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| Facebook Aims to Keep It Real by Removing Fake ‘Likes’ Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT
"When a Page and fan connect on Facebook, we want to ensure that connection involves a real person interested in hearing from a specific Page and engaging with that brand's content," Facebook Security stated in a blog post. "As such, we have recently increased our automated efforts to remove Likes on Pages that may have been gained by means that violate our Facebook Terms." According to Facebook, less than 1 percent of Likes on any given Page will be removed, so long as they and their affiliates are abiding by the rules. Bogus Likes are part of a larger problem on Facebook. In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing earlier this year, Facebook disclosed that as many as 83 million fake accounts exist, which is nearly 9 percent of its total userbase. Follow Paul on Google+, Twitter, and Facebook
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| Browser Wars: End of August 2012 Edition Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:38 AM PDT
As we've explained before, the disparity boils down to how each tracking firm collects data. StatCounter examines page views from 3 million websites, while Net Applications focuses on daily unique visitors from more than 40,000 sites. Is one better than the other? That's up for debate. In any event, Net Applications has IE continuing to lose market share. In the past two years, IE has gone from commanding a 61.45 percent of the global browser market to 53.6 percent. In that same time frame, Firefox has dropped from 23.69 percent to 20.05 percent, while Chrome has gained considerable ground, climbing from 8.24 percent to 19.13 percent. According to StatCounter, things shake out a little differently. StatCounter has Chrome leading all other browsers with a 33.59 percent of the market at the end of August 2012. IE is close behind at 32.85 percent, followed by Firefox at 22.85 percent. Follow Paul on Google+, Twitter, and Facebook
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In Mark Zuckerberg's relentless effort to improve the world's largest social playground, Facebook is waging war against bogus "Likes" that may have originated from false accounts. This isn't something that will affect the average user, but it will eliminate Likes gained by malware, compromised accounts, and other nefarious means, the company recently announced.
Another month is in the books, and that means another thirty-some days of browser share data to crunch and analyze. One of the problems with doing that, however is that different stat trackers report conflicting numbers. | You are subscribed to email updates from Maximum PC - All Articles To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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