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Facebook Reveals 2011's Most-Popular Status Trends. Facebook status updates played a starring role in the evolution of the world's largest social network in 2011. As several major changes to status updates (increased character limits, for example) rolled out throughout the year, Facebook data scientists kept their eyes focused on tracking the trends among those status updates. Facebook unleashed that research late Tuesday night in their end-of-year Memology list, which each December since 2009 has helped users understand the most-popular topics, cultural trends and acronyms on the site. Similar to what was popular on Twitter in 2011, high-profile deaths triggered (see image above) plenty of discussions among you and your friends. On Facebook, the death's of Osama bin Laden, Steve Jobs and Amy Winehouse incited heavy activity in status updates.

SEE ALSO: Beyonce’s Baby Bump Inspired More Tweets Per Second Than Steve Jobs’ Passing This year's list also highlights the fastest-growing topic areas in news, entertainment and sports. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Google Says Google+ “Is Not A Social Network”, Do You Agree? There’s no doubt that Google+ started on the right note – it came, saw and conquered the hearts of people all over the world. It had the wow factor and it hit other social media networks where it hurts the most. And then Facebook hit back in style, launching one innovative feature after the other. Google+ responded back by opening itself to the enterprise with the launch of Google+ Pages and critics were back to their usual best – pitting Facebook Pages against Google+ Pages.

But now it seems Google’s had enough of Facebook vs. Google+ comparisons. Google, the world’s leading online search giant, has now changed its standard pitch and is saying that Google+ is not a social network that competes directly with Facebook. As expected, people have interpreted this announcement in their own ways. In my opinion, it’s fair to say that Google+ is much more than being just a social network and here’s why.

The Google Ecosystem The Social Web Is Facebook a threat? Douglas Idugboe. Opinion: Twitter's Activity stream is everything real-time sharing isn't. Twitter recently rolled out its new Activity stream, a feature that annotates your activity as well as the activity of accounts you interact with often. It scoops up the favorites, follows, and retweets of people you follow. Sound familiar? It’s basically a Twitterized rip-off of the Facebook News Feed—but worse-looking. The Activity stream is a glorified avenue for getting you to follow new accounts, but it’s replacing the categories users formerly had at their disposal: immediate access to @ mentions and retweets.

Now you can find those features filed under the Activity stream and your designated username channel, but there’s one more step in the process. This might seem like a relatively small update, and maybe even one that doesn’t warrant commentary, but the Activity stream denies everything Twitter is—or was. But somewhere along the line, things have gotten muddled. Which is clearly what Twitter is trying to change with the Activity stream. ChapStick Gets Itself in a Social Media Death Spiral. Google+ had a chance to compete with Facebook. Not anymore. AFP/Getty Images. Shortly after Google launched its new social network in June, many companies—including several online magazines, Slate among them—attempted to create “brand profiles” on the service.

The rush was a testament to Google’s power to drive a flood of users to any new site it launches. Though Google+ was pretty rough around the edges, many observers called it a credible alternative to Facebook, so it made sense for companies to get in on the ground floor. Farhad Manjoo is a technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the author of True Enough.

Follow Yet Google seemed completely surprised by this turn of events. A product manager posted a message discouraging businesses from creating Google+ profiles, and the company began shutting down the profiles posted by renegade firms. Google did finally release brand pages this week—here’s Slate’s page—but at this point the effort might be moot. The real test of Google’s social network is what people do after they join. Jessica @ #newhousesm4. Nx1dimj Shared by averybowser. Freebies for Klout Users, Targeted Ads For Companies. Jeffbullas. I was on my road bike on the weekend dressed in my bright cycling Lycra, helmet and riding gear. I had just crossed over the Harbor on the cycleway and as I came down the incline I noticed a group of children playing near the exit. As I dismounted one of the young girls said to me with a child’s spontaneous grin and a sparkle in her eyes “That must be fun” ..I replied … “It certainly is”.

Fun can be many things to many people and one of the stories about social media this week is about the fun meister comedian Conan O’Brien and how he is using online and offline marketing to create awareness about his return to late night television on November 8 to entertain, tease and torment his audience. One of the other stories that raised an eyebrow was that mums and dads are posting photos of their babies on Facebook before they are even born! Here are the 5 posts on social media that caught my attention this week. 1. 4. 10 Ways to Rock Your Facebook Campaign 5. 194inShare.

Twitter's New Timeline Changes Appear For Some (PICTURES) Twitter is apparently testing some big changes to the site. Certain users have noticed convenient new features that expand the timeline on Twitter.com, though this test appears to be limited to only a few users. One of the new features, as described by Patrick Bisch of Pinglio, is an "Open" button, that you can click to expand a particular tweet to display replies, making the tweet exchange appear more like a threaded conversation.

As reported by CNET, Bisch has created a video showcasing some of the new features he and other users have discovered. The last major Twitter update was announced in 2010, when the design we know today was launched. What Top-Ranked Schools Rule The Web And Social Media. Infographic: Social media usage across Asia - Shanghaiist. This neat little infographic from Endelman Digital maps out the social media habits of internet users all across Asia. The data used comes from PC-based internet users only, leaving out the very substantial chunk of Asians staring at the internet through their phone or at an internet cafe.

But anyway, it's pretty to look at, and gives a nice clear peak at user habits, as well as Facebook's slow and steady world domination. (Penn Olson points out that Facebook actually does surpass Wretch in Taiwan, with 58% online penetration.) It's clear that video viewing eats up the lion's share of Asia's time online, while blogging falls a close second in most countries. Interestingly, China has the lowest percentage of social networking usage of all 13 countries listed (I can't decide if this is surprising or not.) But more importantly, how do you measure how much time Chinese users eat up reading online novels? A Single Retweet Caused Palestinian Envoy To Canada To Be Fired. Desirable People to Follow on Google+ Peg Fitzpatrick. Are You Ready For One of the Biggest Changes on the Internet in a Decade?

Should You Be on Tumblr? Seven Business Case Examples. Are you looking for an effortless blogging platform for your business? Tumblr has 30 million+ blogs and is business-friendly. It easily supports . Read how seven businesses created interesting blogs using Tumblr. How Tumblr Works With more than 10 billion posts and 30 million blogs , Tumblr is quickly becoming a force in the world of social media. It combines the social sharing of Twitter and Facebook with a clean, easy-to-use blogging platform.

One advantage of Tumblr is its simplicity and ease of use. Users choose to that appear in their dashboard much like an RSS feed. Tumblr allows you to "follow" blogs that appear in the dashboard like an RSS feed. , which has led to some very creative Tumblr sites ( Dear Photograph , Unhappy Hipsters and Clients from Hell are some of my personal favorites). Tumblr is not for everyone. However, the quick setup and simplicity of Tumblr may make it . The fashion industry was one of the first to embrace Tumblr from a business perspective.

. #7: Newsweek.