With Facebook announcing a number of changes and new releases this week the interweb is buzzing with rumours that Facebook is trying to push Google off its throne and ‘take over the web’. These changes include, among others, the change of fan pages to resemble community pages, where fans are no longer fans but rather, can choose to ‘like’ a product, brand or service.

Another big change is Facebook’s Open Graph.  When users logged into Facebook earlier this week they were greeted with a message saying ‘connect with your friends on your favourite websites.’  This new feature is aimed at instant personalisation and will utilise the data on your Facebook profile to show you information relevant to your interests, and also to show you what information your Facebook friends found useful on that specific website.  According to CCN.com the new changes mean, “If you’re a Facebook user reading CNN.com, you’ll be able to see what all your Facebook friends are looking at, view recommended stories and see which friends liked which stories.”  Facebook said this new feature will enable users to more easily share information they find on the Internet with their social network.

Mark Zuckerberg said at the f8 Developer Conference that “we are making it so all websites can work together to build a more comprehensive map of connections and create better, more social experiences for everyone.”  Users can opt-out of the new feature but that does not mean your Facebook friends cannot share your information with the mentioned companies.

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