I think?! While checking out the full version of Facebook, my (targeted) sponsored ad section on the right looked like this. Umm, yeah… a recommendation from NEENZ, kids at Disney Aulani, a Playboy subscription, and a request from the Cardioqueen. Yeah, I guess Facebook ads have me pegged.
On Facebook, I’ve been seeing these ads repeatedly over on the right sidebar. What are these ads telling me about my tastes and shopping habits?
You remember that game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon where any actor can be linked to Kevin Bacon within 6 connections? The game is now real thanks to Yahoo and Facebook. But now instead of Kevin Bacon, the modern day Small World Experiment is attempting to link anyone in the world within 6 connections. Can […]
Are you on Google’s new social startup simply called “Google+“? It’s basically similar to Facebook and Twitter, combining elements from each and also implementing its own feature set. With the popularity of Twitter and Facebook, is there room for yet another social network? Surprisingly, yes. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve seen a recent disruption […]
The connectedness provided by social media continues to amaze me. I’ve mentioned our kitchen and bathroom renovation here and there, and I’ve already gotten several suggestions and recommendations. From Namesake, I got feedback about flooring for kitchens. Â On Facebook, I got a message from a classmate who’s a talented architect who offered some suggestions. Most […]
Facebook and its “Like” function has become ubiquitous all over the web. I’ve even added it to posts here. But sometimes, you have to laugh watch out what you “like” in FB and what it tells your FB friends. Witness this post – the content itself and its display of FB likers. What is this […]
Had never noticed that Apple’s iWeb 09 has the ability to post updates to Facebook. Anytime you publish on iWeb, your (configured) Facebook account is supposed to notify your FB friends of these updates. But does this feature actually work?
The first ever Next Level Hawaii conference happened last week with great speakers talking all things social media. The caliber of speakers was top notch, and while the emphasis was aimed at social media for business, general social media usage and tips flowed throughout the day. So what did I learn from Next Level Hawaii? […]
Trying out the new Facebook Live Stream social plugin and the Mountain Dew Typhoon flavor. Read my short reviews about Mountain Dew Distortion and White Out.
So far, most of the basic FB social plugins work with an easy install. Only the Facepile plugin isn’t behaving, but I think I’m missing a step. And things seems to slow down with the FB Javascript library loading (along with all my other crap). 😉 Here’s the Login plugin which will ask you to […]
The Recommendations plugin.
Does this Activity plugin work?