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ComScore Examines How Europe Interacts With Facebook

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:45:21 +0000

Social statistics tracker ComScore recently released the latest Power of Like report, this one examining how Europeans use Facebook and other social media sites. The paper notes that in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, 32 percent of users’ Facebook time is spent on the news feed page.

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Citi Asks Fans If They Would Bank On Facebook

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:47:16 +0000

Not long after an Australian bank announced that it planned to offer the ability to send money and pay bills through Facebook, American financial giant Citibank posted an interesting message to its Facebook page, asking fans if they would bank through Facebook, if given the chance.

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Facebook Might Launch Job Search Feature

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:06:04 +0000

Although LinkedIn is still king when it comes to finding jobs through social networking, Facebook might make some waves soon with a job search feature. A Dow Jones Newswires reporter recently heard that Facebook is planning to launch its own job board, aggregating listings from third-party providers.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Facebook Has 95% Market Share in U.S.

Jennifer Moire — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:32:01 +0000

New data from comScore shows what many Facebookers might have already guessed: Social networking really means time spent on Facebook.

Ben Elowitz broke down the data on his Digital Quarters blog today, which reveals that Facebook accounts for 95 percent of social networking time in the U.S.

In his blog post, Elowitz adds:

In terms of being relevant to consumer audiences, there’s now no question that “social” means “Facebook.”

And, if you want to take advantage of the more than one in every seven minutes of online time that consumers spend on Facebook, you follow one simple rule for media in a social age: You must be present — in the Facebook news feed — to win.

Readers, do you agree with these numbers showing Facebook is the dominant social networking site?

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Chinese Competitor Will IPO In U.S. Before Facebook

Jackie Cohen — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:27:07 +0000

China continues to block Facebook but one of the country’s largest social networks, Renren, plans an initial public offering in the U.S.
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Pope Welcomes and Warns Facebook

Kristen Nicole — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:23:26 +0000

The Pope himself has given a blessing, of sorts, to online social networking. Pope Benedict XVI has made a statement regarding social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace as ways to foster friendships and understanding in his annual message today for the World Day of Communications. According to the Associated Press, Benedict welcomes as a “gift” new technologies like social networking sites, as they respond to a “fundamental desire” of people to communicate.

Yes, that’s one of the great things about online social networks. It enhances individuals’ ability to communicate, and all of the features offered through such social networking is a direct result of their fundamental desire to do so. The way in which social networking has manifested online very much reflects the way in which we communicate in the offline world.
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