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Investors Are Salivating Over Zuckerberg’s Plans For Search. Here’s Why

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Facebook Search Engine Clean.54 PM copy 2 DoneFacebook’s share price has rocketed up from 19.46 to 22.00 since Mark Zuckerberg talked at TechCrunch Disrupt Tuesday, and numerous sources in the investment community tell us it was his declaration that Facebook will tackle search that excited them most. Rather than incremental increases in revenue that better ad units could bring, the prospect of the social network taking on a whole new business offers an upside worth betting on.

But what would Facebook search look like? Not a straight-up, standalone search engine say experts and a Facebook employee. But that doesn’t mean Facebook’s double-down on search won’t threaten the mighty Google.

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Investors Are Salivating Over Zuckerberg’s Plans For Search. Here’s Why

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Facebook Search Engine Clean.54 PM copy 2 DoneFacebook’s share price has rocketed up from 19.46 to 22.00 since Mark Zuckerberg talked at TechCrunch Disrupt Tuesday, and numerous sources in the investment community tell us it was his declaration that Facebook will tackle search that excited them most. Rather than incremental increases in revenue that better ad units could bring, the prospect of the social network taking on a whole new business offers an upside worth betting on.

But what would Facebook search look like? Not a straight-up, standalone search engine say experts and a Facebook employee. But that doesn’t mean Facebook’s double-down on search won’t threaten the mighty Google.

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Zuckerberg Shows He’s The Right Man For The Job. Now That Job Needs Doing

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Zuckerberg, LeaderThis was no sweaty, hoodie-clad boy genius. Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated he’s a business man, a mobile product visionary, and most importantly, a leader Facebook’s employees can look up to.

Speaking quickly but confidently, he admitted mistakes. But Zuck’s accomplishment today was meeting his biggest questions and criticisms head on. With the smile of man holding a royal flush, he laid out his vision for the next phase of Facebook’s evolution: a mobile-first product we love to use but that gives advertisers unique ways to reach us through the devices we can’t put down.

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Mark Zuckerberg: “A Facebook Phone Just Doesn’t Make Any Sense”

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facebook-phone-design-1“I’ve been bugging you about Facebook phone for months,” said Michael Arrington in Mark Zuckerberg’s first interview since the Facebook IPO. “You say there’s nothing, but I don’t believe you.”

But Zuck hasn’t budged at all. “That’s always been the wrong strategy for us,” he explained. “It’s a juicy thing to say we’re building a phone, which is why people want to write about it. But it’s so clearly the wrong strategy for us.”

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Mark Zuckerberg: Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5

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zuck-2-2Today, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook’s mobile strategy relied too much on HTML5, rather than native applications.

Not only was this a big mistake with mobile, but Zuckerberg says that its biggest mistake period was the focus on HTML5. This is the first time that the Facebook CEO has openly admitted this, but things are looking good for the new iOS native app. According to Zuckerberg, people are consuming twice as many feed stories since the update to the new iOS app, which is great.

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Facebook Releases “Weddings and Celebrations” Feature, Maturing With Executives

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Weddings_CelebrationsFacebook released a new “Weddings and Celebrations” feature that will display special events, starting with engagements and weddings, along with friends’ birthdays on the social network.

The feature, which begins rolling out today, is automated based off the changing of a relationship status to “engaged” or “married.” Appearing above birthdays on the homepage, users can click on the update and congratulate either member of the couple, as well as add one of the members as a friend, without leaving the page.

Yesterday, Facebook redesigned its events page, adding list and calendar views. However, a Facebook spokesperson tells us that “Weddings and Celebrations” will not be added to the list or calendar views. It will only appear on the homepage.

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Need A Little Context On Facebook’s IPO? The Social Network Made More Money Than…

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Screen shot 2012-05-18 at 11.06.09 AMToday’s Facebook IPO is a momentous, historical occasion. It’s set to be the biggest tech IPO ever, and the third largest IPO in U.S. history, second only to Visa and General Motors. The company that was once just a glimmer in the eye of a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg raised over $16 billion yesterday as shares were gobbled up by hungry investors, and that $38 share price point is expected to increase as the stock starts trading around 11am today.

Do you know how much money that is?

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The Future of Facebook

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A number of social media campaigns focus solely around Facebook and Twitter, but today’s social media climate is competitive — cookie cutter social media strategies don’t build brands. Keeping up with the competition means managing multiple platforms that showcase the brand’s personality. Still, as of late Facebook stands strong — platforms such as Pinterest are […]

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