Still confused on how Facebook’s new “Like” button works? You’re not the only one. The recent announcement of a Web-wide “Like” button from Facebook has taken the Internet world by storm. Facebook explains the way this innovation works on their Facebook developers page.

“The Like button enables users to make connections to your pages and share content back to their friends on Facebook with one click. Since the content is hosted by Facebook, the button can display personalized content whether or not the user has logged into your site. For logged-in Facebook users, the button is personalized to highlight friends who have also liked the page.”

But, what does that really mean?

Simply stated, the “Like” button will allow a person to share their unlimited Web interests will their Facebook friends. By “liking” a website, photo, article, blog post – what have you – the website will be posted on their Facebook page, and will become visible to their friends.

“Liking” a website has transformed a website into a “social link.” The Internet is being reinvented into a gigantic social media network and this is the first step to connecting the myriad of links. Since its April 21^st introduction, more than 50,000 websites have joined Facebook’s new social plug in, including CNN.com, abc.com, Pandora, The New York Times, and Yelp.