Fahad HSep 3, 20192 min readFacebook confirms it is considering removing “Like” countsFacebook is following its efforts on Instagram and experimenting with removing “Like” counts from posts. The test was first spotted by...
Fahad HAug 16, 20192 min readDoes Facebook have a problem with HTTPS URLs in posts with images?Facebook Debugger claims image is corrupted or has an invalid format. Have you had any issues trying to get images to load for organic...
Fahad HJul 19, 20192 min readHeads up, advertisers: Facebook is shrinking mobile News Feed ad spaceFacebook is making changes to the aspect ratio for posts and ads in its mobile News Feed. Beginning August 19, posts and ads in the...
Fahad HJul 2, 20192 min readFacebook warns Pages it is downgrading posts that use exaggerated health claims to promote productsFacebook announced on Tuesday it has made ranking updates to its News Feed algorithm, aiming to reduce posts that contain exaggerated or...
Fahad HMay 6, 20191 min readFacebook updates video ranking algorithm to surface content that users routinely seek outFacebook has updated its video ranking algorithm to surface more video content routinely sought out by users and watched repeatedly,...
Fahad HApr 1, 20192 min readFirst-party hygiene: Facebook shows users when a Custom Audience list was uploadedFacebook added Custom Audience details to the “Why am I seeing this ad?” notification in News Feed ads in February. Users can see if...
Fahad HNov 21, 20186 min readWhy businesses are relying on Facebook Groups to build engaged audiencesFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s first Communities Summit in June, 2017. At the beginning of 2018, Facebook switched up its...
Fahad HOct 17, 20182 min readFacebook cracking down on ads with clickbait headlines, sensationalized languageIn May 2017, Facebook announced it was doing more to demote ads that included shocking, disruptive or malicious content. On Wednesday,...
Fahad HOct 11, 20182 min readWill Facebook’s news aggregation feature increase engagement for local publishers?Facebook announced Wednesday that it was testing a way to drive local engagement with relevant news and information in more than 100 U.S....
Fahad HAug 29, 20182 min readFacebook is letting 5 publishers test headlines, images, copy in organic postsFacebook is running a test with a very limited group of publishers, giving them the ability to test different variations of headlines,...
Fahad HAug 22, 20182 min readFacebook to WaPo: No, we are not rating the trustworthiness of usersOn August 22, The Washington Post reported Facebook has spent the last year building, and is now using, a rating system that assigns...
Fahad HAug 9, 20187 min readFacebook’s content review policy: How it works, the teams & tech behind the reviews &Last week, Facebook announced it had removed 32 Pages and accounts from its platform and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”...
Fahad HJul 16, 20183 min readFacebook says ‘tens of thousands’ of people opt in to take its user surveys every weekIn a blog post explaining ways in which it collects user feedback, Facebook says that tens of thousands of its users opt in to take the...
Fahad HJul 3, 20182 min readInstagram signs on to the time well spent movement with new ‘You’re all caught up’Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making good on his assurance that he wants to be part of the time well spent movement, but instead of...
Fahad HJun 27, 20181 min readFacebook’s ‘Keyword Snooze’ feature will let users hide posts with specific words Facebook is looking for new ways to give users more control over the content they see in their News Feed. Today, the company announced it...
Fahad HJun 1, 20181 min readFacebook ends Trending section & removes all products that integrated with the Trends APIFacebook is removing its Trending news topic section starting next week, along with products and third-party integrations that rely on...
Fahad HMay 24, 20183 min readFacebook’s latest on fake news, misinformation campaigns & user privacyFollowing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the EU Parliament on Tuesday to address the company’s mishandling of user...
Fahad HMay 9, 20182 min readFacebook reorganizes internal teams, moves existing executives into new leadership rolesAs the dust settles from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica crisis, the company is putting in motion a reorg that impacts its product and...
Fahad HApr 24, 20182 min readFacebook now letting users appeal posts that were removed for violating content standardsFor the first time ever, Facebook has released the guidelines its internal content review teams use to determine whether or not to remove...
Fahad HApr 17, 201812 min readThree brands still killing it on FacebookIn my column last month, I set out a manifesto for social media marketing in 2018, a call to “grow up or get out.” I compared what social...
