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Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Friday, February 13, 2015
Facebook introduces 'Relevance Score' for ads
In another effort to refine and improve ads that users see in their Facebook News Feeds, the company introduced a Relevance Score for ads this week.
The scores, which are based on a scale of 1 to 10, measures how well the ad will perform for its targeted audiences. The numbers are a reflection of the ratio of positive to negative interactions.The new measurement is not used for ads with guaranteed delivery — those bought through reach and frequency. "Relevance score has a smaller impact on cost and delivery in brand awareness campaigns, since those ads are optimized for reaching people, rather than driving a specific action like installs," Facebook explained in a blog post.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
legacy contact - How to decide who inherits your Facebook account
Facebook introduced a new legacy contact feature in the U.S. on Thursday — allowing users to choose who can manage their accounts once they've died — and it's something we should all think about activating.While no one wants to think about his or her own death, this kind of option is going to become increasingly common as we share more of our lives online
As Facebook says, "When a person passes away, their account can become a memorial of their life, friendships and experiences." While you might initially cringe at such an option, remember: It could provide comfort to your friends and family.
Facebook bug would have allowed hackers to easily delete your photos
A blogger named Laxman Muthiyah discovered the issue. This was all able to happen by exploiting Facebook's Graph API, which is the HTTP-based software that allows the website to function. Graph API requires a token to mess with someone's data, but Muthiyah tricked Facebook, using his own token, into deleting other people's pictures.
Threat Exchange - Social Media platform from facebook for sharing Cyber Security threats
Facebook launched a new platform called ThreatExchange for security, professionals to exchange information about cyberthreats with greater ease.
"Our goal is that organizations anywhere will be able to use ThreatExchange to share threat information more easily, learn from each other's discoveries, and make their own systems safer," Mark Hammell, Facebook's manager of threat infrastructure, wrote in a blog post announcing the project.
Advantage of this new platform is researchers and professionals can learn from each other, and help keep everyone's systems safer.The new platform builds on Facebook's ThreatData, a framework that stores cyberthreat information (such as bad URLs) for analysis by security pros.Currently, ThreatExchange is in beta, but for those interested in participating, there's a sign-up form over on its website.
Security threats aren't typically relegated to just one target, and the lack of communication between malware targets ends badly for everyone, according to ThreatExchange. So far, some pretty big-name Internet players have joined Facebook on ThreatExchange, including Bitly, Dropbox, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter and Yahoo. The platform expect to attract more partners as time goes on.
Facebook thinking about this new idea about a year ago because malware attack for thier websites. Any way Threat Exchange is a good news for social media companies to keep thier data safe.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
How to stop videos from auto-playing on Facebook
Facebook says the videos that play automatically in your News Feed make for "an easier way to watch," but it's highly unlikely you want every native video in your stream coming to life.
If automatically playing videos drive you insane, here is a solution. With only a few simple change in your settings, it's easy to keep clips static as you scroll through your feed.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
You cant escape from Facebook eye even after you left it
A new Facebook privacy policy allows the site to track your activity even after you've left it — and all users have automatically signed up to it.
The change enables it to gather data from activity across the internet, as well as the normal data it gathers on information you and your friends have added to the site. It also allows the site to pass on that information with its other branches, including Instagram.
Users can opt out of some parts of the new policy by customising privacy settings. The site has a special settings page for ads, where users can opt out of advertising that is shown on third party sites or is selected by comparing you with your friends. Adjustments can also be made on mobile devices.
To opt out of the site tracking your use across the internet, Facebook asks users to opt out through the European Digital Advertising Alliance, in the UK and Europe, or its equivalent in the US. Going through that service will allow users to opt out of the tool entirely, and once they have done so the preference will stay everywhere that Facebook is used.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Facebook updates celebrity-loving Mentions app
Facebook introduced the Mentions app last July as a way for public figures, such as actors, musicians and athletes, to keep track of what fans are saying about them on the social network. For instance, if a Facebook user tags a celebrity in a status update, celebrity will be notified about it in the Mentions app, so they can potentially respond.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Social Media Platform Overview
Pros and Cons of the most popular social media for website promotions and small businesses
Call-To-Action button for Facebook pages
Facebook officially announced the introduction of call-to-action buttons for pages an making apposite promotion possible at the glance of the page. Facebook signifies 7 different CTA button for the Page admins.
Book Now
Contact Us
Use App
Play Game
Shop Now
Sign Up
Watch Video
Few of them in the US location have got this button set up on their pages. But the rest of the worl will have this option only by next year. Find more about this feature on
Facebook's new feature- Place Tips
Facebook testing new feature called Place Tips. This is useful for finding the relevant information according to the user's location in their News Feed.
When you tap on place tips, you’ll see a series of cards with info about the place you’re at.
Navigate and know more
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Securing people's Facebook accounts
Facebook Now Checks and Notifies Users if Passwords Have Been Stolen
In a bid to keep its users' accounts safe, social networking site Facebook has created an automated service that monitors the web for stolen email addresses and passwords.
The service checks credentials to see if they match those being used on Facebook.
Read more on http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-now-checks-and-notifies-users-if-passwords-have-been-stolen-609954
Monday, July 21, 2014
Facebook vs Twitter
People say that Facebook is for connecting with the people you were with and Twitter is for people you wished you were with.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Facebook conversion
We went through Facebook Pages, Groups and Profile and Their Differences earlier. This blog post is to know more about the Facebook Conversions and merging of these popular facebook features
At different points in time, we might have been looking to convert the features of Facebook from one form to another. Facebook profile to a page, a group to a page, or a page to a group, etc. There are multiple reasons to do that.
One such example is being unaware of the difference between the features, Starting a page for a community/group and later realise that a Facebook group should have been started rather than a page.
The below is to know whether the conversion is possible and how to do it(All the responses given here are based on Facebook Help Center and Community:
Converting Facebook profile/account into a Page
Yes, check this Facebook Help link to know "How to convert personal account to a Facebook Page."
Converting Facebook profile into a Group
It is not possible to convert a Facebook account to a group. Rather you can create a group and add all your friends to the group.
Converting Facebook Page back to a Profile
If you've accidentally converted your personal account to a Facebook Page, you can submit a request for a reversal. Please keep in mind that it's a violation of Facebook's Terms to maintain a personal account for anything other than yourself.
Converting Facebook Fan page into a Group
It is not possible to convert page into a group. You need to create a group and add ask your page followers to join the group.
Converting Facebook Group into a Profile
It is not possible.
Converting Facebook Group into a Page
It is currently not possible to convert Facebook groups into Pages. We recommend that you create a Page and notify your group members about it.
Even though there is no limit to the number of people your group can have, you will not be able to send your group a message if it has more than 250 members. If your group has more than 250 members, notify them by posting in the group.
Instead, create a new Page and notify your group members that you'll be using the Page instead of the group going forward.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Facebook Pages, Groups and Profile; Their Differences
Facebook provides different features for people, organizations and brands/businesses to have them connected and engaged with friends, family and other audience/community.
We might get confused and create the wrong entity to represent ourselves on Facebook.
Facebook Pages are for celebrities, businesses, organizations and brands to share their stories and connect/engage with audience created by official representatives.
Facebook Groups are for specific sets of people who have similar interests on an individual entity, be it a brand, business, person, event or anything.
Facebook Profile timeline are for individuals/people for sharing their photos, stories, and experiences to their family, friends and people they wish.
Use of Facebook profiles by business entities and creating a page by a person not related to the entity are against the Facebook Terms and conditions.
To better understand the differences between Facebook Page, Group or Profile, the below tabular representation will be helpful:
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Basically, a page need to be created and managed by an official representative; has more options to engage with the audience and monitor the results. A group has lesser controls based on analytics. Profiles are for individuals only.
To know more details about the Facebook pages, groups and profile timelines and their differences, go through the Facebook help center links below:
What is a Facebook Page? - Page Basics
How are Pages different from personal timelines?
To know more about the Facebook Conversions and merging of these popular facebook features, stay with our blog.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Facebook Claim a business page
A Facebook Page may exist for your business even if you or someone else from your business didn't create it.
Some reasons when a page is created without you creating it:
when someone checks into a place that doesn't already have a Page, a new Page gets created to represent the location.
When some of your employer tries to add his work details on the Facebook profile when the company page is not available.
You can either report the page or claim it, if it is not administered. To claim it:
From the Page, click the
menu.
Select Is this your business?.
Follow the steps that appear on your screen. Add and verify information about your business like the address and website and click Continue.
Next, Facebook will ask you to claim your Page to prevent other people from becoming an admin without your permission. Choose to verify your connection to the business by Email or by uploading Documentation:
Email: Choose this option if you have an email address associated with your Facebook account that is officially issued to you by your business. Email addresses from generic providers like Yahoo! or Gmail will not be accepted. The email address should correspond to your business's name (ex: jane.doe@acmeproducts.com).
Documentation: Upload a scan or photo of an official document that shows your business's name and address (ex: phone bill, business license, business tax file, articles of incorporation, etc.).
Click Submit.
Most of the above content are from the Facebook Help Center page on How do I claim a Page that already exists for my business?
There has been a common issue that there is no option "Is this your business?" to claim a page.
Clicking on 'Do you know the owner' option can send an email to a person you wish. But there are no options on the email to claim the page either; rather it merely redirects to the same page again with no option to claim the page.
Contacting Facebook regarding this has not helped many businesses and still the issue persists.
Is the Facebook option "Claim a (business) page" glitchy?
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Facebook - Professional Skills
Facebook personal profile has a new addition to update your 'Professional Skills'. This feature is similar to LinkedIn's 'Skills & Expertise'
Facebook tried with BranchOut for Professional Networking and has started taking leaps towards professional networking.
As a Facebook user, start updating your skills and improve your professional touch on your profile.
Let us wait to see more such changes. Also there are more updates to the Facebook platform. Stay with our blog to know more...
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Facebook Timeline collage
Facebook tried updating Collage style of photos on Timeline.
If there is a person/brand that posts 5 images as individual images on a frequent succession, they will be shown in a collage format on your timeline. This seemed to appear for a short period as a trial.
Did anyone see/notice this? or does anyone see this still?
Post your thoughts.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Facebook Shared Albums
Facebook recently released a new feature "Shared Albums"
When you are creating an album, you can have your friends' share their images in your album. They can also edit your album. The album will be available in their timeline as well.
You will be the creator of the album and your friends, you give access to, will be the contributors. Contributors will be able to add photos and edit only photos they added.
You can invite upto 50 users to your shared album and everyone of them can share upto 200 photos.
Check out more from Facebook Help Center - Shared Albums
Stay tuned to SocialNetGate blog to know how to use Facebook Shared Album for business and get better audience engagement.
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