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Facebook’s Trending News Tabs Bad for Marketers

June 10, 2015 at 11:24 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Facebook’s Trending News Tabs Bad for Marketers

Looks as though you can finally weed out annoying (to you) types of trending stories in Facebook with the release of a new tabbed trending news box, but like many Facebook changes, it will have a negative impact on Facebook Pages. They have broken trending news into 5 tabs, the primary which is the main […]

Can Facebook Unseat Google?

May 27, 2015 at 6:19 am PST By Melissa Mackey

Can Facebook Unseat Google?

Over the years, marketers have speculated over who would become the next Google. I’ve even wondered that myself, positing that Bing could overtake Google in a few years. But the next Google killer may not even be a search engine. Facebook made a couple announcements recently that indicate they’re ready to take a whack at […]

5 Ways Social Media Affects Google Search Rankings

May 21, 2015 at 4:52 am PST By Samuel Edwards

5 Ways Social Media Affects Google Search Rankings

It seems like everything funnels through social media these days, and SEO should be included in that category. Not only are the two related, but social media actually has a direct impact on search rankings and overall SEO efforts. This can either be a positive or a detriment to your web pages – the choice […]

Bing Showing Most Recent Facebook Post in Company Knowledge Graphs

May 12, 2015 at 4:22 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Bing Showing Most Recent Facebook Post in Company Knowledge Graphs

Bing has begun showing the most recent Facebook post made by a company when displaying the company’s knowledge graph. Here is an example where Bing is displaying Target’s most recent Facebook post in their knowledge graph. And here are a few more examples. It is interesting that Bing is giving this prominent placement to Facebook, […]

Facebook’s Hosted “Instant Articles” Give Publishers 70% of Ad Revenue

May 4, 2015 at 4:55 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Facebook’s Hosted “Instant Articles” Give Publishers 70% of Ad Revenue

We finally know how Facebook plans to encourage websites to allow Facebook to host their content on Facebook, rather than simply linking to their website directly… and it comes down to the revenue share Facebook is offering.  In exchange for the articles being hosted by Facebook – through a program officially called Instant Articles – […]

Facebook No Longer Allows Pages to Add Photo to Link Posts

April 30, 2015 at 4:57 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Facebook No Longer Allows Pages to Add Photo to Link Posts

For many Facebook page owners, if Facebook didn’t use the correct image they wanted for a post on a Page, even if one was correctly tagged for use on Facebook, it was a simple solution to simply upload the correct photo to go along with the link being shared.  But Facebook appears to have disabled […]

Facebook’s New Login Guidelines for Apps Reduced Number of Permissions Requested

April 29, 2015 at 6:00 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Facebook’s New Login Guidelines for Apps Reduced Number of Permissions Requested

Facebook changed their guidelines for apps that make it easier for users to see exactly what permissions each app is asking for, as well as giving users the ability to approve or decline each guideline setting in each app.  The end result?  These apps ended up requesting fewer permissions from apps. Particularly for older apps […]

New Facebook News Feed Change Reduces Facebook Page Organic Exposure Again

April 22, 2015 at 5:45 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

New Facebook News Feed Change Reduces Facebook Page Organic Exposure Again

The tiny share that Facebook Pages currently have in the News Feed of people who have liked their pages is being reduced yet again…  This time, Facebook is directly targeting the likes and comments that friends make on a Facebook Page’s posts, reducing the exposure they receive in their friend’s News Feeds. Lastly, many people […]

Facebook Deprecating Like Box on June 23rd

April 20, 2015 at 4:00 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Facebook Deprecating Like Box on June 23rd

If you are using Facebook’s Like Box, you should be aware that they are making changes to the API which will cause the Like Box to no longer work on June 23, 2015. Facebook is suggesting that webmasters use the newer Page Plugin instead, but you will need to remove the old code before you […]

Facebook’s New Local Events Alerts

March 31, 2015 at 3:44 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Facebook’s New Local Events Alerts

Local marketing on Facebook got a lot more interesting – and probably more expensive – as Facebook expands into local events promotions. Facebook added a new section to Facebook pages called “Subscribed Events”.  This allows users to subscribe to a Facebook Page’s Events, and those users will be alerted that an event is happening close […]

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