Category: Facebook
Facebook gone Wild, how much is too much?
A friend of mine recently posted a derogatory comment about her place of employment on Facebook. She was angry and upset and wasn’t prepared for the backlash that followed. She was fired the next day effective immediately. One in five employers admit they monitor current and potential employees Facebook sites (http://www.smk.net.au/article/australian-employers-screening-with-social-media) Dr Jane Johnston, expert […]
Read More | ShareTimeline rolls out to Facebook Pages
It’s what many of us have been waiting for – Facebook Pages can now get the Timeline profile layout, similar to user profiles. This will allow companies to bring new creativity to their pages and also down the road will allow for even better app integration. Another key feature that has been released in this […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Australia 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Facebook has well and truly penetrated the Australian market – so much so that it may have reached saturation point and will be very slow from now on to gain new users. We decided to look more into this and give you some new statistics about Facebook in Australia as of February 2012. Thanks to […]
Read More | ShareRunning a Facebook Competition
So you have a Facebook page but not much is happening? Not getting many new fans? No-one commenting on your updates? Join the club! One of the best ways to get more Likes on Facebook is to run a competition. Give your readers a reason to Like you! Facebook has pretty strict terms and conditions […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Mobile Advertising
Many people have said that Facebook missed out on Mobile Advertising and harnessing the power of their mobile users. According to their SEC filing, Facebook has 425 million active monthly mobile users. Do remember Facebook Deals and Facebook Places? We wrote previously about Facebook Deals coming to Australia but only a handful of large companies […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to launch Verified Accounts
Similar to Twitter and Google Plus, Facebook is going to be launched Verified Accounts to users with a large number of subscribers. Whilst Verified Facebook accounts will not get a special badge on the profile, they will show more often as a Suggested Subscription: http://www.facebook.com/subscriptions/suggestions/ – obviously getting special prominence in Facebook’s edgerank algorithm. A […]
Read More | ShareFacebook – Zynga
Facebook has just made an amendment to their filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). More importantly it reveals there is much more than meets the eye between Facebook and Zynga. Here is a summary of the update: Facebook wants to help Zynga build their social gaming platform on-top of the Facebook platform […]
Read More | ShareFacebook files for $5 Billion IPO
It has finally happened – Facebook has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise $5 billion USD. In the process many of Facebook’s employees will be able to sell their own shares in the company – as a result many will become millionaires. This is a conservative IPO for Facebook as […]
Read More | ShareTop Five things you don’t want to see on Facebook
Since writing the Phony Facebooking article I have been bombarded with specific examples of what people really don’t want you to share on Facebook. Whilst I’ve already covered Directed Posts, passive aggressive statuses and inappropriate over-sharing. Here are the Top Five social-networking behaviours that make you wish there was a ‘Dislike’ button. 1. Muscle cars as […]
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Facebook – 845 Million Users
We have just reported that Facebook has filed their IPO. According to the SEC filing, Facebook has given us some new stats, which I’ll summarise: Facebook now has 845 million users signed up to the site – on track to 1 billion users this year? 483 million daily active users 2.7 billion Likes and Comments […]
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