Facebook Updates Sharing Options, Credit Google+?

Facebook has launched a set of new privacy options that give users greater control over tags and post visibility. The new controls seem to be an attempt to match the most praised features of Google+.

Facebook’s New Features

Facebook’s post announcing the changes outlines a lot of extras, but they can be summed up as follows:

• Users will now be given the opportunity to review and approve tags before those tags are made public or the images/posts themselves appear on their user profile.
• Users can now alter the privacy settings of any given post even after the post has been published.
• It’s now possible to tag users who you’re not friends with; those users will then be able to approve or deny those tags. You can also add geo-location tags to any post.
• Several privacy controls, including sharing settings and the option to “view profile as,” have been moved to more visible locations.

Facebook also specified that the sharing menu “will be expanding over time to include smaller groups of people you may want to share with, like co-workers, Friend Lists you’ve created, and Groups you’re a member of.”

Matching Google+

Unsurprisingly, many of these features were seen as attempts to mimic Google+. Bradley Horowitz, Google Product VP for Plus, was interviewed the same day these features were initially released. Horowitz called the new settings “familiar,” but also stated that those at Google were excited to see Facebook making choices that benefited users.

Google+ was noted by comScore as the fastest growing website of all time, so it’s not hard to see Facebook’s motivation for matching unique features of their new competitor.

In addition to the announced changes that are so similar to Google+ Circles, Facebook recently announced a Skype partnership for video chatting (similar to Google+ Hangouts) and the acquisition of a mobile group-messaging service (similar to Google+ Huddle).

You Know What’s Cool? A Trillion Pageviews

Despite the introduction of Plus, Facebook is still faring well, having lost no notable chunk of its user-base since Plus’s late-June release. Facebook also saw 162 million U.S. visits in July compared to 160 million in June and 157 million in May. Meanwhile, all Google properties combined reached 182 million U.S. visits in July.

Meanwhile, Facebook hit 1 trillion pageviews in June and 870 million unique visitors, according to data from Google’s DoubleClick ad network. That works out to 1,150 pageviews per visitor (a pageview includes actions including visiting profiles, every photo clicked on, games, etc.). Coming in second was YouTube, with 790 million uniques and 100 billion page views.

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The Harley Medical Group launches ‘find the face’ of Facebook campaign

The UK’s leading cosmetic surgery and treatments company, The Harley Medical Group, has this year launched a Facebook campaign to “Find the face of confidence” to front its 2012 advertising and marketing campaign.

The UK’s leading cosmetic surgery and treatments company, The Harley Medical Group, has this year launched a Facebook campaign to “Find the face of confidence” to front its 2012 advertising and marketing campaign.  The UK-wide Group has treated over 500,000 patients in its 28 year history and celebrates its patients’ new found confidence through a variety of marketing activities.

Says Liz Dale, Marketing Director at The Harley Medical Group: “The winner receives £1,000 cash prize, as well as the opportunity to be the face of our TV and print adverts. We are looking for someone who exudes confidence to front our campaign, the winner may be a past patient, or a new one – but most importantly we want them to feel that empowerment and confidence is something they want to champion.”

Lee Russell, 23, and Sophie Jones, 22, who became the faces of The Harley Medical Group 2011, comment on their experience:

Lee Says: “I was always bigger than other children but when I got into my late teens I managed to shed the excess weight through exercise. Although I lost weight I still couldn’t shift the stubborn fat on my chest, which I was really conscious of.

“I decided to have a male chest reduction at The Harley Medial Group and it really changed my life. My confidence obviously shone through, as I was asked to be the face of 2011. The experience was amazing and gave me the opportunity to share my story with others.”

Sophie Says: “I decided to have a breast augmentation as I always felt self-conscious that I was out of proportion, so found it really difficult to buy clothes and hated wearing a bikini.
My surgery gave me the confidence boost I needed and I was thrilled to be chosen to be the face of 2011, I felt like it completed my journey.”

The competition which will run until 30th September and will also give 10 runners up the chance to win the entire range of The Harley Medical Group’s new luxurious skin care products.

To enter, please visit The Harley Medical Group Facebook page.  

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NOTES TO EDITORS:
The Harley Medical Group is the UK and Ireland’s largest cosmetic surgery provider, performing more procedures and with more clinics than any other cosmetic surgery group. It has been established since 1983 and is one of the most highly-regarded Cosmetic Surgery Groups operating in the UK. It has treated over 450,000 patients to date.

The Harley Medical Group works tirelessly to maintain the highest standards in the industry for the benefits all cosmetic surgery and non-surgical patients.  We are currently at the forefront of the campaign to ensure that the Government continues to regulate the use of certain laser types used in cosmetic surgery and non-surgical treatments so that patients are protected from rogue practitioners.

In 2004, The Harley Medical Group’s Chairman Mel Braham, at the request of the Department of Health became a member of the department’s Steering Committee, set up to oversee the introduction of new regulations covering the entire Cosmetic Surgery sector.  All of The Harley Medical Group’s clinics are registered with the Care Quality Commission.  There are now 31 clinics in the UK and Ireland: London (Harley Street, Wimbledon, The City, Chiswick, Finchley Watford), Marlow, Birmingham, Leeds, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Chester, Nottingham, Southampton, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Dublin, Northampton, Cambridge, Maidstone, Belfast, Reading, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bromley, Glasgow, Cheltenham, Leicester and Guildford.

The Harley Medical Group is renowned for introducing and pioneering most new surgical and non-surgical techniques to the UK and Irish markets, such as Aesthera PPx, Laser Hair Removal, Cool Touch, and Silk Touch Lasers, Collagen for lines and wrinkles,  Laser for snoring, Tumescent Liposuction, LPG cellulite treatment etc.  All new treatments and techniques are first thoroughly researched and tested before they are submitted for approval by the Group’s Medical Advisory Board.  

For more information, please contact:
Imogen Fry or Monique Cockerill
Rain Communications UK – 020 7828 0118 or Imogen.Fry@raincommunications.co.uk

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