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Facebook Watchbait: Misleading and Sensational Videos Will Be Down-Ranked

Jon Loomer

Facebook has announced that videos using “watchbait” will be penalized and receive less news feed distribution. “Watchbait” is a made-up word to describe shady tactics used by marketers to game the news feed algorithm — and user engagement — with videos. Even posts recommended by Facebook.

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Eight Common Facebook Issues And Steps To Resolve Them

SocMed Sean

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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Facebook 2018 News Feed Changes 101: What You Need to Know For Your Business

Pam Moore

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or too busy to do the double click, you likely know by now that Facebook recently announced some big changes to their news feed algorithm. These changes impact every business, brand and publisher using Facebook for business purposes. You need to do your research and get the facts.

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Should You Go Broad with Facebook Ads Targeting?

Jon Loomer

You’ve likely heard the advice, whether from a Facebook ads rep or your regular ads “guru.” ” Micro-targeting with Facebook ads is no longer viable. Should you go broad with Facebook ads targeting? Facebook will then show your ad to people within your audience who are most likely to convert.

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The New Facebook Is Coming: What You Need to Know About F8

agora pulse

Armies of developers assaulted the seven kingdoms of Facebook this week as Mark Zuckerberg’s team hosted 2019’s F8—a conference specifically for Facebook developers. Zuckerberg shared that, in the history of Facebook, there have been four major redesigns and developments. Posted by Facebook on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

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Facebook Growth in Numbers

Mindjumpers

On its Facebook page, Facebook has recently released a photo album with 12 photos containing some of the platform’s major growth numbers in the past year. Facebook seems to put more and more focus on content, especially with the new news feed , which is still in the process of being rolled out to users as well as the launch of Home.

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How To Get More Likes on Facebook: 8 Easy Tips

Hootsuite

“Like us on Facebook” has become such a common phrase that it’s hard to imagine the platform any other way. If the Facebook Like was a person, it would have been bar or bat mitzvahed by now. But we haven’t always wondered how to get more likes on Facebook. Then in 2009, Facebook added an identical feature to its platform.

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