Facebook introduces the Recommendations Bar

Facebook has, in an official post on their Developer's Blog, confirmed the launch of the Recommendations Bar. A social plug-in, the new Recommendations Bar, quite like its name suggests lets users "like" content, receive recommendations, and also share with their friends what they're reading. The way this works is that as a user is reading an article, a pop-up appears at the bottom of the screen, containing recommended articles. 

The recommended articles are based on the articles that friends have liked or shared. Also, when a user likes an article that they have read using the new Recommendations Bar, the story gets published on the user's timeline, as also in their friends' news feed.  Facebook further stated that, "Sites such as Mashable, Wetpaint, and The Mirror are using the Recommendations Bar today. In early tests, sites are seeing 3x the click through on the stories it recommends than through the Recommendations Box."

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