Since we are progressive community I'm sure many of you have realized that Facebook is taking the next step in linking using the "LIKE" button. If you remember they replaced the "Become a Fan" button with a "Like" button on Facebook business pages recently. This seemed odd to us at first but Facebook is nearly as omniscient as Google so we just adapted and continued using this powerful social media outlet for business success. It was merely the first step toward placing like buttons all over the web.
Perhaps the "Like" button was a personal shot at Google, and was an attempt to remove a lot of the linking that takes place within Facebook. I'm sure most of you post your blogs into your status updates using links. I know I do, and with great success. People are still able to like your status, and this does potentially create a larger reader base for your material because when they "Like" something it is shown on their wall.
Yesterday I downloaded a plugin for my wordpress blog that places a "Like" button at the beginning and end of each blog post in wordpress (www.realty-insights.com - still under construction but you can see the links). The power behind this is that when my wordpress blog is "Liked" it puts a direct link on that persons wall. If the "Like" function operates anything like Facebook hopes it should put a ton of eyes on all of these "Like" links.
For Example - What if someone in a surrounding town who you don't know stumbles upon your blog, and "Likes" it? Well, this provides the opportunity for a whole new group of people to find your blog and potentially become future customers.
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