Have you ever noticed how the English word ‘Search‘ immediately sends an image of  ‘Google‘ in your mind? With its great search results and interesting search algorithms we people enjoy having an on line dictionary or encyclopedia that is free. Well the thing is now Facebook is being awarded a social search patent that was used by Google earlier.

This is based on the amount of clicks number of users do. That is, the search results pages are ranked according to the number of clicks by its users. This patent’s application was filed six years ago by Facebook people. I do not know whether it was using this thing or not earlier also. Is it so that the users should like or see only those things that are viewed by their friends or friends of friends? Suppose his/her interests do not match in some way but he is bound to see the links what his/her friends in the network like.

What do you think of such a patent? Do you think we will see any important changes to Facebook search or any other thing related to it?

Will facebook’s new patent prove to be effective ? is a post from: fbKnol

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Facebook Places has been widely reported and a lot of Facebook users have started using it. One of its features is that you can be tagged by other friends on Facebook Places. Some people might not liked being tagged at all as there it highlights your profile to people who might not be in your friend list.

Disable Tagging with Facebook Places?

• Login to your Facebook account. Then look up under Account and Privacy Settings. (see image below)

• Privacy settings opens a new set of options for you. Click on the Customize Settings link right at the end of all the options.

• Here we can see the 3 sections with settings. Look up in the second section under things others share.
• Here we get the option to customize which is named Friends can check me in to Places. Click on select one and we get a drop down menu. Select Disable and none of your friends can tag your on Facebook places.

This is a great step to make sure even your friends do not inadvertently share where you are on Facebook.

Do drop in any question you might have through your comments.

How to disable tags with Facebook Places is a post from: fbKnol

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These days social media is at its boom. Graduated? Upload your photos. Recently got a job? Where else can you tell all your friends and family about it just in one click . I enjoy these social site’s update,comments and applications.

Being a Facebook addict I would not think of any other platform when it comes for social purposes. But I do not want to avoid Orkut all at once. After all being an Indian I started orkutting much before than I tried my hands on Facebook .

Some reasons why now i prefer sticking to Facebook can be:

• Starting from the look and feel, I think Facebook has a better UI (user interface) than Orkut.
• We use social mediums to get in touch with friends and family, I think Facebook gives you more facilities to get to know what is happening in your friend’s life.
• If I have to upload images or something I prefer Facebook than Orkut, for its simplicity and many functions.
• While talking about Facebook and Orkut how can I ignore the Privacy feature that makes me a Fan of Facebook. If you are using Facebook rather than Orkut you will stay away from stupid ‘Fraanship’ requests .
• How can i miss speaking about  the facebook games , a huge time pass and a lot of times interesting too. Games like farmville, Poker, Mafia etc. entertain a user excellently.
• Business wise if you are using Facebook, there are Facebook pages with an interesting graphics that help you exceed your business and promotion things. The ‘share this’ option makes it really fast and easy to spread any news or data.
• I really enjoy it when I can display a certain update to ONLY people I choose(custom select). If I do not want a certain person to see my post and rest of my friends should be able to see it, I can change my settings and do that too .
• Facebook keeps a check on you, if you are using your real name while making an id or not. If not then it can stop you.
• I do like certain things like you can view how many and which users saw your profile on Orkut .

With a certain amount of my friends using only Orkut I would not suggest leaving it all together but yes I enjoy Facebooking more than Orkutting .

Why do I prefer Facebook than Orkut? is a post from: fbKnol

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Guess what Facebook is up to? . It is recently reported that Facebook wants to copyright the english word ‘Face‘, that is we will never see any other company with a name having prefix as ‘Face‘ in future. Only if he succeeds in filing a law suit and succeeding with it.

Recently Facebook took over the application for trademark of ‘Face‘ from another company of UK named as CIS internet limited. The company operated a site named Faceparty.com. There may be many others but for now a person named Aaron Greenspan who has a company Think Computers that is behind mobile payments application called Facecash is opposing Facebook’s action. If Facebook gets the trademark that would result into trouble for Facecash. So Aaron Greenspan is asking for an extension of time to oppose such thing.

What if he is given that extension or what if Facebook succeeds getting the word ‘Face‘ as its trademark? Companies no matter big or small should they be given personal rights to the common words like ‘Face‘ or ‘Book‘? There were,are and will be many companies starting with the name ‘Face‘ or ending with the name ‘Book‘. It is not advisable to be given such authority to Facebook people. The english words are free and open for all and I think anybody should be able to think or create a name of his choice no matter what.

Just imagine any beauty products company launching with the name Facebeauty. It has no intention to harm Facebook but still it would not be able to keep the name as the company wishes too because words like ‘Face‘ and ‘Book‘ will be copyright for Facebook. Certain products and companies will be facing problems in keeping the desired name. This hamper people’s choice and views. I think Facebook should keep a clause saying only social networking sites with name starting with ‘Face‘ or ending with ‘Book‘ should be asked to not do such thing. Rest if any company which is not related to social networking should be allowed to use such words .

Facebook wants to own the english word ‘Face’ is a post from: fbKnol

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It has finally happened. While there have been numerous discussions on the astronomical growth of Facebook in India, in the latest internet traffic reports released by Comscore, Facebook has taken the top spot as the most visited Social Networking site in India.

The comscore reports throws some really interesting insights into the social networking adoption in India,

• Indian social networking audience has increased by 43% over the past year
• India now ranks as the 7th largest market for Social network globally
• The total internet audience in India has only grown by 13% annually but the social networking audience has grown as much as three times

These facts suggest exciting times for the social networking marketplace in India. The comscore report has also provided a list of popular social networking sites in India

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The list features some predictable names like Facebook, Twitter and Orkut. Infact, Facebook is growing at a breakneck speed as is visible in the %change column

The numbers are definitely encouraging from the perspective of adoption of social networking in India. Moreover, these numbers also hint at an increasing target market for digital marketers to tap into. We are already seeing the presence of key B2C brands on social media platforms . Even the B2B brands have boarded the ship and IT Services sector has been increasing its digital footprint through twitter and Facebook. How these brands are leveraging the medium is a whole different story altogether but the growth of social networking in India is happening and its happening real fast.

What do you think the future holds as far as the social networking traffic in India is considered. Where Facebook and Twitter are expected to continue their growth, is there scope for a localized social networking website to cause disruption.

Facebook Becomes The Numero Uno Social Networking Site In India is a post from: fbKnol

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