The relationship between Facebook and Google continues to improve, as the two Web titans recently collaborated to solve an issue with Google’s Android Gingerbread operating system that was preventing the social network from updating its applications for the platform.
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The latest round of Facebook hoaxes involve promises of free Samsung Mobile USA Galaxy S IV smartphones and news of the death of Justin Bieber in a car crash.
For a majority of brand marketers, when it comes to creating Facebook strategies, nine times out of 10, the most popular is the one that generated the largest amount of Facebook likes for brand pages. The conventional wisdom went that the larger the community on Facebook, the greater the chances of promoting whatever the brand wanted to do, whether it was a new product, campaign, etc.
Facebook got its first good news from Wall Street in 2013, as J.P. Morgan Analyst Doug Anmuth wrote in a research note that he was “incrementally positive” about the social network’s stock.
If you’ve been following any of AllFacebook’s posts about Black Friday, holiday shopping, and Facebook, it’s probably no surprise to you that Walmart was the most popular U.S. page on Facebook in November, according to new stats from Socialbakers. Walmart also posted one of the most engaging photos.
Facebook shared some more details on advertiser success stories it mentioned during its third-quarter earnings call, offering statistics from Samsung Mobile USA, Rosetta Stone, Old Navy, Lawson, and MGM Resorts International.
Facebook is hoping to maintain the momentum it sparked with its third-quarter earnings call Tuesday by backing up the words of Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, and Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman with data in the form of a joint study with comScore, Understanding Paid and Earned Reach on Facebook.
A common theme during Facebook’s third-quarter earnings call Tuesday was the fact that many of the social network’s monetization efforts launched in the past few months, and evaluating their progress as of Sept. 30 was too soon in most cases.
Users of Facebook and other social networks were thirsty for Coca-Cola in August, as the beverage giant sat atop the growth list for the Optim.al Index for the month, along with pulling in the most likes for the month.
Even negative engagement can be good engagement, as embattled chicken chain Chick-Fil-A soared to ninth place on the July Optim.al Index, a proprietary independent valuation tool that helps determine the value of brands’ Facebook audiences by combining likes, engagement statistics, and global fan valuation.
