Facebook pages have a bit of divine intervention on their side which is helping drive huge traffic to the site. The Facebook page Jesus Daily is now generating more comments and “Likes” than the official Justin Bieber page.

The page posts the “words of Jesus” four to five times a day and last week the page racked up 3.4 million interactions compared to Bieber who managed just 630,000 Likes and Comments.

The Jesus Daily page was created by North Carolina doctor Aaron Tabor who started the page two years ago. The doctor’s purpose was simple, he simple says, “I wanted to provide people with encouragement.”

The Jesus Page isn’t alone on Facebook, the Joyce Meyer Ministries is in the top-20 trafficked pages on Facebook while another Jesus page and the Dio Es Bueno (God is Great) are also in the top-20 visited Facebook pages.

It’s not just Christian based pages that are reaping the benefits, a rabbi told the New York Times that Facebook is helping build larger congregations, while interacting with an increasing online worshiper base.

While some believers think Facebook is enough for their religious needs, one reverend doesn’t buy into the hype, noting:

“They can never replace the importance of people being together physically in the service of worship.”

Do you think Facebook based worship is a valid way for religious believers to gather?

Jesus Daily Facebook Page Driving Huge Traffic, Surpasses Justin Bieber is a post from: The Inquisitr

In an effort to murder MySpace in cold blood create more of a rapport between Facebook Pages and third-party websites, Facebook has launched the “fan box.”

Aside from sounding vaguely obscene, the Fan Box is a widget for companies, bands and brands to embed on a site to promote Facebook Pages. Adding the function involves merely including a snippet of Javascript code on your site. Operating somewhat like that handy little “share” button, it lets site visitors fan your Facebook Page with one click. From Inside Facebook:

“Users can view the most recent posts from the Page, see a list of other fans (including their friends), and, most importantly, become a fan without leaving the site,” Facebook Product Manager Mark Kinsey says. “Additionally, if a user visits the site and isn’t logged in to Facebook, the user can log in and become a fan directly inline as well.”

In other words, users can authenticate themselves to the widget using Facebook Connect in order to become Facebook fans without leaving your page. Later, when logging into Facebook, fans will see your updates in their stream just as they would any other Page they had become a fan of inside Facebook.com.”

The new feature is doubtlessly of huge importance to musicians and companies who wish to leverage their social media following more effectively. But in the whole debate over whether Facebook has killed MySpace, the one redeeming value constantly cited to keep MySpace alive is “the music.” The last big story about MySpace was regarding massive layoffs. Will this function put the final nail in MySpace’s coffin?

Facebook launches “Fan Box” is a post from: The Inquisitr

The change, expected to be put into place next week, will turn users’ news feeds into streaming updates on their Facebook friends. The homepage will also get somewhat of a makeover, with added options for feed filtering.

Facebook is also preparing to revamp and beef up its advertiser pages, also known as “Facebook pages.” The changes include a more user profile-like appearance for the ad pages. The pages will gain a greater presence in users’ Facebook news feeds, including the ability to send status updates as regular users do.

The old Facebook Pages design

Additionally, the branded profiles will begin featuring tabs, with different kinds of content in different sections (i.e. external applications will fall under a “boxes” tab instead of residing on the primary page). Companies will then be able to configure which tab they want to serve as the main landing page for any given time period.

Facebook Adds Real-Time Status Updates, Enhanced Advertiser Pages is a post from: The Inquisitr