The social media giant, Facebook, has introduced something that may soon rival sites like Trip Advisor, Foursquare, and Yelp. Facebook’s new Places directory, a local search tool, lets users search for the best places to enjoy in any city in the world. When users go on www.facebook.com/places, users simply type in a city or town,  Read More

Today is the perfect day to announce that Thursday Market, a social referral site for local businesses, has officially launched nationally. Thursday Market gives customers the opportunity to search for local service professionals in their area based on referrals from friends and neighbors. The site also allows businesses the opportunity to engage with those customers and  Read More

During natural disasters or crisis situations, it seems that Facebook is one of the first places people go to check on friends and loved ones. For this reason, Facebook has announced that it will give all users a way to quickly check in with friends and loved ones on the site during a natural disaster  Read More

With an understanding that the customers most likely to purchase goods and services from small to mid sized businesses are people located in the local areas of those businesses, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would be offering those SMBs an advertising feature to better reach those nearby individuals. Local awareness ads will be rolled  Read More