"Using Facebook's advertising tool, we've been tracking country and demographic data, and we've observed rises and dips within countries and regions even as the worldwide traffic total has grown. In places where Facebook grew first -- the US, and some European countries, especially -- we've observed more weak months as the service has penetrated more of the total population. The fact that so many people are on Facebook means that there aren't many more people left who can join....
"So, whether from new countries or old, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently said that he thinks the company can reach a billion users. He shared more about that, during a recent talk at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival [!].
"'We know that a country has tipped when local-to-local connections outnumber local to foreign," he said, as The Financial Times reported. "It is a long-term thing we are probably not going to win in six months, not in a year... things look promising in three to five years out.'" Read more... Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Grow your community The members gadget makes registration simple, letting users sign in to your website with existing account information (e.g. Google, Yahoo, AOL) so they spend less time filling in forms, and more time exploring your site. The members gadget also lets users create or import profiles (e.g. Twitter), discover other users, and send private messages to each other.... More relevant ads Associate your Friend Connect account with your AdSense account to display ad units that match the interests users publicly share on your website. You can choose the exact ad units that take users' interests into consideration. Your site, your data Review the interests users share and your site's membership growth from inside your Friend Connect account. You can export your site's data at any time for spreadsheet analysis or to integrate with third party services. Read more...
More relevant ads Associate your Friend Connect account with your AdSense account to display ad units that match the interests users publicly share on your website. You can choose the exact ad units that take users' interests into consideration.
Your site, your data Review the interests users share and your site's membership growth from inside your Friend Connect account. You can export your site's data at any time for spreadsheet analysis or to integrate with third party services.
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