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Facebook: Facts You Probably Didn't Know [INFOGRAPHIC] Did you know that the second most popular Facebook Page is that of Homer Simpson, right behind Michael Jackson?

Or that the overall amount of time spent on Facebook each month is 8.3 billion hours? (We shudder to think how much of that time is spent on FarmVille). If you ever want to impress anyone with your knowledge of Facebook miscellanea, below is the ultimate cheat sheet in the form of a very large infographic. Enjoy! <a href=" target="_blank"><img src=" alt="Facebook: What You Probably Didn't Know" border="0" data-width="500" data-fragment="m! Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What's the Difference? Howard Greenstein is a Social Media Strategy and Marketing consultant, and President of the Harbrooke Group.

He's also a national board member of Social Media Club. “Should I create a group or launch a Page?” It's the eternal question that gets asked as often as, “What is Twitter?” At introductory social media training classes. Ever since Facebook launched their Pages product as part of their larger advertising strategy (along with the ill-fated Beacon) in November 2007, there has been confusion over which to use. What is a Page on Facebook? In their own words, “Facebook created Pages when we noticed that people were trying to connect with brands and famous artists in ways that didn't quite work on Facebook…Not only can you connect with your favorite artists and businesses, but now you also can show your friends what you care about and recommend by adding Pages to your personal profile.” To create a fan page, one simply has to go to facebook.com/pages/create.php and create a new page.

10 Hilarious Twitter Parody Videos. Whether or not Twitter has hit a traffic growth ceiling, the 140 character status update platform has already proved it can permeate past its early adopter audience and attract a more mainstream user-base complete with Twittering athletes, celebrities, and government officials.

Along the way, Twitter has also managed to grab a lot of attention as the easy scapegoat in parody videos. We've seen comedic geniuses, late-night talk show hosts, and many video production companies all try to best each other in a battle for the funniest Twitter spoof or satire. Not all are created equal, but the 10 we've included here are some of the sure-fire standouts. Twitter may be the butt of everyone's joke, but after the news of a $1 billion valuation, we have a sneaking suspicion that Twitter will eventually have the last laugh. 1.Real Life Twitter What would life be like if we audibly announced our tweets to the world instead of sharing them on Twitter?

2. 3. Update your Jewish mother in seconds. 5. 6. Sponsored Tweets Launches: The End of Twitter As We Know It? We heard rumblings that IZEA's Sponsored Tweets was about to debut back in June.

Today, IZEA's platform launched, and it is what we all expected: a pay per tweet service. Sponsored Tweets, now live, is like a seasoned Twitter advertising platform, taking the pitfalls of competitors that have launched before them, and trying to create a robust solution that attempts to bring transparency, ethics, influence, and even celebrity to paid Twitter conversations. The Sponsored Tweets platform works by giving advertisers the ability to create campaigns and select, invite, and approve Twitterers of their choosing to participate in their sponsored campaigns. On the flip side, Twitterers can set their pay rate and find opportunities to tweet on behalf of advertisers and get paid per tweet and/or click. Sponsored Tweets Basics There are a lot of checks, balances, and filters built into the Sponsored Tweets system. Sponsored Celebrity Endorsers: Will They Pay Off? Are Disclosures Enough?