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  • Social Media Marketing WorldImprove your strategy & find your next big ideas—April 28-30DISCOVER WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING

    Facebook Updates Follow Button: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / November 30, 2013

    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 Redesigns Follow Button and Like Box: “Similar to the Like and Share buttons, the Follow button and the Like Box plugin will also be updated with” Facebook's new design.

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    The newly designed Follow button and Like Box.

    Vine Releases in More Languages: “Now, it's even easier for people around the world to watch and share posts that make us laugh, teach us something new or help us find out what's happening in the world.”

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    Vine is “also beginning to explore ways to surface Vine videos that are popular in a particular country. “

    Twitter Improves Age-Screening Experience: Twitter is rolling out “an improvement to the age-screening experience on Twitter.com, iOS and Android devices.”

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    “Alcohol brands can safely grow their of-age network of Twitter followers in a way that's simpler than before.”

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    Pinterest Unveils Holiday Giving Guide: Pinterest has “asked some creative pinners to share their favorite gift ideas to help you find the most imaginative gifts for every type of person on your list.”

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    Pinterest is also “introducing a new and improved Holiday Gifts feed, where you can browse products from top retailers and filter by Gifts for Her, Gifts for Him and Gifts for Kids, to discover the hottest gifts of the season.”

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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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