you to be highly responsive and enable you to proactively meet the needs of your following on Facebook.

After you've built your brand on Facebook as a leader in your niche, established good relationships with your friends and provided tons of value to your prospects, you should then seek to introduce your prospects to your business opportunity.

Facebook manufactured the negative news of Google

Facebook manufactured the negative news of Google  

Recently, the global hot Internet social fields of the eldest brother Facebook Facebook engaged famous pr firm admitted Burson Marsteller burson-marsteller (-) help to spread after Google negative reports in the industry, caused a stir in foreign blog even open it burson-marsteller interpretation of the final stage, the conclusion is: the mean and cheap, dirty. Is really "outstanding". As for another party Facebook? Nature is get away with just outside the accused of its relative to it to want a gentleness many liberal.

Enterprise and public relations company always face the challenge of public value and price

The author in this wouldn't say who is right and who is wrong, the problem, the kind of things, because similar in the Internet and the IT industry, even is a kind of common occurance, hidden rule, the domestic have, foreign also exist, but some do enough secrecy, or too excessively (deviated from the facts and common sense), by exposure to IT.

In fact any enterprise, has its own strengths and weakness, if only from the negative perspective, namely have negative factors in it. Specific to the Facebook manufacturing Google negative news, the author holds that Facebook and Google the so-called liberal are looking for infringing users privacy (abroad) high regard this so-called Google negative has not clever. Say to the Internet privacy, and any company can be comparable with the relationship between Facebook privacy more closely and fetching attention? The rapid development of Facebook from before the problem during the related with privacy is almost always got proof, this also extremely accord with common sense. The author here not said Facebook does not pay attention to the user's privacy protection based on social networks, but for the Facebook user privacy protection from some degree of success or failure depends on Facebook. Namely, privacy and privacy protection is both Facebook and future development today, and maximum soft rib of the biggest advantage. From the cage's point of view, this means that the biggest risk and opportunity.

See here, maybe someone will say this is not contradictory? Of course not, what can have both opportunities and challenges said. The biggest risk is probably the greatest chance, the biggest opportunity may is the biggest risk, as to the facts and the outcome is to the enterprise itself the control and strength. From this perspective, Facebook user privacy and boya gimmick to make Google as the negative news, no matter whether Google produced after how to negative impact, has put herself before easily pushed back situation. Suffering rivals Don't know if, before Facebook and boya expected that.

Supposedly, Facebook spokesman has admitted that the company hired to Google make liberal back, and highlighted two reasons: first, some of the practices that Facebook Google users do raise privacy concerns; Second, and perhaps more importantly, Facebook has its own social networking sites to Google in using Facebook data service unhappy with the practice. The two reasons from Facebook, the author thinks that, together with boya cooperation in the beginning of Google negative news made (customer), Facebook is lack of enough reason, or is not thinking clearly, Google's negative news by manufacturing to achieve what purpose.

First is some practice, what measures? The key is this practice is threatening the field. Core Facebook Maybe someone will say, somebody else Facebook second reason is not very fully? Their data is Google social networking websites used. At first glance, really relevant, but then downwards think words, Google has accused Facebook before Google open your own user right, since it is so, Google data using Facebook and how the data?

The implication, Facebook is how to protect your own user data were not outside use? Namely the user privacy leaked? Besides a successful social network is not simply get of the user data to be successful, according to Google in the Internet or strength, not as seen in the outside world, social network or and social related services and products, always give a person the feeling of repeatedly fought and lost, facts are generally so. If so, the practice of this as Facebook gimmick, what exactly is lost, or have lost more than more than she is very questionable. But as Facebook pr boya not only did not provide good suggestion, especially for Facebook and Google competition lack the objective understanding business and posture, so even made more than Facebook (client) was confused, pr requirement act.

In response, Google, Google, said a spokeswoman for alleged the company is also the first heard that Facebook and it takes time to consider how to blame to respond. Don't know other insiders have any idea, perhaps is proved by the analysis of the front, the Google privacy this stunt to blame, not at first put his in the limelight and privacy protection waves? At least users about degree of privacy, Facebook, Google than it should. Want to say privacy or say first Facebook about yourself (if Google respond words). So Google didn't think of Facebook in order to accuse their risk. This lets the author remembered before Google attacked Microsoft copying its search results, and outside questioned its search turn to their websites scene. Not only respond quickly, and, quite professional, has its own engineer, also have outside experts, and today's scene formed a striking contrast. Why? Very simple, these are directly affect Google's core business search.

Here, the author thinks that Google, Facebook make already made negative news has not been disclosed, also won't Google had any substantial influence from Facebook, i.e., the bedroom with boya common public case for opponents will not always in itself but implied, instead of big risk for themselves after a great opponent (that is, let the counter space), basic without any pr value, but after Revelations, basically should be a failure cases. Our enterprise and provide the service pr company, market analysis statistics in the event the again how can get beneficial enlightenment? Value and price how to weigh? Enough to intriguing.

Facebook Lite Unveiled Stealing Twitter's Thunder

Facebook Lite Unveiled Stealing Twitter's Thunder

Facebook Lite has been the newest Facebook makeover in which the social network has become a lot more simplified. How is this affecting social media optimization? Many believe Facebook Lite has been introduced as a direct competitor to Twitter's minimalistic look. Before, it used to be that social networks with more applications, options, preferences was better. Facebook was winning that race by far, with hundreds of different applications you could choose from as compared to other social networks which had just a handful. Facebook also had more detailed privacy and profile settings and a variety of options on how you wanted to display your profile. Now marketing has seen the popularity switch from more to less with people enjoying Twitter's simple look and the idea of a limited character micro blogging service.

There have been some significant changes in the new Facebook. Facebook Lite does not have any applications like the regular Facebook does. Facebook Lite allows you to tag the friends in your network if you mention them in a status update. When you mention a friend from your friend's list while typing a status message, Facebook Lite provides you a drop down menu of friends with that name so you can tag the friend mentioned. The person who you tagged in your status update is then notified, just like if you tagged a friend in a photo on regular Facebook. A lot of people take time to "get Facebook" when they first join. There's so many applications, choices, options, features that it can leave someone new quite confused and frustrated. First time I dealt with Facebook I think I had to sit for a good couple hours clicking on random tabs to figure out what they all did and how I get back to where I began from. With experience of using this social network you get a hang of it. I think Facebook Lite is a way to end this problem and provide users with a faster simpler version of Facebook if they choose.

I think this is the first time Facebook has renovated in such a way so that they can offer two different versions to their users instead of one version that people may or may not like. I say this is smart marketing strategy. It's like a beginner's version (Facebook Lite) and an advanced version (regular Facebook) If you can handle and enjoy the complex nature of Facebook, you can go ahead and use the regular Facebook. If you like a simple Twitter like feel to it, then go in for Facebook Lite. I think from the Social Media Optimization point of view, businesses and corporations will prefer the regular Facebook as it gives them more leeway to provide information and entertainment to their followers. Last year Facebook had unsuccessfully tried to buy out Twitter. Since then, Facebook has done the next best thing and copied Twitter's minimalistic appeal. But even then Facebook's networking is still quite different from Twitter. People connect with each other on Facebook generally if they are acquainted with each other or are friends. Connections on Facebook depend on one person connecting with another and if they accept, you are then connected to the same network. Then both parties get status information and updates about each other. Twitter works differently in that you can choose to follow random people or people you know. Anyone you choose to follow is not obligated to follow you back. You don't have to know them or be friends with them, you follow them if you're curious enough to want to know about their activity. Twitter has received a lot of publicity for celebrities and businesses using this social network as a way to reach out to their fans while also maintaining their distance.

Facebook is still in develop time line function

Facebook is still in develop time line function

Beijing time on November 18 news, according to foreign media reports, science and technology blog blogger Robert Scoble, secco Boolean (Robert Scoble) quoted insiders news says Facebook, Facebook is still in development state function.

About two months ago, Facebook announced the official function to be released. will be fully replace personal information page, change the browse and use Facebook user mode. Of course, new function also integrate the Open map (Open Graph).

But because the laws and privacy issues, Facebook had to delay the time of issue line function.

The scofiled Boolean in its Facebook page said: "Facebook is processing speed, fluency and interface problems. Today, Facebook introduced a very good picture uploading tools, and I think this is part of plans to Facebook. Facebook users to upload all of that old photos, and for the last date marking these photos. In addition, Facebook will also improve image upload speed."

In September, Facebook function has been carried in developer testing. Developers found that the editing functions problems. Many developers have been used Facebook years, but will all the personal data classification is still a very headache things. If Facebook planned improved the function, Facebook need a lot of development.

Although is still no sure release dates, open maps of some improvement has to meet us. The scofiled Boolean said: "' unimpeded sharing '(frictionless sharing) is about to pop. The next few weeks, of dozens of applications will be added to the Ticker."

Beijing time on November 18 news, according to foreign media reports, science and technology blog blogger Robert Scoble, secco Boolean (Robert Scoble) quoted insiders news says Facebook, Facebook is still in development state function.

About two months ago, Facebook announced the official function to be released. will be fully replace personal information page, change the browse and use Facebook user mode. Of course, new function also integrate the Open map (Open Graph).

But because the laws and privacy issues, Facebook had to delay the time of issue line function.

The scofiled Boolean in its Facebook page said: "Facebook is processing speed, fluency and interface problems. Today, Facebook introduced a very good picture uploading tools, and I think this is part of plans to Facebook. Facebook users to upload all of that old photos, and for the last date marking these photos. In addition, Facebook will also improve image upload speed."

In September, Facebook function has been carried in developer testing. Developers found that the editing functions problems. Many developers have been used Facebook years, but will all the personal data classification is still a very headache things. If Facebook planned improved the function, Facebook need a lot of development.

Although is still no sure release dates, open maps of some improvement has to meet us. The scofiled Boolean said: "' unimpeded sharing '(frictionless sharing) is about to pop. The next few weeks, of dozens of applications will be added to the Ticker."

Facebook hire people to blackened Google

Facebook hire people to blackened Google

In the United States, a silicon valley circle "thriller" have been around for a few days a world famous pr companies hire "hired guns" employed against Internet giant Google infringed wrote the user privacy, but the sleaze mysterious employers have been behind not known. Google in guess times after each big rival, 12, mystery solved, "mysterious person" was the first big social networking site Facebook (Facebook nets). Insider was revealed, facebook founder, "small gates" zack borg "red in the face", but facebook company refused to apologize, and insists this is not for Google's "defamation". An interesting phenomenon is Google has not on facebook, with the American media attack, saying, Google to accept the "oneself is facebook evil plot victims" status. The "American network civil war" captured the world each big media of the onlookers, but on facebook and Google comments are all playing five top 10 boards, after all, in leak user privacy, two public praise is not so good. Japanese TV program dedicated to comment, if these technologies said the world economy is the final word of chaos, is worse than none.

Opponent, facebook blackened caught the current. For the "secret U.S. media war" description, much like a Hollywood blockbuster, the extent of the crane person appetite even awakened people "for watergate memories".

This is what happened. On May 3rd, American blogger Christopher Sophie Ann received from the world famous pr company boya company email. Email saying, Google have been violate the privacy of Internet users, but the mainstream media did not disclose the company collect user privacy and recommended Sophie Ann actions against Google articles written and ensure published in the Washington post can "and" Hector fenton reaction post, political news website Politico, etc. The media heavyweight However, Sophie Ann rejected the proposal, boya and he exchanges e-mails released to the blog contents. "USA today newspaper then published this E-mail content first and accused boya as" an unnamed client "spread against Google gossip. As the news spread extensively, exactly who is calling "mysterious" became a U.S. media dedicated customer unsolvable mystery. Google rival Microsoft and apple has become a suspected the object. However, 12 unveiled the answer is surprised. On that day, the American news website "beasts daily" exposure, "an unnamed client" is social networking giant facebook.

Identity was revealed, facebook spokesman immediately recognize the company invites boya against Google. But facebook also issued a statement for yourself, "we didn't approve or attempt to use" the strategy, blackened "opponents we expect a third party agencies can confirm, people don't want their information on the facebook social by Google" without authorization or other site "collected use." In addition, facebook insisted that "we have no intention of Google does not acknowledge this caused slander", "we don't need to apologize.

Boya chief executive mark Penn also confirmed that the boya indeed by facebook hiring, claiming that facebook requirements boya his own name. But boya carries also apologized to said. "no matter what the hell out of reason, this all doesn't comply with the company standard operating procedures, also against the company's policy. This should be refused to drop."

However, Google has an important party this event to remain silent. The United States "the inquiry website" 13, said Google probably analysis to accepting one's own "facebook evil plot victims" this fact.

And facebook chief executive, Internet sector "super parvenu" zack borg became opinion target. AFP says action to make zack blackened borg "red in the face." American Dartmouth college professor Paul al GanDi said: "chief executive often hung on the side of the mouth of responsibility?" Germany in le monde newspaper "real trouble and wrong zack borg titled points out, facebook's behavior is beyond the Internet's bottom line, also involves privacy political depths, zack feinberg for young pay a price.

The two giants of the silicon valley mask game

This caused worldwide media group of Internet giant wars, actually is facebook and Google have deteriorated after many years of a total outbreaks.

Facebook developing its own smartphone

Facebook developing its own smartphone

The Web is afloat with fresh rumors that Facebook is developing a new phone optimized for the social networking site. A technology website AllThingsD has reported that Facebook is closely working with HTC to make the phone, which in all likelihood is going to be a savvy smartphone.

Not the first time:- This is not the first time that Facebook is rumored to be working on its own phone. About a year back, CNET had reported that Facebook was in talks with major hardware manufacturers to come out with a smartphone. But as smartphones began hitting the market sporting Facebook-specific buttons, the rumors subsided.

If the latest rumor is to be believed, Facebook is reconsidering the option to build its own phone. Facebook is an important component of new Windows Phones as well, as they come with Facebook and Twitter integrated into the operating system, letting you sync your contacts with those on your social networking sites.

It remains to be seen how a Facebook phone is going to fare in the marketplace, when there already are strong players like iPhone and Android.

Smartphone specifications:- Reportedly, the smartphone will be powered by a customized version of Google's Android operating system, and will be optimized to let you access Facebook the way you do on PCs.

The phone has an interesting codename 'Buffy,' after the name of a popular TV show about vampires. AllThingsD declined to unveil any details about the sources from where it got the news. The new Facebook phone will not simply sport a few Facebook buttons, but will offer a unique Facebook experience, with social networking built into the heart of the device.

It also reported that Facebook had earlier been in talks with Samsung to manufacture the device, before finally zeroing in on HTC.

The choice certainly makes sense. The latest smartphones from the HTC stable, Salsa and Chacha, have dedicated Facebook buttons and are apparently more Facebook-friendly than other phones.

Motorola and INQ Mobile are the other mobile makers that have also included Facebook buttons on their phones. About a year back, CNET had reported that Facebook was in talks with major hardware manufacturers to come out with a smartphone. But as smartphones began hitting the market sporting Facebook-specific buttons, the rumors subsided.

A unique Facebook experience:- According to AllThingsD, the new Facebook phone will not simply sport a few Facebook buttons, but will offer a unique Facebook experience, with social networking built into the heart of the device.

Facebook is an important component of new Windows Phones as well, as they come with Facebook and Twitter integrated into the operating system, letting you sync your contacts with those on your social networking sites. AllThingsD has reported that Facebook is closely working with HTC to make the phone, which in all likelihood is going to be a savvy smartphone.

It remains to be seen how a Facebook phone is going to fare in the marketplace, when there already are strong players like iPhone and Android. Both of these existing platforms have good support for Facebook.

Facebook Business Pages Demystified for Business Owners

Facebook Business Pages Demystified for Business Owners

Facebook is so popular that business owners can simply no longer consider it a site only appropriate for socializing and game playing. In fact, in September 2010, Facebook surpassed Google in regards to the amount of time users spent on their site. Facebook states that users spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook!

With 500 million active users, Facebook is the new behemoth on the Web. With its popularity across diverse age groups, integrated email application, and new Bing search integration, a Facebook user may simply no longer need to visit Google for Web searches or log off to use an email application. They may be able to experience the Web fully all from inside Facebook. With more than 50% of the active users logging into Facebook every day, according to Facebook, Facebook is now so important to your potential customers' lives that it make sense for you as a business owner to have a presence where your prospects are hanging out on a daily basis.

Let's clear up a few things that have confused business owners about Facebook. First, a Business Page is not to be confused with a personal profile. They are two separate entities and offer different options and ways to interact with friends and colleagues.

Are Business Pages also called Fan Pages?

Many of you that have been using Facebook for a while will remember that Facebook used to call Business Pages - Fan Pages. Additionally, it used to be that someone "fanned you". Now they "like you". Don't get confused in thinking that a Fan Page is a different product than a Business Page they are one in the same.

All Facebook Business Pages start with the set up of a personal Facebook profile. That's right, a personal profile! You can't just jump to Business Page set up. The email address and name you use for your personal profile must be one tied to a person and not a catchall email like info@mydomain.com. Remember, that if you have an employee set up the personal profile portion for your Business Page, that you don't want them to tie the new account to an email that you will not have access to if they leave the company. If they do so and leave your employ, you could lose access to your Facebook Business Page, all of your accumulated fans, and information without recourse.

For set up I typically recommend that one of business owners create a new email address specifically for Facebook set up. Once you have set up the personal Facebook profile, you are ready to get started. But, don't take time to add information like education other details in this special account unless you plan on using it for your own personal use. You are just setting up this account to have a platform to launch and access your new Facebook Business Page.

If People Were Sentimental Like They Are On Facebook

(Aggressive potato peeling noises) -Wow. -I just wanted to  say how genuinely blessed I felt today. -I look around me and everyone's doing such real, and important work... I just feel so lucky to be surrounded by such geniuses! -Oh, thanks Glen, I feel lucky too.

-Eugh.
-Ohh god.
-Oh boy.
-Not agaain. -What? Guys, that was really touching! -He does this all the time. -Yeah. He's overly sentimental just to get attention.

-What's wrong with a little bit of, uh, gratitude? -(Inturrupting) As long as I can remember my family has been behind me. -I wouldn't be anywhere without them! -So I just wanted to say thanks to my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers. -My aunts, my uncles and my grandparents. -(Happy sigh) -No matter where i'm at in the world, I know where home is.

-And for that, I am thankful. -There you go, I think that's really an... -Oh. -Okay.

That's nice. -My buddy Derek. -One of the best guys around. -When we hang out, my soul shines!! (Giggling) -He's one of the funniest guys I know, which makes it even crazier, that he's also the most generous.

-So here's to you, Derek. -I'm thankful for our friendship. -Awww!
-Awwh! -Sure. -(Group) Aaawwwww.

-Wow. -A lot of Derek fans. -I just wanted to say thank you. -To everyone, for supporting mee! I feel so loved! -(Group) Aaawwwhhh!! -Well.

(Tongue click) What's wrong with wanting a little love and attention? -Warning. Pretty dark post ahead. Recently, I was feeling pretty depressed. I was going through some dark stuff, but luckily my friends were there to support me.

(Music) -(group) Aaaaawhhhh!!! (Music) -You thanked your friends already, so... -And when I was soo sad... My family even came out, and supported me as well! -(Group) Aaaaaaaaaaaw! -You definitely already thanked your family too... So everyone, please could we...

-When I was at my saddest, you better believe my best bud Derek was there through it all. -Aaaaaaaawwwhh. -What the FUCK is so great about DEREK? -So yeah. I'm a lucky guy, who's so blessed to be so lucky.

Sorry to be so real. (Inhale) -Aaaaaaaaaaw! -This is gross, and i hate it! (Spoon clinking) -You haven't even tasted it yet! -I told you we put too much salt in it. -Hi, i'm Zac from CollegeHumor. Click here to subscribe, or click here to watch another funny video.

Uh, if you click, like, right here, you can pretend like you're holding me, and i'm a tiny person. (Gagging) (gasping) Woah! Let me down! Let me down! Aah!.

How to Invite People to Like Your Business Page on Facebook

Looking for ways to get more people to Like
your business Facebook page? We'll share with you some ways to build your
Facebook audience by inviting friends, inviting email contacts, and sharing your page
with others. You can upload your email contact list to
Facebook so they will be more likely to see a suggestion to 'like' your page on
Facebook. If your email contacts aren't on Facebook, they
won't see your suggestion. To upload your email contact list, click on the
more options menu.

This menu appears as three gray dots on the
bottom of your cover photo. Click on the "Suggest Page" link. A pop-up window will appear, allowing you to
choose which contact list you'd like to upload. Coose your email service and follow the on-
screen instructions.

Another way to get more 'likes' for your page is
by inviting your Facebook friends. In the more options menu, select "Invite
Friends." A pop-up window will appear, where you can
choose which friends you would like to invite. Friends who have already liked your page or
been invited to like your page
 cannot be invited again. Finally, you might want to share your page.

You can share your business page on your
personal timeline, on a friend's timeline, in a group, in an event, or in a private message
to another Facebook friend. Each of these options allows you to include a
personal message with your invitation. To share your business page, click the more options button. Select where you would like to share your page.

Include a message, then press Post. It's important to get the word out about your
business and get as may likes as possible! The steps we've just shared are easy ways to let
everyone know about your business page..

How to hide your likes on Facebook

Today we're going to work on what I call
"Troll Patrol" how to tighten things up just a little bit more. Zap it up one
notch. Had a great question the other day "Is they're away on Facebook to like
something without all your friends seeing that you liked it?" Can it be turned off?  The answer:
absofreakinlutely! Alright, follow along and here's how we do it. When you're in
your Facebook, click on your profile page right up here next to your picture.

When
you click on it, it will bring you to the main profile. You hover over "More" right
here and then you scroll down to "Likes" click on "Likes" it's gonna show you
everything you've liked. Remember this because we're going to use this in
another tutorial about those spammy sites that you didn't know you liked. Anyway, that's a different story.

Now you
click on "Manage" and you click on "Edit Privacy". Right there it is OK? So remember you went to edit privacy
and now it gives you a whole list I'm going to scroll down here so you can see
it all. All the way down to others. Whatever is
important to you if you don't care about who sees your movies you can leave it
public.

If you just want your friends to see
what movies you like making friends you don't want anybody to see it except
yourself then you can make it "Only Me." This way you know what you like and
you've given credit to other websites you'd say "Why would you want to keep it
only me?" Hey! When you like websites, you know like Super Easy Tech Tips ahh,
people like that you like it but you don't have to show that you liked it so
that's cool, but they get credit for having another like which you might want
to do anyway. Suck-up suck-up suck-up. All right you
just go down the list and you said each one to the way you want television, music,
books, etc. It's that simple ok now that you're done
or when you are done click close and before you're done doing that don't
forget to click the thumbs up down at the bottom of the screen down there to
kind of like this video and by all means if you haven't done so yet Subscribe..

Facebook and Google are unable to do lover but an enemy

Facebook and Google are unable to do lover but an enemy

"The global population: China's first, second, and third" India Facebook. This is a rather interesting "global population census data". Though Facebook is not a "sovereign state", but have a lot of Facebook users in some ways has peremptory is a country.


The number of domestic Facekook users is not much, want to access Facebook words must use over the wall and a few small means. But americans for the attention of Facebook, has been all didn't stop. Bill Gates once said "in the virtual world, nobody knows you're a dog". In the era of Facebook, this words should be replaced with "in the world of Facebook, everyone knows you are a dog." what This is Facebook's skill, it persuaded the people around the world in the network world confirmed his identity.


Domestic 3 Q war just flame out, with Google QingQiu record Facebook between the large and playing. Not long ago, Gmail and Facebook officially break, Google announced its Gmail data import ban Facebook. Facebook and Google, they can't do with "lovers can only do enemy." This is not the most appropriate solution open "a declaration of war".


Recently, there are reports that Facebook with its more than 500 million subscribers to the advantage of.com or into @ Facebook @ fb.com Email services market. The code for "Titan" on Facebook, internal called "Gmail killer (Gmail)" plan to the killer, it will become the implementation of competition between Google and Facebook catalyst, also will show the power of Email to +.


What Facebook launched E-mail service function of the effect will be how to HeXi, taking everyone do a simple analysis. From the current 500 million users of Facebook has the technology begins to calculate case, Facebook has announced 500 million users, including 50% of users on Facebook every day, also is 250 million. On the 250 million Facebook every day users, a conservative estimate that if there are one over ten people use Facebook Email services, then the Email service, independent of Facebook is also the number of visitors is 25 million. The latest research report Compete. Gmail in the United States to the top of the number for 25.1 million, independent visit 15% market share. Even if Facebook mail service in the early stages of the effect only we now expect the half, even less. But who dares say, Facebook which day won't email services beyond Google's Gmail email service? Therefore, Facebook to Google Gmail Email service service threat, there is.


Google Gmail also well with the preparation. Google recently announced a raise dividend, in case of talents and loss. At the same time will not allow through the API to be automatic will users of Google contacts data into Facebook, in case the loss of users.


Since always, yahoo and Hotmail as Google Gmail biggest competitor. But the Facebook was born in the dormitory for social network contact information, will in Google began a seemingly impossible began to war. Finally "time to come" I don't care. I only hope, the victims of war is not our users.