What does the new Facebook Timeline mean for brands? The new Facebook Timeline has been quite the buzz in the social media world since Mark Zuckerberg officially previewed the new functionality during the annual f8 conference on Sept. 22.
Obviously this drastically changes how users view their personal profile, but in addition to that, Facebook is revamping how users are connected to each other. We can’t help but wonder, what will this mean for company pages? Though its launch has been delayed, here are a couple of our initial thoughts. Deeper InsightThe new Facebook Timeline allows users to more easily navigate their lives, but for companies the biggest news is the fact that users can now do much more than simply “like” something. OpenGraph V2 : Convert the actions of your visitors into friends trafic NOW. On September 22, 2011, Facebook held f8, its 4th annual developer conference. There were two clear themes throughout the keynote address and the feature demos – User engagement and content discovery .
Facebook is making richer experiences possible by expanding the capabilities of the Open Graph and through the introduction of a redesigned profile page – the hub of all user activity on Facebook. Facebook has been rolling out updates to user profile pages since f8 and APIs that enable deeper engagement with users are currently in developer beta. Impact for OpenGraphy customers. Facebook to Launch "Major" Profile Redesign at f8. Facebook plans to roll out a major redesign of user profiles at its f8 developer conference this week, Mashable has learned.
Details about the redesign are sparse, but two sources familiar with Facebook's plans (who have asked to remain anonymous) have told us that the redesign is "major" and will make Facebook profiles nexuses for consuming content. The profile changes will be part of a wider launch, one that will include launch of a music and media platform. Here's what we know so far about the profile redesign: Best Practices - Développeurs Facebook.