Social Media Leads Holiday Shoppers To Bargains

Social media will play a role this holiday season in how people find bargains, with nearly 30 percent of online shoppers saying the best way to find discounts is through sharing links, comments or social sites, according to a new survey from Guidance.Email is popular with 45 percent of respondents who say it is the best way to learn about deals while 16 percent said…

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Facebook Revises Alcohol App Policy

Facebook has lifted its restrictions on applications that contain content that promote or reference the sale of alcoholic beverages.The company says it will use its Demographic Restriction feature to manage the way alcoholic content appears to its users. Facebook's restriction technology is based on a combination of what information a user has entered and verified on the site along with IP targeting by location.

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MySpace Launches New Profile Editor

MySpace has often been maligned due to certain users' garish profiles.  Now, although no one's outlawed the use of glitter and bad music, the social network seems to have made an all-around smart move by introducing Profile 2.0.

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Facebook Lowers Ad Cost With 32% Growth

Last week, we took a look at Facebook’s financials and wondered if the social networking giant is headed for financial ruin, despite—or even because of—118% worldwide growth, 32% US growth (monthly unique visitors). Many commentators argued that any company would be overjoyed with even 32% growth. Unfortunately, that kind of thinking is the exact thinking that has brought Facebook to this point—and now Facebook’s ad…

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