The Top 5 Social Media News Of This Week

Do you know why you liked that picture of your friend on Facebook? Or why you commented on her last post? The psychology behind everything we do on Facebook is deeply linked to our brain’s pleasure centre. Surprising? Well, not so much right?

Everything we do on #Facebook is deeply linked to our brain’s pleasure centre.

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This week was all about video. We already know that video will be at the heart of the social media of the future (read what Wouter de Vos had to say about this), and it seems that YouTube and Facebook are taking this very seriously. It’s obvious for the former: this is all it does. But Facebook clearly intends to challenge YouTube’s supremacy and this will be the story to watch over the next few months.

So are you ready for this week’s Top 5 trending news on We are Social Media?

	The Psychology Behind What We Do On Facebook – Facebook can be addictive. Whoever has signed up for the social network knows that. The reason behind this strong need for more Facebook: it triggers our brain’s pleasure centre.
	Instagram Finally Brings Search To The Web – Yes, you can now search for anything from hashtags, locations and even usernames right from the website. And the results have their own beautifully designed one pager.
	9 Rules To Follow For A Stellar Social Selling Strategy – Social selling is obviously a tricky job, for the simple fact that networks are not the ideal place to come up with a sales speech, right? To win the hearts, the best marketers have rules they follow.
	Facebook Wants You To Stop Going On YouTube – Facebook is eager to challenge YouTube’s supremacy on videos and the latest updates are here to prove that Facebook is taking this very seriously as it is testing a new feature to go even further in what could be interpreted as another mini act-of-war.
	YouTube Starts Showing 360-degree Video Ads – Some will call it a revolution. After introducing support for 360-degree video, Google will now let brands take advantage of this to create amazing immersive video ads on YouTube.