Did you know the average user spends 40 minutes per day on Facebook? While much of that time is spent trying to adjust your Facebook privacy settings and avoiding ads in your news feed, the rest of it is usually spent frolicking on Facebook. From stalking exes to searching for old friends to make sure… Continue reading How You Spend Your Time on Facebook [CHART]
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Facebook Is Releasing a Fresh News Feed Design, And You Might Actually Like It
Facebook is releasing a new News Feed design, and you might actually like it. With simplified columns and larger images, the redesign places more emphasis than ever on the content in your Feed. The redesign is rolling out to desktop users starting today. Facebook first began this redesign of the about a year ago, although… Continue reading Facebook Is Releasing a Fresh News Feed Design, And You Might Actually Like It
Facebook Page Admins: Here’s a New Tip for Increasing Engagement With Links
Attention, bloggers: Facebook released a helpful tip today regarding best practices for link sharing, information that could make a big difference in the engagement you see on your link Facebook posts. Because of a recent update to Facebook’s News Feed algorithms, Page admins should share links through Facebook’s built-in link sharing option rather than by… Continue reading Facebook Page Admins: Here’s a New Tip for Increasing Engagement With Links
Facebook Launches ‘Trending’ to Highlight the Most Viral Content on Facebook
Since summertime, when a list of trending topics was spotted in the mobile Facebook News Feed, rumors have been circulating about Facebook building a trending topics list similar to Twitter’s. Well, gossip no more because today Facebook announced that the feature is very real, and that it’s already here! What’s ‘Trending’ on Facebook? On… Continue reading Facebook Launches ‘Trending’ to Highlight the Most Viral Content on Facebook
Facebook Testing Auto-Play Videos in Desktop News Feed
We’ve known that Facebook was planning to test auto-play videos in the mobile News Feed. An auto-play video feature in the desktop News Feed, on the other hand, hasn’t been talked about often. That is, until Facebook auto-played videos in my desktop News Feed last night. As I scrolled through my News Feed yesterday I… Continue reading Facebook Testing Auto-Play Videos in Desktop News Feed
How to Ignore and Replace Facebook News Feed Posts on Topics that Annoy You: Rather Chrome Extension
From the creators of unbaby.me comes the next evolution of Facebook News Feed filtering: Rather. See, our friends aren’t perfect, and every single thing they say doesn’t always interest us. And the things that don’t interest us can be generalized to certain topics. It’s as if you’d say to yourself, “I would rather look at… Continue reading How to Ignore and Replace Facebook News Feed Posts on Topics that Annoy You: Rather Chrome Extension
Rumor: Facebook Promoting Brand Pages in Shared Links
Facebook is testing a new way to promote brands within shared links, according to an AllFacebook reader who saw the potential new feature in action. The reader found a Gawker link shared on his News Feed and, as seen in the screenshot below. Above the link description, which we currently see in links shared in… Continue reading Rumor: Facebook Promoting Brand Pages in Shared Links
How to Get High on the New Facebook News Feed Using ‘Story Bumping’ and ‘Last Actor’ Signals
Has Facebook killed EdgeRank, its algorithm to determine which posts appear in your News Feed? Maybe in name internally, but Facebook still uses other algorithms to arrange stories in the News Feed. Yesterday Facebook introduced Story Bumping and Last Actor, and ways to display content from the user you interacted with most recently. How To Take Advantage of Story… Continue reading How to Get High on the New Facebook News Feed Using ‘Story Bumping’ and ‘Last Actor’ Signals
