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Facebook optimizes comments plugin for mobile

Facebook has updated its Comments Box plugin to improve functionality for mobile sites, the company announced today on its Facebook + Media page. People who have already added the Comments Box to their website will find that it is now … Continue reading

How Facebook Comments impact Google search rankings

This post provides a brief introduction to Google’s update; content publishers and webmasters should read on for the full, free, overview at The Facebook Marketing Bible. Google’s November 2011 changes to its web crawler have created new opportunities and liabilities … Continue reading

Facebook shows some commenters how they’re connected

Facebook is testing a way to show users how they are connected to people who comment on their friends’ posts. In a few instances, we’ve seen comments displaying descriptions like “2 mutual friends” next to a person’s name. This is … Continue reading

Facebook: A Year in Review

Facebook’s “Move fast and break things” mantra was put into action again this year as the company overhauled a number of its products, introduced many new features and eliminated old functionality. Here is a month-by-month review of changes that most … Continue reading

Facebook Adds “Related Posts” with Questions and Comments to Sponsored Stories

Facebook experimented with a new “Related Post” Sponsored Story format that leverages comments and questions over the Thanksgiving holiday to encourage more interaction between consumers and respective brands. This is an improvement on Facebook’s “Comment” Sponsored Story ad unit, which draws … Continue reading

How the Facebook Comments Plugin Can Boost Traffic, Improve Discussion Quality on Your Site

  Facebook’s Comments Plugin allows website administrators to add user commenting to any piece of content on their website. When this plugin is installed on your website or blog, visitors will be able to comment as their Facebook profile, any … Continue reading

Facebook Adds Subscribe Button to Comments Box Plugin to Increase Civility, Subscribers

Facebook is giving users another way to add Subscribers to their public updates by introducing a Subscribe button beside commenter names in its Comments Box social plugin. The move ties two products that already work separately to promote public discussion, … Continue reading

Facebook Roundup: Project Spartan, Lamebook, Privacy Comments, Patents, Bug Bounty, Privacy, Ads and More

More Info on Facebook’s Spartan – TechCrunch reported more information about BoltJS, a UI framework designed by Facebook and written in JavaScript that runs in the browser. Apparently it’s part of Facebook’s Project Spartan, which may not be fully revealed until f8. Facebook Settles With Lamebook – Lamebook, a humor site publishing funny Facebook posts, [...]

Facebook Comments Can Now Display Photos, Play Videos, and Preview Websites

Facebook yesterday announced that when users post a URL in a comment, a preview of content from that page will be shown in-line. Similar to when users post URLs into the Facebook publisher for sharing to the news feed, comment reels can now show photos, play videos, and display blurbs and images from websites. Unlike [...]

Platform Update: JavaScript SDK with OAuth, Place Like Box, Removed Bookmarks Insights

In the latest Platform Update to the Developers Blog, Facebook announced that the new OAuth-ready version of the JavaScript SDK will become available on July 20th. The blog post also explained how websites can show the wall of a Places page in a Place Like Box, shared details about upgrades to the Comments Box social [...]