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image thumb85 Facebook Like Button Revamped: Ensures The Like Remains Liked And Not Unliked

Facebook is making updates, of course other than stripping of employee names from payroll of those who hand over resignation. The current update comes to the Facebook Like button and my first say; it looks more visible.

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It appears that we will be seeing a further expansion of the Facebook Like button with the coming of MailChimp version 5.2. The new version, which is supposed to be released in the next week will include support for the plugin to be integrated within email campaigns. So what is this going to do? What ever does online: share your subscription to your Facebook profile if you do like it.

That behavior would help MailChimp keep a better track on the campaign and at the same time become a part of the social media monitoring. I know it sounds super cool for the promoters and campaign managers as we have already seen so much benefits it has brought to everyone around. Firstly it’s easy to get along with, you like a page, just press the button and there it goes to your profile and appearing as an activity on your friends’ news feeds. That brings in loads of referrals to any site and shift that over to emails, you have a viral campaign catching fire on Facebook.

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image thumb46 And Now The Like Button On Comments As Well: Go Facebook Go! [meh!]

Then the Liking gets viral, the Like button should be everywhere. Don’t get it? Well Facebook has extended the feature to user comments as well meaning that now you will be able to Like comments on the social networking site as well. More likes, more promotions and even more flooded news feed.

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All the brouhaha around with Facebook Updates, the f8 conference, Instant Personalization, etc. There was another feature; the transition of become a fan to likes and the Like button on each page. That’s where the trouble steps in, trouble associated to how it plans to monitor what pages have the likes and what content is being liked.

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image thumb62 You Just Like It To Have Facebook Own You!

Have you ever noticed a salesperson who makes sure he grabs you by your pockets if you happen to Like any product? I have been through that and it irritates me how he tries to sell me everything that he thinks might interest me. I feel he thinks I am a slave, someone owned to obey his commands.

Facebook, to a certain extent gives me the same vibes and with its Web wide Like strategy, it makes my fear concrete.

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