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Social Media Makes Up Nearly A Third Of All Referral Traffic, + More Stats
Social software company Shareaholic argues that the shift from search to social is here with the release of a new set of data that reveals...
Facebook To Clean Up News Feed Spam By Showing Fewer Hoaxes
Facebook announced today it’s launching an update to its news feed algorithm designed to reduce the appearance of hoaxes. This includes scams, as well as...
9 Ways Content Marketing Can Save Your Doomed Facebook Page
Facebook has announced starting January, they will be ramping up efforts to inflict even harsher punishments on brands for posting too much promotional content. Facebook’s...
Mark Zuckerberg On The Future Of Social Media, + More From Q&A
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held another public Q&A yesterday and discussed, among other topics, what he believes the future looks like for social networking. An...
Facebook Introduces ‘Work’, A Social Tool For Businessess and Employees
Though we may try to hide it, it’s no secret that we browse Facebook at work. Now the social network wants to make it so...
Facebook Video Views Are Up 94% In The US, 75% Worldwide
Video on Facebook is growing at an alarmingly rapid pace. Last year alone video views on the world’s leading social network grew by 94% in...
Facebook Acquires Top Voice Recognition Startup, Speech Commands Coming?
Wit.ai, a Y combinator startup founded 18 months ago, has been acquired by Facebook with the intent for the company to help the social network...
Facebook Introduces New Video-Centric Features For Business Pages
Facebook has recently been spotted testing a new design and a handful of new features aimed to enhance the user experience of business pages when...
Anatomy of a Perfect Facebook Post: Exactly What to Post to Get Better Results
You post to your Facebook page, hoping you’ve hit upon something that works. How great would it be know that the post you just published had the...
Facebook Launches Call-To-Action Buttons For Business Pages
Facebook is on a roll right now when it comes to introducing useful new tools for business pages. In case you missed it, yesterday the...
Facebook Introduces Organic Post Targeting, Along With Other New Tools For Pages
In an effort to help publishers better connect with their audience on Facebook, the company announced today a new set of tools and and improvements...
Facebook Brings Graph Search To Mobile, Makes It Possible To Search For Individual Posts
Almost two whole years after Facebook’s Graph Search launched on desktop the company announced it is finally bringing the feature to mobile devices. Listening to...
Shots Fired! Mark Zuckerberg Defends Against Anti-Ad Statements From Apple’s Tim Cook
If you follow Apple news you might remember a story back in September where CEO Tim Cook published an open letter expressing his criticism of free...
How a Facebook Page Grew Their Organic Reach 219% in 30 Days
If you’re a business on Facebook, there’s a good chance you’ve been fighting the organic reach battle. In the last year-and-a-half, Facebook organic reach has...
Facebook Releases Quarterly Highlights, Continues To See Growth In Active Users
Facebook, as a public company, reports every quarter on the state of its business. This week it released its highlights for the third quarter of...
Facebook To Reduce The Amount Of ‘Overly Promotional’ Page Posts Appearing In News Feed
Beginning in 2015 you will start to see fewer page posts in your news feed that Facebook considers to be “overly promotional,” the company stated...
Facebook Displays Unprecedented Transparency In Update To Privacy Polices
Facebook has been making strides to change the public’s perception towards how transparent and open they are about the data collected on its users, and what...
Quickly Unfollow Pages And People With New Facebook News Feed Settings
Facebook launched a new News Feed settings tool today that will allow you to quickly unfollow people and Pages without unfriending, or unliking them. In...
Mark Zuckerberg Answers Pressing Questions About Facebook In First Ever Public Q&A
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg conducted his first ever public Q&A today, and while he was lobbed fluff questions about his fashion choices (among other things),...
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In Q3, Facebook Drove 4x More Traffic Than Pinterest [REPORT]
With a $200 billion market cap and an active user base that rivals the entire population of China, Facebook has significant staying power. For publishers, marketers...
Facebook Considering Hosting Linked Content Rather Than Directing Users To Other Sites
The New York Times has brought to light the fact that Facebook is looking at options for hosting linked content on its own site, and...
Facebook Embraces Anonymity With The Launch Of New ‘Rooms’ iOS App
Facebook has announced the launch of new iOS app that encourages users to interact anonymously in a way that’s reminiscent of late 90’s – early...
How to Run Facebook Ads for an E-Commerce Site
Facebook has a vast potential for businesses. But it can be difficult and frustrating knowing where to start, and how to proceed. I’m hoping this quick guide...
Facebook Surpasses YouTube For Most Desktop Video Views Per Month
ComScore has revealed to Beet.TV the results of a recent study that shows in the month of August 2014, Facebook surpassed YouTube for most desktop...
Facebook To Pull Back On Research Following Controversial Mood Study
Today, in a response to negative feedback over the company’s controversial mood study, Facebook revealed its plans to change the way research is conducted by...
Facebook To Change Real Name Policy, Issues Apology To LGBT Community
Facebook’s Chief Product Office, Chris Cox, issued a formal apology to members of the LGBT community who were affected by the recent issues involving Facebook’s real...
Facebook Partners With Stripe To Power Facebook’s “Buy” Button
Re/code reports that Facebook has partnered with Stripe to power a “Buy” button that will eventually be a part of the news feed. That’s the...
Facebook To Introduce New Advertising Platform For Tracking Users Across Multiple Devices
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is nearing the launch of a new advertising platform for marketers to more effectively connect with their target...
Twitter Releases New iPhone App Just In Time For iOS 8
A day after Facebook unveiled a new iOS app, Twitter releases an updated app for iPhone users just in time for iOS 8. The updated...
Facebook Releases New Feature for Page Managers
Facebook quietly rolled out a new feature this week allowing page managers to easily toggle between their personal and business pages. Of course, the ability...