As I preface every Facebook post, it is difficult to tell how widespread a feature (or test) is because they are constantly testing new products to different segments of their massive audience.

I have been really impressed by Facebook Places – which I think has done a terrific job simplifying a rather complex product and making it usable / productive for a massive audience (which in turn …

When Facebook launched Facebook Places, I wrote about how they boldly and centrally promoted their new feature.

I had the pleasure of spending yesterday at YCombinator’s Demo Day. 36 companies presented and launched – three of which were Dogpatch Labs residents: Fanvibe, Rapportive, and an off-the-record company.

I can’t tell if this is:
- an algorithmic enhancement
- a bug
- an indication that my newsfeed is becoming less interesting
- an indication that I am not liking enough current / real time activity

And this is why I am so bullish on Facebook Places:
The two biggest components of a winning location play are:
1. network (and we know that Facebook is the largest at 500m+ users)
2. mobile (geo is …

It is always difficult to tell when Facebook is testing new features / formats because they roll out so many variations to differrent user segments.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about YouTube’s terrific mobile promotion of their new html5 experience.
Here is an even better, more eye-catching promotion by Facebook for the new Facebook Places product. As background, to …

Facebook often runs their own advertisements as sponsored units on the main newsfeed. The ads typically promote new features, job openings, their ad platform, etc. So these below promotions for Facebook jobs and Facebook’s Ad …

A little over a year ago, I wrote about Facebook’s new vanity URLs and the immediate SEO boost that ensued.

Twitter has officially launched their Tweet Button – a natural move which will place them beside Facebook’s like buttons… and across millions of pages on the web (soon to be on this blog!). The question …

Last year I covered the Madden 10 advertising blitz that took over ESPN and YouTube’s homepage with slick, expanding units that interacted with the pages’ content. I have always been impressed by ad units that …