Facebook Adds 'Feed Filter Bar' News Feed Control Tool, New Options to Restrict Post Comments
Social Media Today
MARCH 31, 2021
Facebook has launched a new News Feed control option, which makes it easier to switch to different feed display listings.
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Facebook News Feed Update: Now What?
Jon Loomer
JANUARY 13, 2018
You’ve undoubtedly heard by now about the big Facebook news feed update that was announced recently. The news feed is sorted and customized based on a ranking system. Facebook wants you to see more stuff from people. Posts that get long, thoughtful replies will get priority in your feed. So… Now what?
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Facebook Marketers are Already Fumbling News Feed Change
Jon Loomer
JANUARY 21, 2018
It’s been a little over a week since Facebook announced the latest news feed change intended to surface more content from friends and less content from brands. In that time, it’s clear marketers are setting the groundwork for future news feed changes. Facebook will have no choice. Facebook owes you nothing.
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Facebook News Feed: Website Speed Gets Higher Priority
Jon Loomer
AUGUST 7, 2017
Facebook is constantly tweaking their news feed algorithm. The algorithm helps determine what users see and what they don’t, all in an effort to make the Facebook user experience as engaging and addicting as possible. The latest impact of the algorithm to the Facebook news feed: Website speed.
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Eight Common Facebook Issues And Steps To Resolve Them
SocMed Sean
APRIL 26, 2022
Most of the time, Facebook works just fine. Here’s how you can quickly fix some of the most common Facebook bugs. Facebook Messenger Keeps Displaying a Notification of a New Message, But There Isn’t One. When you click on the Facebook app, it shows an unread Messenger chat, but when you go there, no unread message exists.
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Don’t Sell Your Brand’s Soul to the Facebook News Feed Algorithm and Vanity Metrics
Pam Moore
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
Brand leaders around the globe are freaking out as they read the blog posts, watch the videos and see the tweets fly by from the Facebook fear mongers crying that the end of Facebook as we know it has arrived. Facebook 2018 is all About Engagement. It is true that big changes are coming to Facebook. Let’s get real.
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How to Build and Maintain an Engaged Facebook Community Group
Social Media Strategies Summit
JANUARY 26, 2023
Facebook Pages used to be a lucrative way for brands to connect with customers on Facebook. However, pages have seen a decline in organic reach in recent years, with the average organic Facebook Page post now seeing an engagement rate of just 0.07%. What Is a Facebook Community Group (& Why Should You Care)?
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Control Which Websites, Pages, Apps, and Videos Your Facebook Ads Appear On
Jon Loomer
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Do a little digging to uncover which websites, Facebook pages, apps, and videos are showing your ads. This includes feeds, stories, Reels, apps, websites, and more. Brand Safety offers Controls, Block Lists, Publisher Lists, and Delivery Reports. Publisher Lists. And here’s Instagram Profile Feed.
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Why I List My Facebook Friends
Ari Herzog
AUGUST 18, 2014
Facebook defines the news feed as “an ongoing list of updates on your homepage that shows you what’s new with the friends and pages you follow.” The feed also shows updates from brand pages after you click like. The feed also shows updates from brand pages after you click like. Media Facebook'
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Our 2020 Social Media Wish List
Likeable
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Oh, and how could we forget removing the 20% rule for ads on Facebook?! We’re sure you have a lot of lists to read and wishes to fulfill—but if you have time, we’d love for you to take a look at ours. . Better Search & List Features on Instagram. Clickable Links in Instagram In-Feed Post Copy. Improved Fact Checking.
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Facebook Allows Really Long Posts That Fill Up a User’s Feed
Bill Hartzer
APRIL 13, 2018
Facebook allows really long posts that completely fill up a Facebook user’s feed, virtually completely taking over all posts in someone’s feed. Here’s an example of that post: This “list” of characters appears to go on “forever”, just like infinite scroll on a web page.
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107 Decoding the Facebook Algorithm: A Fully Up-to-Date List of the Algorithm Factors and Changes
Buffer Social
OCTOBER 17, 2017
If you do Facebook marketing , one thing that you might want to understand is the Facebook algorithm. The Facebook algorithm helps make sense of the huge number of posts that people and businesses share every day and chooses the posts to show in our News Feed based on a huge number of factors. Facebook algorithm values.
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Taking Control of Your Facebook News Feed
yMarketingMatters
DECEMBER 4, 2012
Have you wondered why you are not seeing as many of your friends and business Pages in your News Feed? That’s because Facebook determines what appears in your News Feed, and how high, with an algorithm called EdgeRank. Read the full blog here. As always, leave your comments or questions below.
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How to Make Twitter Lists (And Why You Want to)
agora pulse
AUGUST 31, 2020
What is a Twitter list? Are you using Twitter lists? Basics of Twitter Lists. Twitter lists are a way to categorize accounts, so you can find them more easily later. When you only use your general feed on Twitter, you are subject to the whims of the Twitter algorithm to show you what it wants. And do you need one?
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16 Stellar Examples of High-Converting Facebook Ads
Social Media Strategies Summit
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Facebook has a whopping 2.9 From generating leads to boosting sales to building a following, Facebook advertising is a valuable piece of your marketing strategy whether you’re a small business or a large corporation. The key to Facebook Ad success lies in its ad targeting capabilities. Don’t send Facebook users to your homepage.
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Facebook Ads Audiences That Aren’t Impacted by iOS and Browser Restrictions
Jon Loomer
JANUARY 19, 2022
The Facebook pixel has become less dependable. In this post, we’ll provide a list of options that you still have available to you that haven’t been impacted. However, Facebook is still able to update audiences based on activity within the Facebook and Instagram apps themselves. A Clarification.
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Test: Can You Promote a Facebook Podcast with Ads?
Jon Loomer
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
Last week, I showed you how to connect your podcast to your Facebook page so that you could publish all new episodes to your followers (among other benefits). Can you promote these episodes — or your show — with Facebook ads? I’m only using placements from the Facebook platform. But, no clips are listed.
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Why the News Feed is Becoming Less Important for Facebook Pages
Buffer Social
AUGUST 9, 2018
Facebook has made some big changes to business Pages in order to better support small and local businesses. Over 80 million businesses use Facebook Pages, with more than 1.6 And each week, two out of three people on Facebook visit a local business Page or an Event Page. billion people around the world are connected to them.
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Always up-to-date list of Facebook ad sizes & specs
Sprout Social
MARCH 26, 2019
Let’s be real for a second–if you’re spending even a penny on advertising, you should be considering Facebook. New data from eMarketer forecasts marketers to spend $21 billion on US Facebook ads in 2018. And to compare Facebook’s dominance against other social media networks, total shares equal 83% of ad spend in the US.
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105 Permanently Set Your Facebook Feed To Show Most Recent Instead Of Top Stories
SocMed Sean
AUGUST 12, 2016
Another strange one is the fact that Facebook loves to show you the “Top Stories” that it thinks are important in your life and while that works for some, there are those of us who prefer to see our feeds in chronological order. So just bookmark the URL or add it to your Favorites and you can assess Facebook b Success!
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Addressing the Reactions to the Shutdown of Facebook Podcasts
Jon Loomer
MAY 4, 2022
A post that I wrote on LinkedIn about Meta pulling the plug on Facebook Podcasts was picked up by LinkedIn News. I’m guessing that many or most of the comments I was getting were from people who don’t typically follow me and weren’t particularly informed on what the Facebook Podcasting feature was in the first place.
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12 Facebook publishing tools for your brand in 2024
Sprout Social
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
As part of your Facebook marketing strategy , a consistent publishing schedule is essential. If you take advantage of a Facebook publishing tool, you will be empowered to have a tool semi-automate your social media management tasks. If your Facebook content process has more steps than the ones above, you can add those in.
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95 Facebook Allows Really Long Posts That Fill Up a User’s Feed
Bill Hartzer
APRIL 13, 2018
Facebook allows really long posts that completely fill up a Facebook user’s feed, virtually completely taking over all posts in someone’s feed. Here’s an example of that post: This “list” of characters appears to go on “forever”, just like infinite scroll on a web page.
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Top five: Facebook continues towards world domination
Sherrilynne Starkie
JANUARY 4, 2018
Top Five: Facebook continues towards world domination. Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube. Facebook gets Golden Globes over incumbent Twitter. In what must be a big blow to Twitter, Facebook has been handed the exclusive rights to live stream the Golden Globe Awards this year. followers . Happy New Year!
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Learn How To Make More Money With Email Lists
Twenty4 Social
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Learn How To Make More Money With Email Lists. In that case, it will serve your business exceptionally well to consider marketing to your email lists, as at least one tier of your Internet marketing campaign. Ok friend, the first step we need to take is to build an email distribution list. How to Make Money Via Your Email Lists.
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Facebook Ad Dimensions and Character Limits
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 3, 2020
When you select placements in your ad set, Facebook displays some basic requirements. Facebook also provides a resource that lists out all of the minimums, maximums, and other requirements associated with each format and placement. Facebook Feed. Facebook Instant Articles. Facebook In-Stream Videos.
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Facebook Interest Targeting: How Your Profile is Targeted (The Good and Bad)
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 5, 2020
As I hear the stories of marketers of brands big and small, it’s one of the preferred methods of targeting with Facebook ads remains interests. Even those with big budgets are putting their trust in Facebook to find those people most likely to convert based on related activity on the platform. Your Ad Preferences. Ad Settings.
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32 Signs You Might Be a Social Media Marketing O.G.
Ignite Social Media
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
We compiled this list to help you decide. You once programmed Facebook Tabs for six straight months; 6. Facebook Business Manager may be causing your blood pressure issues; 10. You debated whether FeedDemon or Google Reader was the best for RSS feeds ; 12. You still miss the chronological news feed ; 22.
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5 Ways to Beat the Facebook News Feed Update
Proactive Report
JULY 4, 2014
With over a billion users and millions of brand pages there is a glut of content on Facebook. You might have noticed it in your personal News Feed. “Every time someone visits their news feed there are, on average, 1500 potential stories from friends, people they follow and pages they’ve liked for them to see.
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Facebook Ad Dimensions and Character Limits
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 3, 2020
When you select placements in your ad set, Facebook displays some basic requirements. Facebook also provides a resource that lists out all of the minimums, maximums, and other requirements associated with each format and placement. Facebook Feed. Facebook Instant Articles. Facebook In-Stream Videos.
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6 masterful examples of brands selling on Facebook Shops
Sprout Social
APRIL 6, 2022
In 2020, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest revamped their shopping tools to help retailers capitalize on this trend. In the following paragraphs, we’ll take a look at six examples of notable brands that are taking advantage of Facebook Shops to reduce friction in the buying process and drive sales. Shopify, OpenCart, GoDaddy, etc.)
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[ANSWERED] How Do I Hide My Facebook Posts From Friends Without Unfriending Them?
SocMed Sean
JUNE 22, 2018
Is there a way that I can block a person from sharing things on Facebook, without unfriending or blocking them? Facebook provides you with a pretty broad range of tools that can help you determine who can see, and therefore, share your posts. In fact, I employ this practice on my personal Facebook account. I hope you can help.
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What I Like About the New Facebook Timeline Profile, Privacy Settings, and News Feed
Kikolani
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
By now, you’ve probably read your fair share of “What I Hate About the New Facebook Updates” to the point that you’re pretty comfortable with the fact that you hate the changes. The Best Facebook News Feed Setting. By far, of all things they have done to the news feed, I love this!
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Creator Studio for Facebook and Instagram: A guide for marketers
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Tools like Creator Studio for Facebook and Instagram can help. Creator Studio is a dashboard content creators and brands use to manage their content, audience engagement and data analysis of their Facebook and Instagram accounts. What is the difference between Facebook and Instagram Creator Studio? What is Creator Studio?`
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Facebook Live: How to Stream a Webinar
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 2, 2020
As the popularity of streaming video with Facebook Live continues to rise, new tools are being provided to marketers. One of the most exciting developments is the ability to stream webinars to pages and groups via Facebook Live. I use free webinars to build my email list and also act as an introduction to my paid products.
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Facebook Dynamic Formats and Ad Creative
Jon Loomer
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Facebook has released an advertising feature for e-commerce companies that allows them to show different formats and creative to people based on what they’re most likely to respond to. It’s called Facebook Dynamic Formats and Ad Creative. Create a Data Feed File for a Catalog. What Is Dynamic Formats and Ad Creative?
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A Facebook Ads Experimentation Guide
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The most important characteristic of a successful Facebook advertiser is the willingness to experiment. It is your experimentation with Facebook ads that will lead to knowledge, solutions, and success. Facebook’s optimization will also help focus on what is working best in those cases. A/B Testing. All of that is fine.
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How to Compare Audience Sizes on Instagram vs. Facebook
Jon Loomer
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Instagram continues growth at a fast pace , and Facebook advertisers are becoming more accustomed to considering Instagram as a placement for their campaigns. We can use these to compare audience sizes on Instagram and Facebook. You may even be surprised to find that Facebook is much larger than you had expected!
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Facebook Ads Feature: Customize Creative Assets by Placement
Jon Loomer
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Facebook is rolling out the ability for advertisers to customize creative assets by placement. When running a Facebook ad campaign, you can choose to have your ads appear on many different placements. When running a Facebook ad campaign, you can choose to have your ads appear on many different placements. Instagram: Feed.
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Facebook Interest Targeting: How Your Profile is Targeted (The Good and Bad)
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 5, 2020
As I hear the stories of marketers of brands big and small, it’s one of the preferred methods of targeting with Facebook ads remains interests. Even those with big budgets are putting their trust in Facebook to find those people most likely to convert based on related activity on the platform. Your Ad Preferences. Ad Settings.
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Facebook Will Pay Creators To Put Their Knockoff TikTok Videos In Its Main News Feed
Forbes Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The Reels videos originally launched on Instagram in 2020 and are now being added to the core Facebook app, a sign of their growing importance to the company.
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Facebook Search Placement for Ads
Jon Loomer
AUGUST 12, 2019
I recently spotted a “Facebook Search” option within placements when creating a Facebook ads campaign. Facebook Search ads could be a really big deal, depending upon how they’re rolled out. But I did reach out to Facebook about it, and I wanted to share what I learned. Search Placement: What I See.
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