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25. August 2010

Facebook is Start Rolling Out New Page Width

Caution, Facebook Page administrators: Facebook is set to begin rolling out narrower Page tabs today. The width of the tabs will be reduced from 720 pixels to 520. The change was announced back in October 2009 but was delayed, presumably to let administrators prepare for the reduced tab width. Still, many popular Pages still use [...]

5. July 2010

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Study: Facebook Profile Ads Are More Effective Than Homepage Ads

A study which was recently completed by Mulley Communications found that Facebook users spend more time looking at advertisements on profile pages than on the homepage. More specifically, “71% of users looked at adverts on their Profile pages, 31% of users looked at adverts on the News Feed page”. While the data wasn’t surprising, the [...]

28. April 2010

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Facebook Instant Personalization: what is it and how to control it

This week, Facebook rolled out its “Instant Personalization” privacy settings which default to shared information on third party websites. Users can, however, arm themselves with the ability to opt out of the plugin features- the trick is understanding these new settings and electing your privacy choices. Facebook’s very existence rests on information sharing, with a [...]

8. April 2010

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“South Park” Facebook Episode Shows Us Who Our Real Friends Are [VIDEO LINK]

Last night, Facebook finally got the South Park treatment — and although it seems a bit late in the game for a good lampooning, the cartoon kids mocked the world’s favorite social networking site to perfection. The episode, titled “You Have 0 Friends,” captured perfectly how obsessive Facebook can be. Stan, the lone child not [...]

11. March 2010

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Tracking and monitoring your Facebook Page Traffic

While Facebook already provides a page insights tool for Page administrators to track traffic to their page, there is still a lot of information which is unknown. So how can administrators determine how well their landing tab is performing? There are a number of techniques to monitor your Facebook Page traffic, four of which are [...]

11. March 2010

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What Day of the week is the best to Post on Facebook

According to a new report from Dan Zarrella, the weekend is the best time to post content on Facebook as articles posted then are shared the most. One explanation for the phenomenon was that more than half of companies block Facebook. While I’ve noticed that Twitter is the exact opposite, this report definitely sheds some [...]