Appbistro Simplifies App Finding (and Buying) for Facebook Pages
Small businesses seeking to pick, choose and install Web applications for their Facebook Pages and Places can now easily do so with Appbistro, a new site that provides app makers…
Over at SEW: More on Facebook Places
Following up on our coverage and initial reactions to Facebook's Places launch, my monthly column on Search Engine Watch digs a bit deeper. Below is the teaser and link. As…
Big News/Small Surprise: Facebook Flips the Geolocation Switch
As widely speculated over the past couple of days (even months), Facebook has officially turned on geolocation capability. This has come in the form of a new feature called "Places,"…
Facebook Takes Over the Universe, By the Numbers
SiteImpulse's Website Monitoring Blog has produced a graphic (seen below) that mashes together all of the Facebook usage figures in one place. Though much of this is already publicly available,…
Yell Launches Targeted Facebook Ads
The U.K.-based publisher Yell today announced it offers advertisers the ability to run targeted ads on Facebook as part of its NetReach ad syndication product, which features about 70 U.K.…
Clickable Integrates Facebook Ads, Analytics With Search Platform
Clickable has announced that it will add support for Facebook advertising that allows its Pro users to directly compare social and search results. The effort follows initiatives by rival “search…
Facebook: The Sleeping Giant of LBS
Location-based services continue to roll out left and right. TechCrunch won't stop saying this year's South By Southwest conference will be all about location (except for this contrarian piece by…
Facebook Ends Regional Classifications
Facebook has ended the classification of its members into regional networks (i.e., "Peter Krasilovsky, San Diego"). It cited the practice as being invasive to people’s privacy and obsolete besides, given…
Kuni BMW Leverages Local/Social: 4,690 Facebook ‘Fans’
For those who doubt social media can play an effective role in local business marketing, check out Kuni BMW, which is based in Beaverton, OR. The dealership has a headstart…
Yellowbook Connects With Facebook Users
Just posted on Yellowbook's Facebook page is an announcement that allows Yellowbook users to sign in to their Yellowbook page with their Facebook login. Additionally, the new feature allows users…