Alicia Keys' Facebook Fan Page

Fans of Alicia Keys on Facebook will have another reason to check her Facebook Page. This is the first time a world-famous artist has debuted their album through the site.

Keys released her new album “The Element of Freedom” exclusively on her Facebook Page today. The real album released is due on December 15th, but fans will be able to tune in to her Facebook Page and stream the album for free, though they will not be able to download digital copies.

We all know that it is not a new thing for artists to debut albums and songs through the web, but this has long been an area dominated by MySpace. MySpace still has its own share of exclusives, but given the amount of attention Facebook has been receiving in the last few months, it is not surprising the Facebook is starting to get its share of exclusives.

This exclusive promotion is sponsored by American Express and powered by Involver‘s, a company which builds widgets and applications and has powered more than 20,000 Facebook Pages, new app called “Music for pages.”

A screenshot of Nonja's Facebook Page

An orangutan who takes pictures of her surroundings is attracting thousands of fans on Facebook in just a couple of days.

This orangutan, named Nonja, of the Vienna zoo has a  Facebook page named “Nonja”, to showcase her photography talent.

More than 14,000 people around the world have become fan of this 33-year-old Nonja. Nonja uses a specially adapted Samsung ST 1000 digital camera to captures her companions and their habitat in Vienna Zoo.

Every image taken by Nonja is uploaded directly to her Facebook album via wi-fi.

But there is a catch; the camera is modified in such a way that every time the shutter button is pushed, a raisin pops out. So, this camera-toting ape is evidently more interested in tasty treats than photography.

[Source: Sky News]

Over the weekend, many of you may have noticed that there is no longer a link to send an update to your Facebook Page fans directly on the sidebar. Page updates are vital for a particular page to keep themselves from to vanishing out of  people’s memory.Many people becomes a fan of  Facebook pages just “for the sake of” reason though i cannot argue with the fact that there are also in fact lots of true fans who religiously follows the page. Sending Page updates to fans will visibly increased the traffic to the page. Page updates are also extremely useful for reaching out to those users who’s feeds is not displaying your Page stories due to their Wall and News Feeds privacy settings. It is to be noted that, there has been an increased click through rate on updates since the new Facebook inbox launched. It is highly recommend to all Page administrators take advantage of this increased visibility and make use of the page updates.

Now, how do you send the updates since the update link no more seems to be in the place it use to be?

It is fairly easy to accomplish that. Just click on the “Edit Page” link on the sidebar. Under “Promote Your Page,” click on the link that says “Send an Update to Fans.”