Facebook has announced it will be releasing a new universal button soon that allows social networkers to “Like” any blog on the internet, provided the blog has a nifty little Facebook feature on it. The universal like button will help spread the social networking of Facebook beyond its site, benefitting both Facebook and the businesses running the blogs.

Facebook is attempting to escape the fate of the late Myspace by expanding its features beyond its own site. Facebook is essentially trying to make itself a necessity in every online-venturing business. This new universal Like button helps make any social networking business more noticeable and powerful, and therefore a feature that makes Facebook more prominent.

The benefits for a business to carry this Like button are obvious. A business carrying the button on their blogs benefits from the Like being boasted on their page, but more importantly in often-viewed Facebook News Feeds. The popularity contest potential is a compelling enough to participate.