Mark Zuckerberg is suffering from the mistakes of Facebook privacy

Many Facebook users have complained of the judgments is social network security and privacy compromised by them. Now he has been its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who has been affected by one of those mistakes that made possible the publication of several of the pictures I had in your profile.

Some of them you can see the millionaire with his girlfriend Priscilla Chan while playing with his dog, are prepared in a restaurant or sushi. The founder of Facebook, which has ensured that only eat meat from animals he has killed , appears in other holding a chicken by the legs.

Snapshots have spread like wildfire on the Internet since they were posted on Imgur by a software engineer named Mike Rundle, who claims to have seen the pictures linked on Hacker News forum, according collects Daily Mail . A Facebook spokesman has confirmed, in statements compiled by Forbes to be temporarily fixed the "bug that allowed anyone to view an unlimited number of photos uploaded by other more recent users, regardless of the privacy settings of these pictures." In another instant Zuckerberg can see the U.S. president, Barack Obama, or handing out candy on Halloween.

The debate about privacy on Facebook was revived last September when the social network introduced the new bar of instant information, making the wall again to be public, but before the user had configured only for your contacts. At the end of November was the very Zuckerber on his blog that Facebook acknowledged he had made ​​"a lot of mistakes" when it comes to user privacy. Zuckerberg's words came after privacy agreement signed between U.S. authorities and Facebook, social network which is committed to seek the express consent of its members before their data is shared beyond what is expected under the terms of use and confidentiality.

The movements of the Palo Alto company run counter to the words of its founder in January 2010. Zuckberg said in an interview with Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, that "the era of privacy was dead" and that if re-create the social network user data would be fully public.

New Zealand users will be the first to try the new 'timeline' of Facebook

Facebook announced at the last conference on company news its new Timeline . This development has been described as an "interactive album on our lives." Users can place your files and photos in chronological order to form a more detailed information on their lives.

Users of New Zealand will be the first to see the new face of the social network. According to adapt they will incorporate the remaining countries.

The timeline will not be a change in the privacy policy of Facebook, it does not affect the information displayed, just change the chronological position of the content.

Responsible for this product is carried out, Sam Lessin , said that this country has been chosen because they are Anglophone and may know what you think of the timeline faster.

Another reason may be the large number of users Zealanders who have Facebook account, says Los Angeles Times . Of the 4.4 million , 2 million are in the social networking profile.

If all goes as planned and the first users are well adapted to the new system, it is likely that the rest of users around the world to have this new service soon , but has not materialized to date.

Twitter is renewed with a custom design and multimedia

The social network Twitter revamped its website on Thursday, adding several new features in its use and will help companies to better show their brands.

The new version of Twitter , the company is making available to users gradually since Thursday, has a redesigned look that the company expects to facilitate the task of finding interesting content on the service.

It also has better technology that will enhance the company said speed of service.

The new version of Twitter has a streamlined profile page, in which a company can be highlighted for example videos or pictures . Previously, the profile pages showing a chronological list of the latest messages from the company.

Twitter is taking steps to build a profitable business from its popular service. The company began to display advertising on limited parts of its service in 2010, and is expected to generate advertising revenue by 140 billion this year, according to the firm eMarketer.

More possibilities for marketing

Comments on the developments have positioned the hastag # and # NuevoDiseño NewTwitter Trend in Topics.

The new design incorporates a new top navigation bar on which are the three main tabs : Home, @ # Connect and Discover.

Below, the design is divided into modules, two columns , right wider than the left. The elements basic has been invested, showing the timeline right and left profile information with followers, the trend topics and the field to write a new tweet . This arrangement of the blocks reminiscent, for many users, Facebook .

But the main novelty is the possibility of expanding the tweets , with additional information such as comments, pictures and videos.

As for the three tabs of @ contect is the evolution of the current tab "activity", while the tab # See offers suggestions for personalized content, according to the profile and user preferences.

Precisely this tab which opens up possibilities for marketing : The information that emerges from the profiles of the users (their tastes and preferences) will be used to deliver content "interesting" for this.

Twitter allows people to send 140-character messages called "tweets" through a network of over 100 million users. One of the most popular social networking internet with Facebook.

The company faces competition from Google Inc, which recently introduced a service with similar functionality to Twitter and asked users to provide their feedback on the hashtag: # newlook.

Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that Facebook has made many mistakes and promises to improve

The U.S. regulatory consumer protection announced it has reached an agreement with the social network Facebook to keep its promises of privacy on the information of its users.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state agency responsible for consumer protection, had accused Facebook of falsely assure its users that can keep private the information you share with your contacts "Facebook is obligated to maintain the privacy promises made its hundreds of millions of users, "he said in a statement FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.

The agreement requires Facebook announced that clearly report their users about the privacy options and ask for their consent in a clear if you are changing the way we share that information. In addition, Facebook will have to specifically notify the results will change in the privacy settings, require specific authorization and avoid confusion. Also, Facebook should be subjected to external audits to certify that a program maintains privacy and commit to block access to content when the user has been discharged from the service. The statement recalled that some of the promises of Facebook were "misleading, unfair and violated federal law" and presents seven examples in which privacy options social network did not match the access restrictions applied finally. Among them, mentions that in December 2009 changed his Facebook page so that information users could be considered private, such as your friends list became public. He also promised not to share personal information with advertisers, but he did, according to the FTC lists. In a commentary on the company blog , the president of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg , the company has acknowledged mistakes and that has left second plane the positive contributions of the social network. Also remember that the company has already made ​​many changes which calls for the FTC in this agreement. For his part, Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the congressional subcommittee in charge of Internet issues, held that the FTC has failed to protect the consumer rights in an environment increasingly complex technology.

Turkey block access to Facebook

Turkey has just put up a controversial system of voluntary Internet filters in order to safeguard official childhood any harmful content, but since some sectors is seen as a tool of censorship. The main controversy is due to that the application of some of these filters has blocked access to social networks, in a country that ranks fifth in number of users of Facebook and where 90% of Internet users have an account on this network.

The aim is to protect children from harmful content. Internet is a great blessing but, like medicines, can cause side effects has also drawn attention to the users of so-called "family filter" have not been able to open pages of brands of lingerie like Victoria's Secret and Calvin Klein or preservatives as Durex. However, Information Minister Binali Yildirim, has denied that the government is trying to impose "censorship" on the Internet , as netizens have criticized associations. "The goal is to protect children from harmful content. The Internet is a blessing but, like medicines, can cause side effects. Caring for children in this type of damage is up to the state," he said. Yes, the minister assured that run these filters "is not an obligation."

In fact, the system has had much less impact than expected when we began drafting the project last August. He then decided to make it mandatory for all users to use any of the four filters (family, children, national standard), but the move sparked much criticism that ultimately only the first two have been implemented on a voluntary basis.

Thus, the filter system has had little success and passed November 22, the day of its entry into force, only made ​​3000 requests to install, according to the Agency for Information Technology and Communication (BTK). The few new users have flooded the offices of BTK with emails and calls asking to be let in to websites blocked and the body has been forced to promise to check your filters .

New campaigns phishing messages pretend to Facebook and Apple

Cybercriminals do not rest. Various security companies have detected attacks phishing (e-deceptive) whose messages seem to be referred by Facebook, iTunes, Apple's online store.

In the first case, an email supposedly from Facebook, says the recipient's account will be closed within 24 hours by complaints from other users and sends them to a fake login page where the surfer must provide their personal data and account credit card.

Last week, Facebook suffered a stroke that filled the walls of users violent or pornographic images. The company confirmed it was due to an attack from spam . Now Sophos realize this new attempt of fraud .

After the first attack, Facebook said it had been the victim of a "coordinated attack" spam exploiting a vulnerability in servers. "Our efforts have drastically limited the damage and are in the process of identifying those responsible." During the attack, received the suggestion intenautas run a malicious program on javascript in your browser which led to increase the dissemination of materials.

In another attack, the mark is used fraudulently iTunes to offer a gift of $ 50 in purchases through the store. A ZIP attachment contains a malicious program that can allow attackers to gain access to the computer. This campaign is related to the U.S. Black Friday, the day that marks the beginning of the Christmas season sales and which offer all kinds of discounts.

Skype application for Facebook

Dedicate a "Happy Birthday" to a friend in chorus with Body Language or groups like the Young Kill is now possible thanks to the tool Say it with Skype to Facebook , which allows a video call on a group to create an original greeting, reported this week portal video calls .

The application allows users to join a dozen bands to make a special video greeting a group and share with Facebook friends .

Ash, Body Language, Bowling for Soup, Charlie Simpson, CSS, Imogen Heap, Kill The Young, The Parlotones and Scarlett Grey are some of the groups who helped to move this tool to create original greeting to which you can add a photo and a dedication that will be displayed by members of musical groups.

Long ago, Facebook announced the integration of video calling service Skype free on its platform, a service that has slowly been adding new features such as this week is introduced.

Ilya dies at 22 Zhitomirskiy, cofounder of the Diaspora social network

Ilya Zhitomirskiy , cofounder of the social network Diaspora , one of the alternatives to the dominance of Facebook among consumers, died last weekend in San Francisco (California) at 22 years.

His death was "a possible suicide," she told ABC television the police officer of San Francisco Alvie Esparza.

The official said on Saturday night his department received a call warning and Zhitomirskiy's body was taken to a San Francisco Medical Center for an autopsy was to make known what happened.

A representative of the coroner's office in San Francisco clarified that the results will not be known for several weeks.

Diaspora, the alternative

Zhitomirskiy was one of the four students from the University of New York that led to Diaspora in 2010, a network categorized as less centralized and more private than their larger models, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google +.

The announcement of the new platform was made in April 2010 and received donations in excess of $ 200,000 in just over a month through the website Kickstarter, including Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, who did not mind young people will benefit from the controversy over the privacy settings of the social network to advertise their own work.

"I think it's good that people try to do it yourself. I see something from me them," Zuckerberg said the site Wired.com in May last year.

Control

Diaspora promulgated the idea of ​​sharing content with an emphasis on control of the material by each user.

In a video released in April 2010, described his project Zhitomirskiy as an alternative to the big names in the industry.

"You do not have to endure the vagaries of large companies say they share content and maintain privacy are not compatible," said Raphael mobbed by teammates Sofaer, Dan and Max Salzber Grippi.

Twitter adds new features and arouses the ire of users

After months of testing new design and features , Twitter on Monday several changes applied widely to the accounts of Spanish users (some modifications had received previous weeks). The network aspect of microblogging has changed little, just enough to enter a couple of new tabs that aim to improve the usability of the web.

The first change is the tab '@ username' , which shows in the same column mentions, answers, retuiteos, favorite brands and new follower notifications. Also be notified when another user has included tweeters in a list.

The second change, more significant is the tab 'Activity'. It is possible to see more detail what do the people you follow, who have begun to follow, who have marked as favorites, which lists are created ... With this feature, Twitter is one step closer to other social networks like Facebook.

None of these changes seem to have liked the Spanish tweeters, they soon show their disgust after discovering the changes. The users used the hashtag # PestañaActividad to express their views on developments on Twitter. The term quickly became a topic of the moment or trending topic and has remained until Tuesday morning.

The main complaints about the tab '@ username' revolve around the chaos that is the mixture and no filtering of notifications. Protests on the tab 'Activity' are more focused on the issue of privacy. In any case, have seen many profiles on Tuesday have gone again changes, as usual, they will be implemented gradually to join Twitter by default.

A possible 'hacking' Facebook floods sexually explicit images and violence

Users of Facebook are under attack of spam mass. The walls of some users have filled in the last 24 hours of porn links and pictures of celebrities and violent images. Some reports suggest that the invasion of these images may be due to an attack by groups of hackers malicious.

Although the attacks of spam are common in social networks to make link on certain links, users of social network Mark Zuckerberg are showing their displeasure, through other networks, such as images and links have appeared in the walls without your knowledge.

These matters as ensuring the security blog Naked Security , the company Shop, including explicit pornographic images retouched with Photshop of artists like Justin Bieber in explicit sexual situations , images of extreme violence and even photographs of abused animals . These links appear on the walls of the users as if they were posted by the user, without which he did.

Users have expressed their displeasure through other networks such as Twitter and some have even claimed that after this problem by closing your Facebook account, says the blog.

The website Gawker has been speculated that hackers associated with the group Anonymous may be responsible for this attack, but from the Shope blog failed to confirm this theory.

For now, it is unclear how it has been possible to extend this type of offensive content without the consent of users. Enter the options being considered for these attacks, which appear to be random , found that users have fallen into the so-called clickjacking (abduction of click) are labeled in the content without their knowledge, they have misconfigured your privacy, they have been tricked into installing malware or have been victims of another vulnerability in Facebook.

"What is clear is that such content is greatly annoyed Facebook users and make social networks are far from being an ideal place for families. Facebook has to get a solution to this problem quickly and prevent it from happening again "conclude the experts.

Facebook rectified and changed its name to Salman Rushdie

British author Salman Rushdie has won its battle especially Facebook , a social network that reached off the page of the novelist this weekend antiseudónimos its policy, which requires its 800 million members use real names.

Facebook did not allow the author of The Satanic Verses had a page with your middle name , Salman, but by his first, Ahmed, as published by New York Times.

Thus, Rushdie began his particular anti-social network Mark Zuckerber and railed against it through their Twitter , where it said that Facebook canceled  his account because he did not believe it was him, "Where are you hiding, Mark?" " Give me back my name! "wrote Rushdie.

And it seems that the tweets took effect Salman Rushdie. Facebook responded to the complaints of the writer apologizing and returning your page with the name by which he is universally known, Salman Rushdie .


The British author has declared "Victory!", "Facebook has given" he said in Twitter .

Twitter must give account information WikiLeaks three alleged collaborators

A U.S. judge has ruled that Twitter must disclose the identity of three users, the organization allegedly linked to WikiLeaks .

The U.S. Justice Department began this research in 2010, Twitter has had to provide the IP addresses of the three defendants.

The Department of Justice U.S. reawakens the debate about privacy and the right to freedom of expression on the Net

The department had ordered Twitter to reveal the identity of three users microblog network , the organization allegedly linked to WikiLeaks.

Last month, Google and an ISP (Internet Service Provider, its acronym in English) also had to reveal the account information e-mail from a volunteer organization .

However, if these three Twitter users can generate the most controversy. As recorded by the U.S. newspaper The New York Times the Justice Department requested this information without a court order in 2010 .

Instead, based on the 1994 law called the Stored Communications Act (stored Communications Act), the government demanded that Twitter provide the IP addresses of the three users, and other data.

Twitter informed the U.S. security expert Jacob Appelbaum , Dutch citizen Rop Gonggrijp and Icelandic Parliament member Birgitta Jonsdottir earlier this year on the lawsuit filed by the Justice Department.

The defendants argued in federal court that their IP addresses "should be considered private information" and that the demand for information was too broad and unrelated to WikiLeaks. They also argued that the lawsuit violated his right to freedom of expression.

Meanwhile the trial judge ruled that because these three users IP addresses given "voluntarily" when they first registered on Twitter, from that moment gave up their privacy .

The business manager explained that Google + Google is not a social network

No more than 100 days ago Google launched its firm commitment to social, Google +. Since its launch, has been considered a social network Faccebook direct competition. However, the business directory of Google, Nikesh Arora, Google has clarified that + "is not a social network" but "a platform for incorporating social elements in all the services and products" of the company. That is, the social roots of the entire ecosystem and not a Google product itself.

Google This new platform has continued to receive praise but also criticism . At several analysts who criticize the social network formerly known as Google's not going to nowhere and end up dying, joined responsible for all of the social revolution that lives Internet: Mark Zuckerberg . The creator of Facebook recently said that Google +, the search engine company is trying to build " the small version " of its popular social network.

Just days after these statements, Google has responded. As recorded by The Telegraph , The Google executive has said that Google + is a platform that incorporates social elements but not a "social network" such as Facebook. According to her, because we have seen how " YouTube has entered into Google + "and a" direct connection "is also entered in the search business. In this regard, Arora has indicated that Google + "is not just about bringing people together in one place and say it is a social network."

Google's directive mentioned, in this sense, the two products, Facebook and Google +, are not direct competitors. However, it has acknowledged that competing in some things . Arora "is sure that there are some features that compete with Google + features that exist on Facebook."

Launch of Google +

The CEO of Google, Larry Page announced in April 2011 before the launch of Google + have priority focus your business in a social strategy . After this release, users will now provide more information, either personal or about your tastes, all over the Internet space that occupies this company.

For its part, Arora said that the foundation of modern network "would be social and information base", but "obviously there's a fine line" on how much information may be shared with Internet companies.

Similarly, the executive has stated that "it is well kept with any company" certain information, but also must know where "is on the web." From there you can say that if anyone has information about you is "it will be used conveniently for you" in a service and therefore " not suspicious of those who have that information . "

Twitter removes references and retweets

One of the features of Twitter , from its birth has been the ease of use. At first it consisted of a single tab. Essentially remains the same, but during this week are noticing changes in the way of organizing the interaction between users. The changes, as is customary in Twitter, are being released gradually and reach different users without a clear criterion.

The time line, middle of the screen remains as it was, however, mentions the tab disappears and the retweets. The first is when a user could see quoted the owner of the account. Whether it was to engage in a conversation, give credit or replying to a previous tweet. The message appeared to retuits most retweeted throughout the service, for our contacts and retweeted messages sent by the user that others have decided to reward giving retweeted button. It was particularly useful for the latter use to measure the success of the messages.

The new version mentions and links in one tab retuits which becomes @ username (whatever you call the social network). In the same you can see who answers, who adds a bookmark or decides content and retweeted.

Where once were the retuits now is a section called "Activity", unclear and constantly updated. It is a mix of content: what they like, retweeted and discuss our contacts with the most popular social network, all in one thread.

The controversy has created this new Sean Parker , Napster's creator and first president of Facebook. In your Twitter profile, released just over a month, attacks the changes. accuses the service of the blue bird copied from Facebook : "My comments relate to the new changes. Does Facebook Twitter envy? Not everything has be a string with updates. "

As is also usual in Twitter, there has been no official communication about the changes.

Facebook's privacy policy subject to the supervision of U.S. authorities

Facebook is about to reach an agreement with U.S. authorities to be submitted by 20 years of monitoring. The Federal Trade Commission (CFC) monitor its privacy policy. The agreement comes after the authorities opened an investigation in 2009 on it. The FCC believes that the popular social network members were deceived by changing the rules of confidentiality, without your permission. Configuration changes in the management of personal data, introduces Facebook regularly, had provoked complaints from members of the network and civic organizations. In the future, Facebook must obtain the express approval of their members when seeking a change retroactively affecting the management of personal data. Independent auditors monitor the performance of this agreement is subject to approval by the U.S. authorities, but The Wall Street Journal for granted.

On the other hand, reported Efe, the European Commission will require major Internet portals shuffled personal information like social network Facebook, to remove personal information from users who are written off rather than keep all the information. European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, will recognize "the right to disappear," the Internet in their proposal to amend the Data Protection Directive intends to present in January.

Although Community legislation is, companies outside the EU will be affected to the extent that profiles the case of European citizens. These companies will have to modify its system so that no trace of the information of a person who has asked to be deleted from the portal. When a user leaves Facebook, his profile remains intact enough so that only re-enter their old username and password to enter. At this time photographs and information are on the network and, if it has not restricted the privacy of the user profile, you can find all the information and images of the same if you type the name of the person in Google itself.

In a speech to businessmen in the press this week, the Commissioner noted that "the implementation of the new legislation will not affect the work of journalists to publish news or store public interest." The last directive of EU data protection dates from 1995, so Reding proposes to modernize the European framework with a reinforcement of the rights from the new challenges posed by the Internet and social networks.

Twitter users rush to create new accounts in the manner of @ nanianorajoy

The campaign lives on the Internet a few days of continuous tragicomedies, caused pray for the new videos of the PP and PSOE prays for closing an account on Twitter that parodied Mariano RajoyThe disappearance of this social network account @ nanianorajoy on Thursday was seen by many Twitterers as censorship in any rule, and during Friday's comments have not ceased to demand its reopening in favor of freedom of expression and the imitation of parody in other accounts. # freenaniano (released Naniano) was the topic of the day on Twitter, where users of the network asked around pretending this anonymous, jokingly, the leader of the PP . Throughout Thursday and Friday, have taken to create new accounts with names similar to Rajoy. MarainoRajoy @ , @ NanianoReturns , @ MairenaRajoy or  @ NanianoRajoy2 have been some new characters who now campaigns for Twitter imitating the candidate PP , while insisting that original mate again.

Grievance

Due to the event on Thursday, Eduardo Baeza, a member of the Executive Cabinet of the Presidency of the PP, confirmed that his party filed a complaint against the first profile funny. "Of course there are complaints, but then is Twitter who investigates and decides whether or not to close an account "he assured through your account on that social network..

Men are more at risk than women on social networks

Men are more likely to fall into deception and theft of data on social networks like Facebook and Twitter than women, according to research by security firm BitDefender .

Male users are more likely than women to accept friend requests from strangers, sharing your location, ignoring privacy settings, leave your accounts for all to see and avoid reading the privacy policies on social networks , according to a survey conducted by Bitdefender 1649 men and women in the UK and the U.S.

This behavior may increase the risk of attacks from spammers , data thieves and other fraudsters private, and increase the likelihood of being sent to a link that redirects to an infected site. However, all respondents said they had installed antivirus on their computers, which shows a real awareness of computer security problems.

The study found that 64.2% of women always reject friend requests from strangers , compared to only 55.4% of men. About 24.5% of men leave their accounts in visible social networks compared to 16% of women, and 25.6% of men share their location, as 21.8% of women.

On the other hand, American men are at higher risk than their English counterparts and, in general, are becoming more cautious with age, according to the age division conducting the study.

"Men are more exposed to the risks that women, especially when accepting friend requests from strangers," said George Petr e, a security researcher of Bitdefender social networks. "On a positive note, the study reveals that only one quarter of users share their location, which shows that it is an important fact for them. However, most social networking applications, especially mobile, are designed to provide this information by default, which can lead to embarrassment or really dangerous. "

Germany believes that Facebook is a "risky business" for users

The President of the Constitutional Court of Germany, Andreas Vosskuhler, has said that Facebook is "risky activity" to users about the possible loss of control over their personal data . Vosskuhler has warned of the danger that the network decided to move their servers outside the country . It has also insisted that users do not know if your data has been completely removed from Facebook once you have deleted them.

German Justice is investigating the activities of Facebook to find out if they incur any illegality. The President of the Constitutional Court of Germany, Andreas Vosskuhler, has made ​​statements against Facebook engaged in the magazine Focus .

According to Andreas Vosskuhler with current usage conditions, using Facebook is a "risky business" for users. The President of the German Constitutional find that users lose control of their data once they are posted on Facebook.

Vosskuhler explained that such "citizens do not know if the data is deleted after remove", this proves that they lose control of their data. The magazine Focus claims that this view of the President of the Constitutional indicates that the German justice to consider that some practices are in Facebook against laws of the country , they would have to be reformulated to have a clear position to the social networks and the Internet.

In his remarks, Vosskuhler also concerned about the Facebook strategy to establish their servers outside the scope of the law of the country . For the President's constitutional the practice creates a "dangerous imbalance" between the power of Facebook and the possibilities for starting legal action.

One page collects the best human stories Twitter

The purpose of Twitter, or one of the most important-is to establish a direct and effective communication with our contacts. In 140 characters, we must be able to express what we are thinking about or comment on the report will recommend through a link.

But behind many of the more than 250 million messages that are posted each day through Twitter is fascinating human stories that often go unnoticed between the vortex network information microblogging popularity. To recover some, Twitter has announced today via its official blog the launch of Twitter stories , a page that is intended to remind "the humanity behind the tweets."

The first stories that are presented include those of a young man who helped save his mother's library of bankruptcy , that of a football player who invited 85 of his followers to dinner , and the Japanese fishermen Twitter used to sell your product before returning to port .

The company has created an account @ twitterstories and the hashtag # TwitterStory for any of your users tell you how, thanks to Twitter his life has changed or improved.

Google indexes all public comments Facebook

The user comments also serve to highlight in Google. The most popular Internet search engine in the world now indexed public comments users make Facebook pages and websites that include add-ons  (Firefox extensions) of the social network. This measure means that all users make comments on any public website would appear in Google search results as the British newspaper today says The Telegraph .

Previously, search engines could not read these comments because Facebook and other sites for discussion as Disqus or Intense Debate used a series of programs difficult to read these comments automatically. However, Google uses Web tools to search and index the content are able to read the comments that have been made ​​using Facebook Connect  , an application to connect to Facebook from other environments, and other equivalent services.

Some website owners have refused to use the add-on to collect feedback from its users, ensuring they do not help in the search rankings. But as Facebook has become a popular tool for interaction outside of Facebook.com, Google has been ignoring a growing part of the web.

This measure means that the links in the comments also reinforce the position of the websites, although it is likely that comments may not appear immediately in the top of search results. This measure will also allow comments and conversations that occur between users easier to find.