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Facebook Pages Get Google Real Time Search Boost
Mar 1st
Facebook has, as you know, side swiped MySpace from the top of the social networking tree. I for one prefer Facebook and with the addition of Facebook pages for businesses, it’s scope became huge.
As a search marketer and general digi marketing geek I’ve often wondered the best way to use Facebook for my clients. Of course we know about the “Pay Per Click” style advertising Facebook allows but what about those people who can’t afford that; the people who want a more cost effective Facebook advertising solution?
Well, whilst it’s not a golden egg, the recent announcement by Google that Facebook More >
How To Setup Facebook Chat With iChat
Feb 11th
Further to my post on Facebook chat now working with iChat, here’s how you set Facebook up to work with iChat on your Mac…
Open up iChat and then follow these instructions from the Facebook Site Tour:
- Go to iChat Preferences
- Click “Accounts” and then hit +
- Select “Jabber” from the list and then enter:Username: yourusername@chat.facebook.com Password: <your Facebook password>
- Click the arrow next to “Server Options” and enter:Server: chat.facebook.com Port: 5522 5222 (Uncheck the box labeled “USE SSL”)
Voila! Facebook is now set up to work with iChat!
Facebook Chat Now Works With iChat And Much More
Feb 11th
First up, sorry for the lack of links in this post, I’m blogging from my iPhone.
Anyhoo, Facebook have just announced Jabber (XMPP) integration for their live chat service; welcome news for anyone wanting to use Facebook chat with iChat and many other standard chat clients.
I can now drop Adium (great as it is) and use my Mac’s native chat client. And anyway, I don’t use my Windows Live Messenger account anymore, does anyone?
Facebook have also made this technology available to developers wanting to integrate Facebook chat into their websites.
This is great news and I’m betting Joe Audette More >
