Facebook Building Search Engine
Is Facebook building a Google rival — one that would use your location and your friends’ tastes? A team of more than 20 Facebook engineers — led by a former Google programmer — is at work on a vastly improved search engine within the site, according a Businessweek report. The idea, according to two sources, is to take better advantage of the heaps of content Facebook users create on — and off — the site every day. With people sharing...
Facebook Return Visit-Aware
Facebook’s switch to a news feed that displays different content depending on when you last visited will greatly change how we use this social network. Prior to this “Return Visit-Aware Content Stream”, Facebook struggled with user requirements primarily because we all use the site very differently. For example, frequent users of Facebook (returning multiple times per day) would see the same stories in the ‘Top News’ feed leaving many...
Facebook tracking non users
Facebook finally confirmed that it does actually track non-users. The tracking process begins when a user initially visits a facebook.com page. Facebook inserts two different types of tracking cookies in your browser: Members get a “session cookie” and a “browser cookie” AND non-members get a “browser cookie”. This means that every time you visit a third-party webpage that maintains a “Like” button or other...