A new application hit Facebook called the Friend Network Optimizer sponsored by SAP. It has grown in popularity even though it is such a brand new application. The tool works by telling users how active they are on their Facebook compared to a portion of a social graph. While it may not seem like much at first, this tool is quite interesting to use. It has spread so quickly because it immediately posts feed stories when a user installs the application, therefore generating more users to sign up. The fact that this Facebook app has done so well is due to the way that it has worked around...

At f8, Facebook announced its new Facebook Insights and it has finally rolled them out. While it is no match for Google Analytics as of now, many believe that there is some positive benefit to this particularly new feature. It works with websites and applications as well as Facebook pages. In order to use it with a website, all one needs to do is to have Facebook Connect implemented on the website. In addition to this, Facebook Insights now allows you to view analytics around specific elements of your website, such as specific stories as well as the comments that visitors post to your...

Would you like to see your traffic from Facebook increase by some 50 percent? If so, you might want to do what some TypePad users did when they installed Facebook “like” widget on their blog’s sidebar. These users have reported an increase in the amount of referral traffic that amounts to a 50 percent increase. The Like Feature, introduced recently at the F8 Developer Conference, allows readers to click on the small “like” button to share the information with their Facebook friends. In doing so, the user does not have to leave the site, but other friends on...

In the month of April, the growth of Facebook increased tremendously in the Middle East. The fact that the popularity of this global social networking site continues to expand and grow exponentially all over the world. In places where the site never imagined there to be a strong following this has occurred. This is because the way that the marketing is happening and the easiness that one has to get onto the internet, it is easy to see why so many people in the Middle East have decided to climb on board and see what it is that they are missing. From April to May Egypt added over 390,000 new...

If there is one thing that Facebook has gotten good at over the last few years it is in its ability to generate publicity and to create growth for themselves. This is true for many reasons and continues to occur. Due to the extensive increase in ads on Facebook, and mind you these are only self generated ads on the homepage, not even outside ads, they have surpassed Yahoo and Microsoft in their number of impressions. This just shows, not only how much they have grown, but also how much they do and how well they relate to their customers if they are willing to click and use them. One thing...

Clearly from this blog you can probably surmise that I enjoy Facebook quite a bit. I accept the fact that privacy concerns are valid and Facebook simply isn’t for everyone – as evident by the May 31st Quit Facebook Day that thousands are now supporting. So, for those who are considering leaving Facebook, I thought it would be helpful to simply have someone point you in the right direction to delete your Facebook account. You can do this fairly easily. There is a specific link and form to fill out on Facebook that allows you to close off the account. You can find it at...

Facebook has a love or hate type of audience. You love to sign in and to interact with your account but many of its users have a very thin line from not liking the applications and overall usability of Facebook. This has become the topic of conversation as of late. Facebook has made some key changes to its privacy policy. This policy governs how information about Facebook users is shared, or is not shared, and is accessed by other users and third parties. Many people are not happy with the new changes, as would be expected. Facebook Users Unite One way in which Facebook users are reacting to...

  Everyone has those moments on Facebook that are just embarrassing. A bad photo is posted. You have to deal with saying the wrong thing to the wrong person. You make a statement and wish you just had not. The bad news is that now, these messages are able to be collected by a new application and displayed, again, for everyone to see. In a time when Facebook privacy settings are all important, it has become increasingly necessary to pay attention to the specifics of each setting or security measure provided. Some Facebook users are now learning the hard way that these messages, those all...

Many people have heard that Betty White was recently on Saturday Night Live, the popular evening variety and comedy show. While she may not seem like the typical comedian or performer for this venue, it is in part the success of Facebook and other social media networks that has helped her to do so well. The fact is that social media is changing the way that people interact with each other, even as far as who is put onto television. While the Saturday Night Live gig was a big one for Betty White, there is now a new push for the actress and comedienne. Now, a new Facebook page has sprung up...

Zynga is one of the largest gaming platforms on the Facebook network right now. You may have heard of the game Farmville, one of the largest and longest running games thus far on Facebook. With millions of users, there is little doubt that Farmville alone could not be abandoned easily. Still, there are currently rumors that Zynga and Facebook are in somewhat of a war against each other. Application developers are watching this rumor closely as it could signal a switch in the way that people interact with games on Facebook. Fox News recently picked up the rumor. According to Fox News,...