We’re all familiar with the Facebook “like” button that we can integrate into our websites or blogs. However, when somebody “likes” something, on Facebook it shows up in their news feed for all to see. Sometimes it’s something that we don’t want to have just show up on our news feed. Setimes we would rather send that content to an individual or group of people specifically. Well, now we can. Today I’d like to introduce the new “send” button, “the easiest way to privately share things with groups and individuals”.
“The Send button is a social plugin that websites can use to let people send a link to a friend through Facebook Messages, post it to a Group, or email it to an individual. For example, if you see a Mother’s Day gift idea on 1-800-Flowers.com, you can now send a message or email to your family members to discuss. Or say you’re training for a marathon and you come across a great article about running shoes on The Huffington Post. Now you can share it with your entire running group in just one click.
The Send button drives traffic by letting users send a link and a short message to the people that would be most interested. They don’t need to leave the web page they’re on or fill out a long, annoying form. Compared to the alternatives, the Send button has fewer required steps, and it removes the need to look up email addresses by auto-suggesting friends and Groups.
We designed the Send button to be used alongside the Like button. By including both on your website, people will have ability to broadcast the things they like and also send it to specific people.”
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About a minute into the video below Eli Paris explains how he asked two of his friends to input the keyword “Egypt” into Google and had them both take screenshots of the search results page. You may be surprised to learn that they both received different search results. This is because Google is starting to tailor search results to the individual. The million dollar question is how this effects search engine optimization if it effects it at all.
This news comes at no surprise really. I’ve known for a few years now that Google will rank sites higher in your individual search results if you “liked” that site on Stumbleupon.
This could get very interesting for both advertisers and consumers alike. This just may open a whole world of opportunities especially if you’re in the fashion industry.
“So what is Stipple now? Well, there’s still the people-tagging element for sure. And that’s still really cool. If you tag a person in a photo on the web, you can enter their Twitter name or Facebook name and then anyone can see their most recent updates as overlays on that picture. But the much bigger idea is that Stipple is teaming up with photo services, fashion brands, publishers, and others to possibly alter the way people browse and buy things on the web.
Think of it this way: right now when someone is browsing the web and they see a shirt they like on a random photo, they probably resort to doing a Google search for something similar. Or maybe they open the website of their favorite store to see if they have anything to match that look. But what Stipple offers is a way for each photo to show you exactly what piece of clothing the person in the photo is wearing — to show you who makes it, how much it costs, etc. And it allows you to “Want” it (save it to look at later) or “Shop” for it via two overlay buttons right on the picture itself.
It’s an idea that clearly resonates with web browsers. How do I know? Because Stipple co-founder and CEO Rey Flemings had some data to share with us. Stipple has actually been serving these product dots (the overlay used to show an area of the picture contains more information) for a while now — enough for over 10 million data points. He says that people mouse over a photo with a dot 46 percent of the time. And those users touch the product dot 12.48 percent of the time — that’s actually more than people use the people dot (4.9 percent of the time).
Think about that for a second. That mousing over the dot is basically an ad impression — with a strong level of intent. And it’s happening 12.48 percent of the time on Stipple-tagged images. Further, 1.75 percent are clicking the Want button. While 1.9 percent are clicking the Shop button. Advertisers would kill for those types of rates…”
I just stumbled across this great tip today. I remember answering a few questions on Facebook myself, but I never really thought about using it for market research purposes. This may not work too well for those who have yet to build a following on Facebook, but the way that Facebook Questions works makes it so you don’t need to have thousands of fans in order to get a lot of people answering your question either.
The Facebook Help site says, ‘Facebook Questions lets you ask any question and get quick answers from your friends and other people on Facebook.’ Questions is designed so that anyone on Facebook can help you find the answer. So when you ask a question, it is shared in News Feeds. If your friends answer or follow that question, it will be shared with their friends getting your business in front of many other people that might not know you.
How Can I Ask a Question on Facebook?
You can ask a question from a few different places:
- From your Profile: At the top of the page, next to where you would normally share a status update, select the “Question” link. Then enter your question and add poll options if you wish. Click “Ask Question” to share it.
- From your home page: At the top of your News Feed, next to where you would normally share a status update, select the “Question” link. Then enter your question and add poll options if you wish. Click “Ask Question” to share it.
- From your Questions page: Click “Question” next to “Share” at the top of the page. Then enter your question and add poll options if you wish. Click “Ask Question” to share it.
What Kinds of Questions Can I Ask?
You can ask any type of question, but Questions was designed to help you get fast, short-form responses. For example, you can use Questions to get recommendations from your friends (What are your favorite iPhone apps?), learn more about the people around you (What was your favorite movie as a child?) or start discussion about current events (How can I help the earthquake victims in Japan?).
Anyone on Facebook may participate in a question you ask, but answers are always filtered to show responses from your friends first. So, even if many people have responded, you will always see what your friends have said first. You can access the responses from everyone else by clicking “Others” within the “Posts” section of the question.
How Do I Create a Poll or Ask a Polling Question?
If you’d like to create a traditional poll where you specify all the options up front and other people may not vote for more than one option, click “Question” at the top of your home page or profile. Then..”
