Book description
The eagerly anticipated update to the bestselling first edition is here!
Facebook's popularity is seemingly unstoppable. The site experienced a huge boom in registered users in the latter half of 2008. It was at that time that Facebook also underwent a radical facelift and introduced numerous changes. Packed with hundreds of screen shots, this anxiously awaited new edition presents you with a thorough update on all the exciting changes to Facebook's interface since the first edition hit the shelves a mere one year ago.
Authored by two Facebook employees, Facebook For Dummies, 2nd Edition, features unique insight and insider knowledge of Facebook that can't be found anywhere else. You'll explore optimum ways to get familiar with Facebook, tips for representing yourself online, best practices for keeping connected, how to run a business on Facebook, and more.
Walks you through creating a profile, navigating the interface, and setting up privacy features
Explains how to find and add friends, fill out your profile, add applications, and upload photos
Discusses ways to join a network or group or use Facebook as a scheduler
Addresses using Facebook to promote your business and buy ad space on Facebook
Put your best face forward and dive in to all the exciting new features that Facebook offers!
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Contributor
- Authors' Acknowledgments
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Getting Started with Facebook
- 1. The Many Faces of Facebook
- 2. Adding Your Own Face to Facebook
- 3. Finding Your Way Around Facebook
- 4. Finding Facebook Friends
- 5. Privacy and Safety on Facebook
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II. Sharing Your Life on Facebook
- 6. Building Out Your Profile
- 7. Streams
- 8. Filling Facebook with Photos, Videos, and Notes
- 9. Keeping Up with Your Friends
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III. Getting Organized
- 10. Creating and Joining Groups on Facebook
- 11. Scheduling Your Life with Facebook
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12. Creating a Page for Your Business
- 12.1. Why Create a Facebook Page?
- 12.2. Creating and Managing a Facebook Page
- 12.3. Know-It-All
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IV. Delving Further into Facebook
- 13. Facebook and the Web
- 14. Facebook on the Go
- 15. Facebook: A New Kind of Advertising
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V. The Part of Tens
- 16. Ten Great Third-Party Applications
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17. Ten Ways Facebook Uniquely Impacts Lives
- 17.1. Keeping in Touch with Summer Friends
- 17.2. Preparing to Head Off to School
- 17.3. Going on Not-So-Blind Dates
- 17.4. Meeting People in Your New City or Town
- 17.5. Reconnecting with Old Friends
- 17.6. Keeping Up with the 'rents
- 17.7. Keeping Up with the Kids
- 17.8. Facebooking for Food (or Jobs)
- 17.9. Goin' to the Chapel
- 17.10. Hey, Facebook Me!
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18. Ten Questions That Leah and Carolyn Get a Lot
- 18.1. Is My Computer Infected with a Virus?
- 18.2. Do People Know When I Look at Their Profiles?
- 18.3. I Have a Problem with My Account — Can You Help Me?
- 18.4. What Do I Do with Friend Requests I Don't Want to Accept?
- 18.5. What's the Difference between Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn?
- 18.6. I Keep Getting Invites for Those App Thingies — Should I Accept Them?
- 18.7. How Do I Convince My Friends to Join Facebook?
- 18.8. What if I Don't Want Everyone Knowing My Business?
- 18.9. I Heard Facebook Owns Everything I Put on There — True?
- 18.10. Does Facebook Have a Feature That Lets Me Lock Myself Out for a Few Hours?
- 19. Ten True Facebook Tales
Product information
- Title: Facebook® for Dummies®, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2009
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9780470527610
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