http://weblogs.asp.net/eporter/archive/tags/Channel+8/default.aspxTags: Channel 8enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://weblogs.asp.net/eporter/archive/2007/11/30/facebook-beacon.aspxFri, 30 Nov 2007 18:26:00 GMTc06e2b9d-981a-45b4-a55f-ab0d8bbfdc1c:5383871HumanCompiler0http://weblogs.asp.net/eporter/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=5383871http://weblogs.asp.net/eporter/archive/2007/11/30/facebook-beacon.aspx#comments<P mce_keep="true">Ever wanted something more powerful than just a "Share on Facebook" link on your site, but didn't want to write an entire Facebook app?&nbsp; Enter <A class="" title="Facebook Beacon" href="http://www.facebook.com/business/?beacon" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/business/?beacon">Facebook Beacon</A>.&nbsp; With it, you can add a few lines of code to your site and your users can share actions they did on your site like (bought a product/service, changed their profile, posted a comment, etc) to Facebook so it shows up in their news feed and then travels down the viral highway that is Facebook.</P> <P mce_keep="true">We're considering integrating Beacon into our community web platform that runs (<A class="" title="Channel 9" href="http://channel9.msdn.com/" mce_href="http://channel9.msdn.com">Channel 9</A>, <A class="" title="Channel 10" href="http://on10.net/" mce_href="http://on10.net">Channel 10</A>, <A class="" title="MIX Online" href="http://visitmix.com/" mce_href="http://visitmix.com">MIX Online</A>, <A class="" title="Channel 8" href="http://channel8.msdn.com/" mce_href="http://channel8.msdn.com">Channel 8</A> and <A class="" title="TechNet Edge" href="http://edge.technet.com/" mce_href="http://edge.technet.com">TechNet Edge</A>).&nbsp; Do you think this would get annoying?&nbsp; Would you like to share what you're doing on our sites with your friends on Facebook?</P> <P mce_keep="true">FYI, we're building a Facebook app as well for our sites (and all sites involved in <A class="" title="Microsoft Communities" href="http://mscommunities.com/" mce_href="http://mscommunities.com">Microsoft Communities</A>), but we think this also adds value too.&nbsp; Thoughts?</P><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5383871" width="1" height="1">Channel 9Channel 10MIXFacebookChannel 8TechNet Edge