Category Archives: facebook api

Facebook Quietly Launches Ads API for ALL Developers

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jessestay

Some amazing things have been announced at Facebook’s annual developer conference, F8, going on yesterday and today in San Francisco. From new apps for Facebook Messenger, to a platform for Internet of Things, to one of the most amazing explanations … Continue reading →

Posted in f8, f8 2015, Facebook, facebook ads, facebook api, facebook platform, fbf8, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post | 1 Comment

Growth Hacking: How to Target Ads to the Followers of a Public ("Follow") Profile on Facebook

Posted on December 9, 2013 by jessestay

I shared earlier on this blog the benefit of using a personal, “Public Profile” on Facebook over a Fan Page on Facebook to personalize the experience and grow your network. I encourage each of my clients to, when they have … Continue reading →

Posted in facebook ads, facebook api, facebook profile, facebook public profile, fql, graph api, growth hacking, howto, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, marketing, social, social marketing, target followers, target subscribers, Technology | 2 Comments

Developers: Here’s How You Access #Hashtags in Your Apps

Posted on June 14, 2013 by jessestay

I showed earlier tonight a way you can access on Facebook.com the stream for any particular hashtag without having to have a link to get to it. I mentioned Facebook would likely release an API for this. Being the idiot … Continue reading →

Posted in api, facebook api, facebook platform, graph api, hashtag, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology | 8 Comments

How is Quora Able to Auto-Like Posts on Facebook?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by jessestay

I’ve been contemplating a way to get Facebook like buttons to work with a brand’s own look and feel, so when you like it on a 3rd party site, it automatically likes the same Page (via Open Graph Protocol) on … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook api, Geeky, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, like button, like button api, Quora, Technology | 8 Comments

Now You Can "Like" Any Tweet on Twitter.com

Posted on November 24, 2010 by jessestay

As part of Kynetx’s Facebook App contest I wrote a simple browser extension that you can install on Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox, which allows you to, in addition to the “retweet”, “favorite”, and “reply” links you see when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Application programming interface, Facebook, facebook api, Facebook Developer, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, internet explorer, Jolie O'Dell, social, Technology, Twilio, Twitter | 65 Comments

Want Your Business in a Dummies Book?

Posted on May 23, 2010 by jessestay

I’m looking for concrete examples of businesses, large and small, that have seen firm success by integrating Facebook either as an application, a Page, or on their own website via Facebook Connect or Facebook Graph API.  If you have analytics … Continue reading →

Posted in book, examples, Facebook, facebook api, Facebook Application Development for Dummies, graph api, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology | Leave a comment

Did Google Reinvent the Wheel by Adopting the Protocols They Chose?

Posted on March 6, 2010 by jessestay

In a response to my article here, DeWitt Clinton of Google defined what he deemed the definition of “open” to be.  According to DeWitt, “the first is licensing of the protocols themselves, with respect to who can legally implement them … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, facebook api, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open, open standards, openplatform, Technology | 29 Comments

Facebook to Developers: "You Decide"

Posted on February 24, 2010 by jessestay

By the time I hit publish on this 5 other bigger blogs will have probably already covered this, but this deserves some praise.  One reason I love the Facebook Platform is because they really seem to care about API developers. … Continue reading →

Posted in choice, Facebook, facebook api, facebook platform, Geeky, sandbox, staging, Technology | 2 Comments

What Buzz Needs to Make a "Sting" in Facebook

Posted on February 14, 2010 by jessestay

There’s a new Buzzword in town that’s “Buzz” lately and as I mentioned earlier, some are already calling things “dead” because of it.  Most of this is due to the size of Google, the masses it can reach, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in api, buzz, comparisons, Facebook, facebook api, filters, google buzz, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Technology | 12 Comments

It’s Official, Facebook Releases Their Platform, Open Source and All

Posted on June 2, 2008 by jessestay

Nick O’Neill blogged about it, and Facebook confirmed it officially at the Palo Alto 1 Year Anniversary Developers Garage on Thursday, but Facebook has finally released their platform under a modified version of the Mozilla Public License. The code and … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook api, facebook open platform, facebook open source, facebook platform, fbml, fbml essentials, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OpenSocial, OSS, Social Media | 3 Comments