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Morticia

Morticia

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Noticed a perceptible drop in my fb likes today. Went into the stats to see if I offended people with a particular post.
Nope. FB is doing some spring cleaning and removing dormant accounts. Not sure how long they lay dormant before being removed.
 
Yes! Me too! Suddenly dropped from 2545 to 2537! Phew, glad 'tis not just us.
 
Ok, I lost the same number but I started with about 2000 fewer anyway. ;-)
 
Considering that some businesses have over 90% of their likes from accounts registered in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, accounts with thousands of liked pages yet no activity, these businesses will notice a big drop, not that it will hurt them in any way.
Getting rid of dormant likes is good for you and your pocket, so the more people are dropped, the better for you in the end.
 
Morticia said:
Ok, I lost the same number but I started with about 2000 fewer anyway. ;-).
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Morticia said:
Ok, I lost the same number but I started with about 2000 fewer anyway. ;-)
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Same here on both counts.
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Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users.
 
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
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The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
 
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
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It's the same reason that you don't want to buy "fake" likes, because it dilutes the value of those who do get to see what you post. Less likes, higher quality, better reach.
 
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
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The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
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Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
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Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
 
Arks said:
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
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The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
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Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
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Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
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Must be at least 3 because I share
 
gillumhouse said:
Arks said:
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
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The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
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Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
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Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
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Must be at least 3 because I share
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gillumhouse said:
Must be at least 3 because I share
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Yes! Thanks!
 
Arks said:
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
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The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
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Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
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Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
.
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Arks said:
Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
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Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
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Another "like" for you, Arks!
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Arks said:
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
Click to expand...
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
.
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Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
Click to expand...
Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
.
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Arks said:
Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
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Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
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That's the fb algorithm. If your fans don't interact eventually they cease to see your content.
 
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Morticia said:
Arks said:
Hadn't thought about it but dumitru's right. Since FB only sends your posts to a fraction of your Likes, you want it to only be sending to active FB users, not wasting them on inactive users..
Click to expand...
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it. If you find you haven't seen need from someplace you like it's because you just read and don't interact.
.
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Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
Click to expand...
Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
.
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Arks said:
Morticia said:
The only users who get your content are those that interact with it.
Click to expand...
Is this correct? If it is, then my posts are only going to about 2 people!
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That's the fb algorithm. If your fans don't interact eventually they cease to see your content.
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That's certainly part of it; another way to look at is that the more people interact with any given post, the more that post will be shown to more people, and probably more generally, the more people interact with posts from your page, the more likely posts from your page will be shown to even more people.
We have about 420 likes and our typical post seems to get a reach of 100 to 150, with typical interaction of about 10 to 15, but sometimes (a couple times a year, maybe), we have a post that "goes viral" and will reach several thousand.
 
8214 page likes, a post from one week ago: 151 people reached
Basically the FB algo works like this: you share an update and they show it to ~1% of people, but at least to 15-20. If none of them click/comment on your status, most likely FB won't show it to anyone else.
But if you do get a like or a comment from one of your fans, this "buys" exposure for another ~1% of your fans, and so on.
If you are unlucky and your status goes just to inactives/competitors, you will never reach more than 50 people.
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back.
 
dumitru said:
8214 page likes, a post from one week ago: 151 people reached
Basically the FB algo works like this: you share an update and they show it to ~1% of people, but at least to 15-20. If none of them click/comment on your status, most likely FB won't show it to anyone else.
But if you do get a like or a comment from one of your fans, this "buys" exposure for another ~1% of your fans, and so on.
If you are unlucky and your status goes just to inactives/competitors, you will never reach more than 50 people.
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back..
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dumitru said:
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back.
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I should do more on Google + then. (Though I read an article recently about Google not really doing much with their + feature.)
My FB feed flows over to Twitter which is the reason I keep getting new Twitter followers.
I will keep posting on FB, while it has not brought me business directly, I do get guest sharing our info on their pages and I get FB views through the link on my site and then book.
Everything works as a piece of the pie.
 
dumitru said:
8214 page likes, a post from one week ago: 151 people reached
Basically the FB algo works like this: you share an update and they show it to ~1% of people, but at least to 15-20. If none of them click/comment on your status, most likely FB won't show it to anyone else.
But if you do get a like or a comment from one of your fans, this "buys" exposure for another ~1% of your fans, and so on.
If you are unlucky and your status goes just to inactives/competitors, you will never reach more than 50 people.
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back..
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And I believe that if you reach a certain amount of people, something like 1-2% might do something meaningful.
A (expert) guy on Hotel Impossible said FB is like your doorman. It gives information about your place, but it is unlikely to get you bookings.
Maybe they can go the way of MySpace.
 
Copperhead said:
dumitru said:
8214 page likes, a post from one week ago: 151 people reached
Basically the FB algo works like this: you share an update and they show it to ~1% of people, but at least to 15-20. If none of them click/comment on your status, most likely FB won't show it to anyone else.
But if you do get a like or a comment from one of your fans, this "buys" exposure for another ~1% of your fans, and so on.
If you are unlucky and your status goes just to inactives/competitors, you will never reach more than 50 people.
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back..
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dumitru said:
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back.
Click to expand...
I should do more on Google + then. (Though I read an article recently about Google not really doing much with their + feature.)
My FB feed flows over to Twitter which is the reason I keep getting new Twitter followers.
I will keep posting on FB, while it has not brought me business directly, I do get guest sharing our info on their pages and I get FB views through the link on my site and then book.
Everything works as a piece of the pie.
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You'll get guests who found you on FB or researched you and follow on FB. A couple that just left today told me that he had been following or FB for 2 years. It's just not the kind of thing we can track well. A lot of times when saying our goodbys I'll mention to them to follow us on FB and they say they already are.
It's not dead, you just use it as an addition to your other marketing efforts.
 
Copperhead said:
dumitru said:
8214 page likes, a post from one week ago: 151 people reached
Basically the FB algo works like this: you share an update and they show it to ~1% of people, but at least to 15-20. If none of them click/comment on your status, most likely FB won't show it to anyone else.
But if you do get a like or a comment from one of your fans, this "buys" exposure for another ~1% of your fans, and so on.
If you are unlucky and your status goes just to inactives/competitors, you will never reach more than 50 people.
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back..
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dumitru said:
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back.
Click to expand...
I should do more on Google + then. (Though I read an article recently about Google not really doing much with their + feature.)
My FB feed flows over to Twitter which is the reason I keep getting new Twitter followers.
I will keep posting on FB, while it has not brought me business directly, I do get guest sharing our info on their pages and I get FB views through the link on my site and then book.
Everything works as a piece of the pie.
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Today the Gold Wing Road Riders Assoc posted me as a thank you on their 40 to Phoenix page which I, of course, shared with a comment. 2, yes TWO (1 business and the City), shared it. Woohoo plus those here who generously liked & shared it. (I gave them one of my rare 2-night donations)
The video I posted last week of my granddaughters with the camel had over 300 see it.
Adding: Holy CRAP! I just looked at my stat program - 47 hits so far today and most have come from FB. And most are staying longer than a few seconds - many looking at more than one page too.
 
undersea said:
dumitru said:
8214 page likes, a post from one week ago: 151 people reached
Basically the FB algo works like this: you share an update and they show it to ~1% of people, but at least to 15-20. If none of them click/comment on your status, most likely FB won't show it to anyone else.
But if you do get a like or a comment from one of your fans, this "buys" exposure for another ~1% of your fans, and so on.
If you are unlucky and your status goes just to inactives/competitors, you will never reach more than 50 people.
Good guys Twitter and Google+, never limiting who sees what.
FB for businesses died about 2 years ago, I doubt it will ever come back..
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And I believe that if you reach a certain amount of people, something like 1-2% might do something meaningful.
A (expert) guy on Hotel Impossible said FB is like your doorman. It gives information about your place, but it is unlikely to get you bookings.
Maybe they can go the way of MySpace.
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So we have 2637 Likes. Depending upon the overall appeal of my photos, I have had as high as 918 people reached. I would say the average reach is around 500+. So actually that's a reach of about 20 to 35%!
And there is usually an average of 125 likes on the best pix, but the overall reach exposure is tremendous depending upon my subject which always has to do with the Inn or the local area. Am starting to get many shares too, which also helps.
 

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