Shelly Palmer Radio Report – January 16, 2013

Imagine all your Facebook friends who have two heads, eat their young on Thursdays and are Martian. Compiling a list of those people is now easier than ever, thanks to Facebook’s Graph Search, which was announced on Tuesday. While only in a limited beta for now, Graph Search is an easier-than-ever-before way to find your friends and put them into lists. You can find all friends who play soccer and communicate with just them. Or maybe you want to find your friend Ben’s friend Kim, who lives in San Francisco but other than that you’re not sure. Facebook has put the power in your hands to search for people the way you want. Privacy is a big concern, but Facebook has said that privacy is of the utmost importance to the company, and will only let people search for you by the information you’ve made available. What this will do for marketing, though, is a whole other realm. Hello, even more specific targeted ads!

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).