Facebook's App Indexing Might Also Help Google Inc

The social media giant is currently working on app-indexing, which is expected to help the search engine giant in a lot of ways. Facebook Inc is reportedly working towards adopting the app-indexing idea that tech rival Google Inc is famous for carrying out to make its search engine platform a more reliable one for the users. Only recently it was seen that the social media giant has decided to turn on the indexing tool to make its search results appear in a much better way on the search engine which is used by the a large number of its users. This step has been taken by the company to make the experience of searching improved on Android smart phones. The app-indexing tool helps the software company to direct users to particular apps, and the same will now be done for the Facebook app, which will be getting it more users than before. Previously, Google directed the users to the web page of the social media giant but since Facebook business is looking for Android users to start using the social media app more than before, this step will help bring more traffic to it. Analysts in the market are looking at this idea in a different light and believe that the giant could be carrying out this to slowly come in line with the search engine dominance that Alphabet holds in the industry. Recently, Facebook management also rolled out a massive indexing task to cover a huge 2 trillion social media posts made on its platform, and it was done to strike up better numbers where the monthly active users are concerned. Analysts believe that by using the indexing tool, the social media giant might be making things great for Google as well as for itself. The search engine company might also be in a much better position now that the media company is indexing apps too, and analysts have informed the industry that this will be helping the tech giant to get more app publishers towards its business. This situation for the tech giant Google has been deemed as a very positive one by the analysts, as this simply shows that the giant has managed to succeed in making app producers to start using the indexing tool, which it has reportedly been trying to do since 2014. The reason most of the companies were not taking up the option was basically because the process of app indexing has been recognized as one which is not comprehensive enough to be taken up without a backup plan, as it also takes more time to create an app than it does to develop one without indexing.

Facebook Seems to Be Serious About Safeguarding Video Owners' Content and IPs

The social media giant has announced that it will be taking all the right steps to eradicate all sorts of threats that video creators are often faced with and will make sure that their IPs are safe.

Facebook Inc only recently faced criticism and many accusations regarding the fact that the people posting their self-made videos on the social media site turned out to be not so safe, despite many promises from the media giant. Many video makers on the site showed how the video content that they put up for the users to see often ends up getting copied or hacked, which was increasing day by day and needed to be taken into consideration by the media firm. According to a news report by the Wall Street, it was confirmed that now the media giant is focusing solely on removing this threat on the site which seems to be creating such uproar from the video makers.

As per the news, Facebook management has decided to put marks or flags on the original videos posted by the people to make sure they are safe and there originality is not questioned once the content goes viral. Furthermore, the media company will also be making sure that the IPs each video has on the website is made secure so that the original work remains safe. Analysts are of the opinion that the social media networking giant is bringing about all of these changes only to come up to Google’s level and make sure that their system is as good, if not better, than YouTube which is run and owned by the search engine company.

However, despite the fact that Facebook seems to be aiming for the top and fighting on the level YouTube is currently being operated, analysts believe things are still not looking that good for the media giant. Since YouTube is working on Content ID that seems to be working quite fairly for the video streaming giant, analysts believe that the same level cannot be obtained by the social media network given the kind of tactics and technology they are using.

The social networking giant is reportedly working with two new specialists who are supposed to track the original source of the video which will make it easier for the giant to know who the content belongs to. Through this technique, the firm will be able to allow the video content owners to know whether their original work is being exhibited on some other profile or not. This search will be made to be done throughout the networking site, from pages and profiles to groups and fan sites.

The media company has taken the necessary steps in order to let the users know that it is serious about making their videos link directly back to them in case someone else is using them with their own names.

Is Facebook Trying Its Luck In the E-commerce Industry?

The social media giant seems to be thinking of making another try to succeed in the e-commerce business which the analysts do not approve of.

According to the most recent Facebook news, it has come around that the social media giant is yet again trying to enter the e-commerce industry through its media site, something that is not being taken positively by the analysts covering the business and stock activities of the giant. The firm has already tried to carry out the same step before and even then things did not work out for the company.

Analysts believe that it is not taking its past in consideration and going towards this production without much insight. The media company only wishes to have users on the social media site for as long as it can be made possible which is why it is looking for new projects every day that will serve the purpose. However, this is something that the firm has already tried but did not find any success in it.

In the past, Facebook business experienced some harsh times related to the e-commerce industry. As per the records, the media firm initiated a project through which small companies could showcase their products on stores that they opened on the social networking site, and a pay online option was also granted to the user. However, it was seen that out of all the three stores that started business on the media site, all of them announced discontinuation of their activities on the site as things did not seem to be working according to plan. This incident showed that the efforts put up by the management of the company turned out to useless and a total flop. The recent news shows that the media giant still has not given up and wants to give another try in the business.

Facebook management recently announced that it will be introducing a buy button on its website through which users will be allowed to shop directly from the media site without going over to a third page or another party. This shows that the firm will be becoming a platform through which users will be able to make direct buys of products that they see on the site.

The fact that the site has a massive 1.5 billion users now is not ready to make the analysts change their minds about how the firm should not be coming in to the business all over again and how it is not going to work for it. The analysts have also started calling it the ‘f-commerce’ business in which the ‘f’ is being used for flop. The firm needs to re-evaluate its decisions of going into the business before things go out of hands again.

Facebook Cancels Internship Of Harvard Student

The media company has recently fired an internship student for making a plug-in that helped the user to obtain the location of all the users he talks to on the Facebook Messenger app.

Facebook Inc recently offered internship to a Harvard student named Aran Khanna who ended up creating a new plug-in on the Google Chrome extension which would help the user to know where all of his friends were presently.

This plug-in was a proof that the security system that was observed by the social media network was not good enough and the loophole in it gave space to the student to make something like that, which so easily entered other people’s personal information without their consent. As per a news article by ABC news, it was stated that the media company has decided to terminate Mr. Khanna from continuing with his internship due to what was done by him. The analysts believe that this has made it even clearer to the general public that the flaws in the security system were much more than realized by anybody in the industry.

Aran Khanna was recently offered an internship from Facebook business but things turned out differently when the firm realized he has made a plug-in named ‘Marauder’s Map’ which helped him to track the location of all of his friends, which was something that showed how flawed the whole privacy system was on the media site.

Back in the month of May when Mr. Khanna created the plug-in, it went extremely viral and was downloaded by a massive 85,000 times which showed that the popularity it received match no other plug-in. Originally, Facebook has allowed only two users using the Messenger app to know the location of one another but through this plug in, the user could know the location of anyone he started a conversation with on the messenger app. This was violating the privacy laws of the firm which was why the media company asked Mr. Khanna to take the plug in down and to discontinue with it as soon as possible.

Mr. Khanna obliged and took it off and restricted all kinds of usage on it, but only after a mere three days, it was seen Facebook management asked him to discontinue with his internship as the act that was carried out by him has violated many rules and regulations, something that they could not allow to happen.

Analysts believe that Mr. Khanna shows that he is capable of carrying out the extraordinary on the largest media site in the world and that instead of firing him, they could use him and hire him instead. Also, analysts believe that this student should also be rewarded for his mind that made him achieve something so big on the most protected media site ever.