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Facebook says it has 845M users with 425M on mobile devices

Facebook announced new usage milestones in its S-1 filing today: 845 million monthly active users including 425 million users who access the service on mobile devices. The company had last claimed 800 million monthly active users  and 350 million mobile … Continue reading

The Top 25 Facebook Games of December 2011

Now that the dust has settled after Facebook’s adjustment to its method for counting active users, we take a look at the top 25 Facebook games going into December 2011. Note: Because Facebook now rounds traffic to the thousands, our … Continue reading

Social Media Tracking Platform awe.sm Closes $4.25M in Funding

Social media tracking platform awe.sm closed a $4.25 million second round of funding led by Foundry Group with participation from previous investor GRP Partners. When we last covered the platform back in 2009 when it was first launched, awe.sm offered … Continue reading

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Harley-Davidson, Simplehuman, EmpowHer, Ford and Zynga

Harley-Davidson is soliciting feedback from its fans in its latest campaign, Simplehuman is giving fans a chance to play a game to win some of its new products. EmpowHer is reaching out to its fans to answer health questions and … Continue reading

Facebook’s Hybrid News Feed May Be Helping Big Brands, Hurting Local Businesses

Initial analysis of the Facebook’s move from a two-tab news feed to a single hybrid news feed showed Page posts receiving fewer impressions but more Likes and comments — overall a positive change. However, new stats from Page analytics vendor … Continue reading

Facebook’s Hybrid News Feed May Be Helping Big Brands, Hurting Local Businesses

Initial analysis of the Facebook’s move from a two-tab news feed to a single hybrid news feed showed Page posts receiving fewer impressions but more Likes and comments — overall a positive change. However, new stats from Page analytics vendor … Continue reading

Facebook Page Insights 2011 Upgrade: The Complete Reference Guide

A major upgrade to Facebook Page Insights is currently being rolled out to administrators. It adds several important new metrics, and removes some others. People Talking About This, Reach, and Consumptions will all help Page admins better measure the total … Continue reading

Study of Facebook News Feed Changes: Page Post Comments Up 21%, Likes Up 9%, Impressions Down 25%

Following Facebook’s recent changes to the news feed, Pages are receiving 21% more comments and 9% more Likes, though 25% fewer impressions per post, according to a study by Page analytics provider EdgeRank Checker. Facebook had redesigned the home page to merge the Top News and Most Recent feeds into a single hybrid news feed [...]

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Pretzel Crisps, Farmers Insurance, Zynga, 7-Eleven and JVC

Some companies tried new methods, and others relied on tried and true ones in their campaigns on Facebook over the last week. Pretzel Crisps engaged customers over their new product flavors, also giving away copious amounts of it for free, and 7-11 gave away free coffee this week. Farmers Insurance teamed up with Zynga to [...]

Facebook’s News Feed Changes May Be Reducing Impressions, Increasing Feedback for Page Posts

Since Facebook combined the Top News and Most Recent tabs into a single, hybrid news feed last week, we’ve been watching for fluctuations in the volume of Page posts and other content types seen on the site’s home page. A study by EdgeRank Checker shows that impressions per post are down 33% but that Likes [...]