What are the facebook "like" pages that lead to other sites?

[DressageIsToDance]

Being someone who is very aware of the bullcrap that goes on on Facebook, I refuse to like or click on the "like" pages that take you out of the site to a separate page. They may have been around a while but they just started cropping up with my friends liking them.

What are they, exactly? Are the viruses, or just spyware that hacks your page? I can't imagine they are any good, as they are rather tricking you into connecting to their sites.

[zetetic]

No, for the most part they are not viruses, malware, worms, etc. Website builders can place a facebook "like" button on their page - so that they can track how many people like their site (it is not as common as "Digg" "Retwitt" and "Buzz" that you see on most websites, but it is there. Also, there are some sites built for just "liking" pages on facebook, such as the ones that you are probably at:

http://www.mylikebook.com
http://www.mylike.co.uk
http://letslikeit.com

I'm not saying they are all safe but the majority of them aren't horribly bad. They just recently starting gaining a lot of popularity in the same way facebook groups gain popularity.

Its people looking to be "liked" in other words, haha