Facebook launched the Live Stream Box today, which is a feature that lets website owners and developers enable Facebook users to connect, share, and post updates in real-time as they witness events online. Think CNN’s Facebook integration from the Presidential Inauguration.
Within A Year, Facebook Triples Its Advertiser Base
I know you’re tired of hearing the same old “the economy is going down the tubes” sob story, so I brought you something different today—a company that’s actually increasing its advertiser base. And not just any company—a social media company (and you know how tough it is to really make money there—you know, other thank from VCs).
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Make Sure Friends Know Who You Are on Facebook
Facebook is now letting users have more than one name. This is especially helpful to those people who are actually known by more than one name, which is a fairly common occurrence.
Users can adjust their settings to display one alternate name in addition to their current name:
Facebook Deals With Some Click Fraud Problems
Facebook is charging hard toward hitting that $550 million in revenue number that was put in front of potential investors recently. Of course, their pay per click model of advertising is going to be a critical component of getting there.
Staples Utilizing Facebook For A Worthy Cause
How about a nice ‘feel good’ story to take you into the weekend? The news in the Internet marketing industry has been focused on negative numbers, downturns and dire forecasts for quite a while now. Personally, I get a little worn out by it. It’s good to be reminded, however, of just how potentially life altering (a little hyperbole never hurt anyone) the use of social media can be.
Google/Facebook Go Persian in Response to Iran Discussion
Google announced that Google Translate now offers translation between the English and Persian (Farsi) languages. With all of the news discussion from within and all over the world surrounding Iran, the company presumably felt that having this available would be beneficial for those trying to stay informed.
Facebook’s Twitter-Fication Continues
It looks like Facebook isn’t going to miss the real-time search boat. Instead, the social network has begun a little experiment, and it seems that it’s started with Twitter’s ideas on the subject and added some interesting features from there.
Facebook Username Grab Generated Record Traffic Levels
A lot of Facebook executives and employees are probably wearing big, satisfied smiles this morning. As statistics continue to trickle in, it looks like the vanity URL offering that the company held over the weekend was a huge success.
Facebook Vanity URLs Coming Saturday
UPDATE: An "on your mark, get set" announcement has been posted on the official Facebook Blog. According to designer Blaise DiPersia, it’ll be time to "go" at 12:01 AM (EDT) this Saturday, the 13th. DiPersia also provided the following screenshots if you’re curious about what the setup screen and end result should look like.
Original article: Generally speaking, it’s much easier to remember the name of a person or business than a random, nine- or ten-digit string of numbers. Everyone from teenage girls to career-oriented professionals should be happy to hear, then, that Facebook is supposed to make vanity URLs available in the near future.