Facebook Suffers Short Outage After ‘Internal Issue’

Facebook, the world’s largest social network, suffered a short outage on Tuesday night after what the company said was an “internal issue”.
Some visitors to the site were welcomed not by the usual feed but by a message saying “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.”
However, according to a statement from Facebook, the issue has already been resolved.
“Earlier today, an internal issue in our Web infrastructure caused the site to be …

2 Encompassing Tips To Get More Likes On Facebook [Infographic]

Wouldn’t it be great if everything you posted on Facebook got tons of likes?
However, not everyone manages the Facebook account or page of a massively popular company or celebrity.
This is why social media managers and the like must take all the help they can get especially when it comes to driving more engagement through their portfolio of social media channels.
Here we have an infographic that gives two encompassing tips to get more likes on Facebook.
The tips are simple enough but get …

#Facebook: #Hashtags Come To World’s Largest Social Network

Facebook, the world’s largest social network, has succumbed to the popularity of the hashtag.
 
In a blog post, Facebook said that it wanted its users to have an easier time participating in conversations about topics that are important to them.
 
“Every day, hundreds of millions of people use Facebook to share their thoughts on big moments happening all around them. Whether it’s talking about a favorite television show, cheering on a hometown sports team or engaging with …

Persuading your Boss to Invest in Facebook Marketing

ShortStack CEO Jim Belosic shares the following things you can do to persuade your boss or client to invest in Facebook

Facebook Marketing Tools for Small Businesses

Many entrepreneurs now use Facebook as their new Yellow Pages; that is, using the biggest and most popular social networking site in the world to make the public aware that their businesses

Mobile Has Changed The Way We Capture Moments [INFOGRAPHIC]

The moments captured on camera have dramatically changed since the first camera-phone hybrid. The rapid evolution of mobile technology and social media has shifted the way we use cameras. There were only a few moments we could capture before the rise of camera phones.
Mobile CMS site piJnz has created an infographic to highlight the changes: declining digital camera sales, smartphones outselling regular cameras, the iPhone taking more photos than any other type of camera, the rising number of …

FB Fox / Firefox And Cubs: The New Pseudo Facebook Mascot Family

Facebook may just have discovered a new pseudo mascot family in the form of FB Fox and her cubs which are currently living inside the Facebook Campus in Menlo Park, California.
The fox – officially named FB Fox by Facebook employees and called Firefox by some – already has its very own Facebook Page set up by Alexis Smith, a marketing employee of the social networking behemoth.
The FB Fox Page has already gained over 14,000 likes as of posting.
Smith, according to an article by The …

Funny Infographic Shows People How To Choose Their Next Facebook Profile Picture

One of the hardest decisions people have to face in life is choosing what will be their next profile picture on Facebook.
Kidding aside, everyone who is one Facebook has faced this question.
However, with all the no-nos which have evolved from our own societies and their ever changing standards, this profile picture question definitely has become a bit harder to answer these days.
Thankfully, we have help in the form of an infographic made by Photoworld.
Let’s dive into one of the …

Facebook Now Lets Advertisers Target Based on Recent Actions

Facebook now has “action spec” targeting ability, which lets advertisers target advertisements to users based on actions they did on the social networking site within a specified time

Social Media Shifts Towards Giving Users More Options to Express Creativity

As Yahoo acquires Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars, this is seen by many experts as a sign that social media is having a shift. The new social media users are looking for sites where they can have more active engagement in developing and sharing content that is meaningful and