Facebook,Online Advertising,Social Media
23 October 2007 | 4 Comments
I have been experimenting with different CPC (cost per click) products the last few months. I have obviously gone down the Google AdWords route, and I have looked at StumbleUpon’s pay-per-stumble; but my newest victim is proving quite valuable. Facebook Flyers Pro is Facebook’s hand at AdWords. Unlike AdWords though, I have the ability to [...]
Tagged in cost per click, cpc, ctr, Facebook, google adwords, google analytics
Facebook,Social Media,api
1 October 2007 | 4 Comments
Welll, it appears that one month after Facebook asked me, and others, to remove my little cURL ‘hack’ for updating your Facebook Status, Facebook has finally implemented a users.setStatus() method in their API. I originally posted my code and the ideas surrounding its creation and use on April 20, 2007. Five months later, Facebook decided [...]
Tagged in api, f8, Facebook, federated-status, hack, Twitter
Facebook,Social Media
6 September 2007 | 2 Comments
Earlier last week when the Facebook controversy started, I contacted TechCrunch to get some questions answered before I responded, because I know they have experience in talking to service-providers. After speaking with TechCrunch, and not responding to Facebook’s take-down request, my account was disabled. I finally responded and, after a few emails, agreed to remove [...]
Tagged in controversy, Facebook, implications, legal intervention, nytimes, questions answered, service providers, techcrunch
Social Media,Twitter
23 April 2007 | 9 Comments
Well, I have done it. I have managed to bridge that gap between my computer and my toilet… or my computer and my drive to work… or my computer and those boring lectures at school…. I no longer have to suffer through the pain of not having access to my live feed of everyones life. [...]
Tagged in code, Facebook, mortscript, PHP, Twitter
Facebook,PHP,Social Media
20 April 2007 | 64 Comments
I use Facebook as my ‘social network of choice’, and the means for updating friends of my status. The main reason is because most of my friends have no idea what Twitter is, nor would many of them use it. Everyone I know does have a Facebook account though, so it seems only natural that I use the medium which will give my updates the largest audience.
Although I do not use Twitter, I fully support it and love the idea of it.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if I could meld Facebook and Twitter. What I envisioned was a one-stop shop for updating my statuses across the internet.
Tagged in api, code, Facebook, idea, mobile service, PHP, status updates, statuses, Twitter