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Friday, September 07, 2012
INFOGRAPHIC: Facebook Page Growth During Olympics And Paralympics
We know that many brands saw rapid gains during the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but how many brands were able to sustain that growth through the 2012 Paralympic Games? Alchemy Social, an Experian company, released a graph showing how popular fan pages attracted more likes through both events. Among fan pages with up to 500,000 fans, it appears that British Airways, BP America, and Thomson Holidays were among the big gainers. For... read more>>
Survey Says: Facebook Goofed, But Why The Long Political News Quiz?
Some Facebook users were invited to take a survey from the social network -- in error, as it turns out -- and the survey evolved into a quiz about political news. Marketing Land reported on and captured images of the survey, later receiving this response from Facebook: For a brief period of time, an incomplete test survey was visible to a small percentage of users. This survey has been removed. According to Marketing Land,... read more>>
Facebook Has No Plans Yet To Add China
China, the world's most populous country at 1.3 billion people, has blocked its citizens from accessing Facebook. It doesn't appear that this will change anytime soon. At a recent social media conference in Hong Kong, Facebook's North Asia director,Jayne Leung, said the social network currently has no plans to make a move into China. Meld Magazine Editor Karen Poh posted the news on Twitter, which was picked up by CNET. Leung also... read more>>
Get The Most From Facebook's Sponsored Results
You might have noticed, when searching on Facebook for a brand page, that other related companies show up in the search results. Facebook last month rolled out sponsored results as a new way for advertisers to get more bang for their buck, and so far, it's working pretty well. Do a search for "facebook marketing" on Facebook, and you'll see our ad. Facebook rolled out sponsored results one month ago, for those with... read more>>
Bulbstorm Facebook Apps Poke Fun At Election
Facebook users can avoid political posts on the social network, or they can have a little fun with them by using two new Facebook applications from Bulbstorm. Quote Me allows users to choose their candidates, pick from three poses, add their own quotes, and share the results to their timelines. Bulbstorm added that the app is optimized for mobile. And Headlines Challenge brings out the inner journalists in Facebook users by allowing them... read more>>
Obama Supporters Flock To Facebook During Acceptance Speech
Last week, AllFacebook looked at the reaction on Facebook to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. As a follow-up, we tracked public posts on Facebook when President Barack Obama had his turn Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C., at the Democratic National Convention. While there was nothing that compared to the empty chair meme, the reaction on the social network was swift and varied. Posts... read more>>
Spam Email From Facebook Friends? Here's Why
Facebook repaired a misconfiguration last week that briefly allowed spammers to obtain data on users' friends and use those friends' names on emails, but it's now in the hands of email providers to locate and shut down the sources of the spam. CNET reported that while the spammers no longer have access to any new data from the social network, they are continuing to use the information they were able to obtain... read more>>
Look Out, Facebook Like Button: Pinterest's Pin This Sees 637 Percent Growth Since February
The ever-present Facebook like button has seen growth of 34 percent since February in terms of being published to external websites. One would think that 34 percent is a fairly solid growth rate, but it placed Facebook behind Google Plus, AddThis, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and LinkedIn. And all of those social networks were dwarfed by the performance of the Pin This button from Pinterest, which saw growth skyrocket by 637 percent. Those data... read more>>
Amazon's New Kindle Tablets Optimized For Facebook
Amazon is launching a new line of Kindle tablets, complete with Facebook integration and a custom Facebook application. Facebook worked closely with Amazon to optimize the Kindle experience for Facebook users. Kindle users will not get a Facebook app built by Amazon using the Facebook application-programming interface as a third-party developer: They will enjoy an app created by Facebook itself just for the Kindle platform. This Facebook app for Kindle and other Facebook... read more>>
How To Veto Political Posts From Your Facebook News Feed
So you're not running with Romney or beaming for Barack, and you're a little sick of seeing all of the political posts on your Facebook news feed. There is a way to block them without clicking on each one individually. Tech blog Lifehacker illustrates how to remove certain keywords (such as Romney, Obama, Democratic, Republican, etc.) from popping up in the news feed. Here are the steps: Install Social Fixer: Lifehacker suggests that... read more>>
Obama Campaign Taps Facebook's Open Graph; Users Can Share That They're Watching Speech
Facebook's open graph became a part of President Barack Obama's campaign platform Thursday, as the incumbent's campaign launched the Obama 2012 Facebook application (o users of the social network can share the fact that they are watching Thursday night's acceptance speech. The social network offered more details in the caption of a photo on the U.S. Politics on Facebook page: Ahead of tonight's Democratic National Convention speech by President Barack Obama, his campaign... read more>>
Recommendation Platform Top10 Adds Facebook-Integrated No. 1 Button
Recommendation platform Top10 added a No. 1 button to its website, allowing users to share their top recommendations for topics of all kinds on Facebook. f applicable, Top10 recommendations also offer links to online stores where friends of users can purchase the products being touted. Top10 is also available as an HTML5 application, making for a seamless transition for users between computers, tablets, and smartphones. The new No. 1 button and Facebook integration join... read more>>
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