3 Reasons Your Business Needs A Facebook Fan Page

1. More people can find out about your business because your Page gets indexed and is search able inside and outside of Facebook.
2. Because the number of Fans you can have is unlimited (whereas the Friend limit is 5,000).
3. Activity on your Page helps increase what I call “viral visibility” on Facebook. You can establish your brand even further.

Let me know if you need have any question.

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Facebook "Dislike" Feature

Facebook's "like" feature has been around since February, but they [Facebook] never provided its users the “dislike” feature to vote their opinions going the other way. French developer Thomas Moquet took matters into his own hands by creating a cute (albeit useless) Firefox extension that adds a dislike button to Facebook, letting users who have it installed mark things they don't like.  In order to make the tool work, Moquet had to use his own servers, which keep track of every item that's disliked as well as who clicked it. Any other Facebook users who have the extension installed can then see who disliked it right next to the usual like list.

Click here to install the “Dislike” feature for facebook.  Would you Like this post???

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Spam Heaven-Facebook

Facebook has a lifecycle: it started as small core for early adopters, puff out as mainstream users get dragged in by users, and then see growth is tapping down as people get turned off by spam. That's what happens to Friendster and many other social networks. Facebook is now just a time sucking hangout or I’d say that it’s a new spam heaven. Almost every few hours I’ve been getting messages from my Facebook acquaintances with links to some phishing sites also these messages are not sophisticatedly crafted but randomly drafted. The more such messages, the less useful Facebook becomes as a communications portal.

Such a spam free zone is it, isn’t it?

Please don’t get me wrong as I’m not completely knocking all social networks. Most of the Facebook users are available on a variety of other social networks, I’d suggest them try the other networks to reach your target audience rather hanging on Facebook which has become a spammer’s community.

I am unable to understand that what does this “Poke” feature make sense? That’s really kidding to poke your colleague online. Sorry, my “friends,” take your Zombies and Pirates and Ninjas and Green Thumb Fake Anti-Global Warming Initiatives and Grateful Dead Bears and Hatching Eggs and mind-numbing empty “just for fun” diversions and go poke yourselves.

Mark Zukerburg needs to understand that these spam attacks are a clear and present danger for Facebook users.

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Facebook should learn from Hotmail

Facebook [social network] is repeating the same mistake as done by Hotmail [story of hotmail]. According to Seth Godin, Hotmail didn’t build a permission asset. They should have given a choice of different newsletter in the registration form to its users.

“Today's visitors are blind to banners, mad at pop-ups, weary of ads and skeptical of contests and giveaways.

To learn more about permission marketing please click here Or if you are a publisher, blogger or site owner and want to learn about AdSense please click here.

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Facebook's Attitude

What you do when you are living (with your friends) in Facebook and all of a sudden you get your account disabled with an email saying,

“Unfortunately, your account has been permanently disabled for violating Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. We will not be able to reactivate it for any reason, nor will we provide further explanation of your violation or the systems we have in place. This decision is absolutely final.”

You get baffled! I did. More so when (I think) I have not done any action that may be considered against Facebook TOS.

I have tried to figure out (and also have asked Facebook via email) about their ‘Statement of Rights and Responsibilities’ but no help. I deserve an explanation at least. Or reason for this ‘discriminatory attitude from a social network. No?

Can anyone suggest something?

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Facebook Contact Backup

People are looking at online services like Facebook and Google and realizing it’s wise to back up the information we put in. Just as backing up family photos stored on your home PC to a separate disk is a good idea, so is backing up family photos stored on the internet to a separate disk.

To know about the detail method of Backing up contacts from Facebook I found this link very suitable. Please Click Here to get your Facebook contacts.

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F R I E N D S - how well do you know them?

I have just finished a fully faltu quiz on Facebook saying how well do know xyz. I scored a miniscule 58%. But what prompted me to take the quiz was the friend himself. This friend is an item in his own right. I have not seen a ‘piece’ like him ever in my life. He is oblivious to the mocking faces and sniggering friends. He is oblivious of the facts about himself and he really needs a reality check at every step in his life. He is always the topic for our entertainment even when he’s not with us. We talk about him and amuse ourselves with his unique ability to just make a fool of himself everywhere. He never fails to astonish me.

There is another one like this boy. Let’s name this sample as ‘the buffoon type’. They are the ‘clowning glory’ of any group. There would be nothing to laugh about had they not been there. So every time you bunch of friends meet you will have this friends’ histrionics to talk about always. This other chick friend of mine is a sample. She has this uncanny ability to make a fool of herself at any cost. It’s like her task for the day ‘to make a bigger of me than yesterday, each day’. Her category is slightly different though. She falls under ‘the inquisitive pooper type’. She will innocently pretend to be your best friend and show how much she cares but at the end mess up everything that is there. Under utter foolishness, these kinds may ruin all your plans. These are like the bugs that crack all your smart alec plans and make you look like a fool ironically.

The next specimen is the one that thinks is a know all. They are ‘the smarty pants types’. They feel unwanted and petty if they do not know something or anything! So when you are talking about something they have to give their opinion, they have to display their ‘vast’ knowledge about things they know. Even if their opinion is uncalled for. There is a type B also here. One’s that have an opinion about everything. So whether they know the subject or not, they may google it and get back or even blurt half baked knowledge. So you may just stop talking and stare at them and they may pretend that what they said was indeed right till you resume your conversation. I knew this girl who seemed very intelligent (read this as an oxymoron itself: girl - intelligent!) who would always have her ears open for conversations she could barge into. She was aware of a lot of things I agree, but awareness isn’t knowledge, isn’t wisdom at all! I could never beat her at her arena coz I don’t believe in arguments, even though I knew she was bullshitting at many occasions.

The next one is ‘the curious type’. This one is always inquisitive about everything. ‘Tell na’ is the first word they learnt when they started speaking! They want to know everything. Where you got your clothes from, where you eat, what happened to your ex’s Y’s W’s Q’s relative, what happened to that employees mothers husbands nieces dog and so on and so forth… they just love to hoard information that is totally useless.

‘The wannabe types’ are the ones that want to be like you all the time. So they would do every thing that you do, smartly. Dress like you, talk like you, make friends with your friends and try so hard to be liked. They remain the sidekicks always and never elevate in the group to anything important. You would often forget to invite them into your plans.

The biggest turns off are ‘the self obsessed types’. The moment they enter you know your conversation (read monologue) is going to be skewed towards that person. He will only talk of himself and what he did and how he did and how it was ‘oh so fabulous’. He thinks he is the centre of attention but in actuality nobody really cares about him. He may end being the Type 1 ‘buffoon’ eventually if he overdoes his ‘Me-ness’.

There are certain natural leaders of a group. Somehow strangely everybody else seems to agree with him/her. I have never understood who gives them that authority or the responsibility to decide anything for anyone. So this ‘the leader type’ will decide on all plans, everybody will ask him/her for most permissions, everybody will decide once this leader has decided and all plans get dropped if the leader isn’t part of it. Strange flock of sheep they must be! Contrary to this are the weaklings. They are ‘the Pappu types’ that will submit to everything. They are like the runner boys of the group and get bullied always. They will run around to do all your work and will basically have no opinion of their own unless required. They are the ones who will say ‘OK’ to everything. Mindless!

There are ‘the tom-boy types’ who like to have this ‘I don’t’ give a damn’ attitude but are actually sensitive inside. They will use the most profane language, behave like boys and would totally forget they are girls. They can be quiet and embarrassment in public. ‘The pile on types’ is really the most pitiable kind. They do not find themselves any friend and would hang on to any connection they find. They will self invite themselves to your gatherings, they may keep calling you and pestering you even when you do not answer their calls, and they just don’t get the signal and won’t give up either.

The secretive kinds are the worst. They will be a part of your life and yet not disclose anything about their own. They will keep secrets of other people with them and they will not share anything like they have sworn their lives into the priory of scion! Contrary to these are the bitchy types, whose primary aim in life is to pull the world down. They only congregate to bitch and are a slightly malicious category coz they are harmful and may cause severe damage any time coz they may switch loyalties for their benefits. Their close kins are ‘the gossip kinds’. These are harmless because they will never damage any repute. Their role is of a new carriage or a journo on job 24x7. They will have scoop from the remotest part of the world and will share as soon as you say ‘don’t tell anyone’. We may have all had the enterprising type friend in our life who we know will arrange for everything! You have a party, you need a car, you need to pick up your iron you gave for repairing, you need to pay your bills, you need someone to pick up your folks…anything….! This one friend is always there… we’d for better understanding sake call them ‘Jugaadu’.

The story teller type will have endless stories about everything to tell. This is one friend who has experienced everything in life or so it seems. He will narrate personal life experience on every context possible and you’d feel how the hell this fellow has a story to tell always!? The know-all type friend is really and clearly the most learned and educated in the group. You’d find him evading parties and get together’s only because he has to study! He has no regret of having not had a good time as his best friend would be the book at that time. The zen types are those that are stress free always. They are the happy fun balls and will never sweat in any situation what so ever.

The more endearing are your 4am friend types, whom you can call anytime and you know they will attend to you. You can go to their houses without making a phone call. You can trouble them for anything you want and they won’t say a word. The agony aunt types are related to these but different in a way that you may only contact these friends when you have a serious advice to seek or a grave problem to solve. These may also be available for you anytime but you may not indulge into frivolous conversation with these.

We all have a joker in a friend. The entertainer type who will make you laugh always. He is like the life of a group without who going out won’t be half as fun. These are those that are always welcome. There are also the hang out friends’ whom you’d meet only to hang out with without much purpose in life… they don’t mind being one of those in your list and are cool with meeting up on a free day. There are some who you are forced to be friends with coz they think you are their best friends! So you automatically have to be nice and courteous with these ‘you’re my best friend types’. They aren’t exactly pile on’s but they make you feel obligated for being a best friend.

The newest form is the facebook types. These you meet randomly online and know only as much as facebook tells you about them. You may have exchanged a few mails about each others’ lives and that is it! They become fancy names on your friend list.

These are as many as I could think of while writing this piece. It only made me think how many friends I got and how many different kinds! Just the idea that I have so many friends excites me! I fit into ‘the sarcastic kinds’ who loves to take each others’ case. So, what friend are you?TM ( Facebook do not copy this idea for another of your trashy quizzes for us to take!)

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