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    Facebook Events Enhanced: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / March 17, 2012

    social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

    What’s New This Week?

    Facebook Updates Events Interface: Several changes make Facebook Events easier to use. There’s more flexibility when creating an Event and it’s easier to find an option to create a Facebook Event for your particular needs. There are also changes to the Event pages including the wall only allowing comments from people who say they’re attending or might do so. And the Event page wall now shows updates by order of engagement.

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    Fewer fields are required to create an Event. You now have the option to create an Event without a location and allow anyone who joins to set the location later on.

    Google+ Makes it Easy to Create Your YouTube Account: This recent update “gives the more than 100 million of you on Google+, who are already able to watch YouTube in Hangouts and share videos with your Circles, another way to bring the best of Google+ directly into your YouTube experience.”

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    "Here's what you'll see if you sign up for a new YouTube channel and you already have a Google+ profile."

    YouTube Encourages Engaging Videos: Previously, YouTube made video suggestions to viewers based on how many people clicked to watch a video. YouTube has changed their algorithm to now suggest videos “based on which videos contribute to a longer overall viewing session rather than how many clicks an individual video receives.”

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    With this change, YouTube makes it easier for viewers to find enjoyable content and encourages video creators to make their content engaging.

    Foursquare Is Prettier on Facebook: The Foursquare application on Facebook integrates with the Timeline design. “Now, the check-ins that you choose to share on Facebook look nicer, in both your Timeline and News Feed (and if you check in a bunch of times, your friends will see them as one nice story instead of separately). Your check-in photos show up full-size, too, just like photos you upload to Facebook.”

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    "Plus, you can now see a nice summary of each month's past Foursquare activity in your Timeline, featuring your total check-ins, top places, badges you unlocked and more."

    Posterous Joins Twitter: Posterous was acquired by Twitter.  “Posterous Spaces will remain up and running without disruption. We’ll give users ample notice if we make any changes to the service. For users who would like to back up their content or move to another service, we’ll share clear instructions for doing so in the coming weeks.”

    Here’s a social media tool worth noting:

    Everplaces: An iPhone app that allows you to “keep track of wonderful places, those you want to revisit and those you want to try out one day. Follow like-minded people and exchange recommendations.”

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    Share lists of the places you like with your social networks.

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    What do you think about this week’s news? What social media news caught your interest? Please share your comments below.

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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