Facebook goes one step further in bid to takeover the web
After it was revealed only last month that Facebook had received more visits than Google in the US it is hardly surprising that they are making more changes to try to takeover from Google and make the web increasingly more social.
At Facebook's F8 conference Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook's latest feature that will allow Facebook to be seen across the web by extending the 'like' feature through social plug-ins. The 'like' feature that Facebook initially introduced allowed users to 'like' a person's status or photos and now instead of being a fan of a page you 'like' a page. Instead of a fanpage having say 20,000 fans, it now has '20,000 people who like this.'
The changes announced yesterday now mean that instead of just liking things actually in Facebook itself, users can 'like' things on other webpages outside of Facebook. Partner websites of Facebook will have a Facebook Like button that once you've clicked, the link to that webpage and some of the web content that is 'liked' will be shared on your Facebook profile. This can only happen if you are logged in to Facebook which is obviously want Facebook want. At the moment only a few partner websites have been announced including Sky, Yelp and Pandora.
Facebook have also announced that users will now be able to create and share Microsoft Office documents with their friends using Facebook Docs. So users can upload Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents on their walls and share with their friends who can then comment or 'like' them.
These latest changes came as it was revealed the day before the F8 conference that Facebook has closed down 'Facebook Lite', a stripped down version of Facebook that was introduced a few months ago. Facebook didn't give a real reason as to why they decided to shut down Facebook lite as users are now taken to the main Facebook site.
I'll try and keep on top of anymore changes Facebook seem to enjoy rapidly making!
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