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The Downsides Of Adopting Facebook Connect

Apr 29, 2010 2:30 PM

Ty Ahmad-Taylor is the founder and CEO of FanFeedr, a real-time personalized sports feed. Previously, he was SVP of Strategy and Product Development at Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and, before that, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA). He tweets at @tyahma One of the things big and small media companies grapple with is identity,…

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Yahoo To Bring Facebook Connect To Its Properties

Dec 2, 2009 12:20 PM

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is integrating with Facebook in a big way, rolling out Facebook Connect across its properties worldwide. Yahoo already had some limited tie-ins with Facebook; for instance, its new home page lets users edit their statuses on Facebook directly from Yahoo.com. However, the new relationship goes much further,…

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Posted In: Social Media, Community, News Sharing, Companies, Facebook, Yahoo, facebook connect

To Serve Better Ads, Google’s Social Platform Gets Nosier

Nov 4, 2009 12:25 PM

Facebook has been the winner when it comes to getting big publishers to adopt its social platform, Facebook Connect; most recently it inked a news and ad-sharing deal with HuffPo, but Facebook Connect has been serving as CNN’s go-to social platform for over a year now. That hasn’t stopped *Google*,…

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Posted In: Advertising, Social Media, Companies, Google, facebook connect

Facebook Connect Set To Expand; Includes Discovery, Digg, Hulu and Others

Nov 30, 2008 9:59 PM

Facebook, in an increasing attempt to prove its utility beyond its own site (and hence build on its advertising potential in the long run), is expanding its Facebook Connect service on some major media and services sites, including *Discovery*.com, SFChronicle, Digg, Citysearch, CBS.com and Hulu. The Connect service allows a…

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