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We All Hate Facebook Places Already

August 20, 2010 by Jay Dolan
I don’t think I ran across a single blog yesterday that thought Facebook places was a great idea.  We all know it was derived from Foursquare, Gowalla and their cousins.  People detest “friends” being able to check you into places, and privacy groups are waging another war with Facebook. I think enough has been said about how... [read more]

Understanding Your Privacy With Facebook Places

August 19, 2010 by Jeff Morris
The time has come for the oft-discussed Facebook Places to finally launch. One of the biggest topics of discussion around Facebook Places is how this will affect user privacy – especially due to some of the huge privacy issues in the past that Facebook has had to deal with. The Facebook Places functionality just became available to many... [read more]

Facebook Places: Foursquare Without the Fun?

August 19, 2010 by Colin Delany
The big news in the social media space: Facebook has released “Places,” a much-anticipated geo-location service that will allow users to “check in” at locations around the world. Or rather, Facebook is in the process of releasing Places, since it’s not available everywhere as of this writing. In an interesting move, Facebook has... [read more]

5 Things You Need To Know About Facebook Places Right Now

August 19, 2010 by Tracey Udas
The official luanch of Facebook's new location-based application, Facebook Places, has a few people talking and many of us wondering what this means for business - if anything at all. Here are five things you should know about Facebook Places right now: [read more]

Facebook's Location Services - A Good Thing?

August 19, 2010 by Tia Fisher
So.  Here it is.  Amidst some fanfare and yahoo, Facebook has announced its location services Package, called (fair enough) 'Places', and involves the more or less willing co-operation of the the other big location services. Firstly, a disclaimer.  I don't do Foursquare or Gowalla or any of the others (although I know and... [read more]

Facebook Profile Pages Becoming Irrelevant?

August 17, 2010 by Jason Stocks-Young
As Facebook becomes more and more popular, the social network giant is putting more emphasis on the real-time feed. In other words, the activities of your friends displayed in reverse chronological order on your Facebook homepage. In the old days of Facebook - and indeed traditionally with social networks like MySpace and Friendster -... [read more]
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Social media is therapy for the 21st century

August 16, 2010 by Sandy Miller
Sandy Miller has been working in marketing and advertising for many years. During that time she has met many people that could benefit from some good therapy and some that she felt were driving her to need therapy. You can check her out at @sandeemiller or www.marketingdaze.com. [read more]

Is Facebook hitting saturation point?

August 14, 2010 by Dirk Singer
That’s a question Hitwise’s Robin Goad asked earlier this week when he showed that - in the UK - Facebook was now getting one in six page views, or 16.73% of the total.   That puts it in front of Google UK (8.22%), ebay (5.39%) and YouTube (2.64%). Robin makes his observation by pointing out that Facebook’s UK growth rate... [read more]
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If you’re searching for something, will you Facebook it?

August 12, 2010 by Keredy Stott
Excitement seems to be bubbling about Facebook’s Open Graph Search Engine – will it work, will it be useful and, excuse the pun, will it be liked? [read more]

Google vs. Facebook - The War

August 12, 2010 by LJ Jones
The social networking war is heating up.  With Google's purchase of Slide and Jambool, Facebook has gone to DEFCON 1 and ordered Lockdown across the company.  The Lockdown, noted by the neon Lockdown sign on Zuck's office door, has been declared for the next 60 days to prepare Facebook for the upcoming launch of Google Me.... [read more]

5 Ways You Can Wake Up Your Facebook Page

August 11, 2010 by Evelyn Parham
These days it seems like everybody and their mama has a facebook account. If you have a blog and a facebook account, you should consider creating a facebook page for your blog/website/services/product/business. It can help you build your brand and connect with many people outside your friend circle. I’m new to facebook pages and I am... [read more]
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Grow your business with social media

August 10, 2010 by Sandy Miller
Sometimes talking with clients it comes down to one simple question and that is where they challenge me to tell them “why do I need social media?” I’m never bothered by that question because it’s the same reason a company does any advertising and marketing.Most businesses will agree their primary goal is to make more money and to... [read more]