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Facebook has got it all and it is no surprise that users spent an average of five hours and 12 minutes on Facebook in July, 2009. With all of the applications, friends, fans, and photos, there is still one thing missing from Facebook that even Twitter has.

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Soon enough, that will not be a problem. Facebook just introduced the ability to tag your friends in your status update. Much like Twitter’s @mention, you will be able to direct a message through your status to any of your contacts. Not only can you tag your friends to your status, but you will able to tag groups, events, applications, and pages.

Capturing one of Twitter’s best features, Facebook is making it even easier to have a public conversation. Fans are sure to love the new feature and it could mean good news for businesses as well. Brands that have created pages, but are having a hard time getting noticed can reach out to their fans in a more direct way. On top of that, fans will be able to tag their favorite pages as well. Soon we will be seeing status updates that read Joe Shmoe: is eating McDonalds and drinking a Coke.  With easy linking to fan pages, this new element is going to be driving so much traffic to sites that users may have not stumbled upon otherwise.

While users and brands should be ecstatic about Facebook’s new feature, Twitter is probably pouting in the corner. This move takes away the need of Twitter for some people and gives them everything they could need on Facebook. If Twitter plans to continue to compete with Facebook it will need some new features, and soon.

More updates on Facebook and other Social Media soon…