If you weren’t happy about Facebook making the change to autoplay videos, you really won’t like this new change. They are testing a new change where the next video in a suggested playlist will automatically start playing if a user doesn’t select the next video to watch. Facebook confirmed to Re/code that it is part […]
Facebook Launches Video Embedding on Third Party Sites
Facebook has finally given users the ability to embed their Facebook videos on third party sites, a major feature they were missing that saw them lagging behind industry leader YouTube. YouTube makes it easy for users to embed YouTube videos on any website, meaning it is easy for people to embed most videos on a […]
Facebook Wants to Host Linked Articles From Partnered News Sites
Last October TheSEMPost reported that Facebook was considering hosting third-party content right on Facebook when users link to it in a Facebook post, rather than just allowing users to leave Facebook by clicking on the link to read the article. Well, it appears that Facebook is doing just that, and the implications of it to […]
Facebook Announces Topic Data for Marketers to Determine Their Audience’s Interests
Facebook is releasing topic data to page owners that gives more insight into the topics and subjects that their audiences are talking about on Facebook. They do note that all personal information will still be private, as the data is anonymized and aggregated. This data is meant to help brands understand their audiences better so […]
Facebook Removing Likes from Deactivated & Memorialized Accounts on March 12th
If you run a Facebook page you should be aware that Facebook is planning to remove all likes made by counts that are either deactivated – by the user or by Facebook – as well as likes made by those users who pages are now memorialized after passing away. March 12th is the day that […]
Facebook Patents Type of Influencer Marketing to Identify Experts & Influencers
Influencer marketing has become much more popular recently, especially when you consider the roles of power Pinterest on Pinterest and those with plenty of followers selling promoted tweets on Twitter. However, there can definitely be some issues when trying to consider exactly who these influences are, because usual metrics such as followers or likes don’t […]
Facebook Ads Launches Relevancy Score, Facebook’s Version of Quality Score
When the choosing to display ads on Facebook, Facebook has been using an internal metric called relevance score. Now Facebook is going to begin displaying this metric to advertisers so they can improve their ads based on the feedback from it. Facebook’s relevancy score ranges from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best. The […]
Facebook Takes Aim at Craigslist & eBay with New Sales Features for Groups
With many buy/sell/trade/swap groups on Facebook, whether for local groups or for specific types of items, such as collectibles or hobby items, Facebook has added some additional support for select Facebook for Sale groups to make it easier for users to list items and facilitate sales. With the new feature enabled, instead of just having […]
Facebook Asking Users to Rate Bing’s Translations
Facebook seems to be taking aim at inaccurate translations by asking users to rate translations done by the social media platform. Facebook’s translation tool is powered by Bing, although when the rating tool comes up, it does not make mention that it is a Bing translation. When you do see the rating tool, it asks […]
Over 3 Billion Videos Viewed on Facebook Daily
Facebook reported on their Q4 earnings on Wednesday and they revealed that there are over 3 billion Facebook videos viewed by users every day. Of course not all of those 3 billion videos are actually watched. Because Facebook auto plays their videos for most users, many videos can start playing even if a user is […]