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Google Challenges Facebook In Local Community Gold Rush

Google Ramps Google Maps & Launches 'Shoelace'  One of the key digital marketing themes of 2019 has been the re-emphasis of community, both in a virtual and literal sense. At Facebook F8 recently, Mark Zuckerberg effectively sounded the death knell for the News Feed, as the platform pivots towards more grassroots, intimate means of communication. …

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Marketers Will Favour Facebook Over Instagram For Some Time

Instagram's Sluggish Story Ad Uptake and Influencer Clutter Will Drag Despite Instagram’s impressive recent marketing growth, eMarketer’s latest data forecasts that it will be some time before the popular photo app catches Big Blue. eMarketer’s estimate, reported by Axios, forecasts that Facebook will generate about $226 per user in the U.S. in 2021. Analysts expect …

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Facebook Update Squeezes Health Related Posts

Latest Algorithm Update Likely To Be Minefield For Health Social Posts Facebook has announced two algorithm ranking updates, which went live in June, in an attempt to reduce sensationalist content related to health and well-being. The exact update sounds reasonably innocuous, reducing visibility for: Posts with exaggerated or sensational health claims Posts attempting to sell …

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Facebook Community Management Ranking Update

Renewed Facebook Community Management Focus Prompts Ranking Changes At May’s Facebook F8 Mark Zuckerberg spelt out Facebook’s development roadmap for the next two-three years. One of the key themes was the reprioritisation of community. Or, if you like, a focus on putting the ‘social’ back into social media. Since, alas, in recent years, social platforms …

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Facebook Messenger Launches Snapchat Bitmoji Clone

New Facebook Avatars Launch For Messenger & News Feed Comments  Having successfully cloned and scaled Snapchat’s best feature, Stories, Big Blue is now back for Snapchat’s next best feature… Bitmojis. This week sees the first steps in the global rollout of the popular feature with Facebook Avatars launching in Australia. Avatars are launching this week …

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Facebook Finally Opens Hood On News Feed Rankings

Facebook Reveals Why Organic Posts Are Ranking For Users The exact machinations of the Facebook News Feed are a mystery to users and many marketers alike. However, in the coming weeks, both may get a better understanding of Facebook’s algorithmic rankings with the rollout of the new ‘Why am I seeing this post?’ feature on …

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Facebook Usage Dropping From 2017 High, While Instagram Peaks

eMarketer: Loss Of Younger Users & News Feed Updates To Blame The latest data from analyst powerhouse eMarketer sees daily Facebook usage downgraded, as two years of perpetual negative PR and News Feed updates start to bite. Daily Facebook usage in 2019 is expected to remain at 38 minutes per person per day, dropping to …

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