Thursday, May 3, 2012

Facebook action links

  • Facebooks Timeline apps are about to get a lot more interactive.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Customizable links give users a third way to engage with Open Graph content that appears in news feeds, timelines, or tickers. Facebook introduced a new feature today designed to help developers engage users more deeply with their app content.
  • (CNET News)
  • Facebook just made interacting with timelines, news feeds and tickers a little easier, thanks to a new feature the company is calling Action Links.
  • (IDG NEWS)
  • Summary: Facebook has launched Action Links for the Open Graph apps available for Facebook Timeline. The customizable links tie one action to another and are part of the stories that appear on the service.
  • (ZDNet)
  • Custom cover images and "pinned" posts (as discussed below) can be used to make up for this lack of a "welcome" or call to action for new users. Facebook sidebar are now at the top of the page.
  • (The Business Journal)
  • While this offers a great visual component to your page, businesses need to be careful to avoid calls to action with that below the cover image that link to various applications.
  • (The Business Journal)
  • Move over, action verbs, and make way for action links, which Facebook introduced today as a way for users to interact directly with timeline applications.
  • (AllFacebook)
  • Put simply, Target is fed up with Amazons sales tactics. Youll start to see new action links popping up around Facebook. Theyre new ways to interact with posts. And today were checking out the iOS app Wallit.
  • (CNET News)
  • Now Facebook is enabling marketers to add action links to their Timeline applications.
  • (InternetRetailer.com)
  • Facebook will add a set of action links to its social networking service that give users a third way to react to posts in their news feeds, in addition to liking or sharing them, the company said Wednesday.
  • (PC Advisor)

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