Facebook Connect
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Facebook Connect mania has swept the Internet! Why create an account on a random website when you can click a single button to join? That is the power of Facebook Connect , which allows websites, software, and even mobile devices to integrate with Facebook and send information both ways.
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In other words, any site that has implemented Facebook Connect will request a specific file from Facebook everytime a page is loaded. It’s an effective measure of the combined reach of Facebook Connect enabled sites but it doesn’t count how many people have actually linked their account with sites around the web. We’ve been tracking the number of people connecting via various sites but it’s only a sample so unfortunately I can’t provide an accurate number in this article. Early bird rates end today for our AllFacebook Marketing Conference . Join us on June 28-29 and hear from today's leading brands and agencies that are making Facebook work to drive traffic, sales, and revenue.
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Today Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. As several million people attended the inauguration in Washington D.C., Facebook and CNN invited the rest of the world to watch the moment online. Online visitors to CNN.com were able to use its video player to watch the live broadcast coverage of the event. We also saw what has be one of the most brilliant examples of the real-time web in action: next to the video, the Facebook status updates of those watching streamed by in the sidebar. The integration of the status updates on CNN.com Live was powered by Facebook Connect , Facebook's relatively new platform for porting your online identity anywhere on the web. When a web site uses Facebook Connect, visitors can easily authenticate on that site using their Facebook account information - no need for a separate username and password.
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