So, what did I learn today?

Well, I was watching a recorded webinar with Mari Smith (you know THE top authority when it comes to anything to do with Facebook) and Mari mentioned that having Networked Blogs installed on your Facebook Page is really beneficial for getting more SEO from Facebook.

That’s when my ears perked up. Really?

Well, it totally makes sense as Facebook has an Alexa ranking of 2 and is the second most trafficked website in the world after Google.  It is also ranked #1 in the world for site visits for the length of session time.

So why not piggy-back on Facebook to get some SEO juice?

I had” Networked Blogs” set up for a while, but if you haven’t yet definitely, definitely do install the app on your Facebook Page. You will be glad you did for several reasons as you are about to find out.

How to set up Networked Blogs on
your Facebook Page

Registering your blog at Networked Blogs is very easy. Just go to http://facebook.com/networkedblogs and click on “Go to App.” Then click on “Register a Blog” and follow the prompts.

Next click on “Syndication” and publish your blog posts to Facebook and Twitter.  This is really an excellent feature as it publishes your blog posts automatically* to your different Twitter accounts as well as your Facebook Profile, your Facebook Page (or multiple pages) and Facebook Groups.

When you click on the “Profile” tab you can add a little bio of yourself as well as links to other websites. You also have the option to invite your Facebook friends to follow you blog. Pretty cool, huh?

Last but not least you can add a “Widget” to your blog so people can follow you directly from there. It’s a bit tricky to find the widget on Networked Blogs. The easiest way I have found it is to click on the picture of my blog when I am in my “Profile.”

You can customize your widget any way you want to make it fit in with the layout of your blog. You can see mine in the sidebar to the right. ===>

What are the benefits of installing the Networked Blogs app on your Facebook Page?

Well, the obvious one is you will get more eyeballs to your blog. For one, directly from your Facebook Page as a link will show up in the sidebar underneath your profile picture. And two, directly from your blog if you have the widget installed.

But…as I mentioned above, it’s also fantastic for SEO because Facebook has such great indexing.

*One thing that Mari mentioned and I kind of had heard that before…As far as Facebook is concerned do not set up your Networked Blogs feed to post automatically to your wall. The reason being is that “manual” posts do receive a higher weight…which is great for your EdgeRank.

The way you can change the settings is by going to “Edit Page” (top right on your Facebook Page) and then to “Apps” in the left sidebar. Find Networked Blogs and then click on “Edit Settings” (underneath the description) and then “Additional Permission.” Just uncheck “Publish content to my Wall.”

Now, I personally have it set to publish automatically which publishes my blog posts automatically to my Facebook Page wall but for some reason not to my Profile wall. I don’t really mind though because I would rather publish it there manually anyway. Once I get more fans, I will change my settings to manually publish there as well.

So, I hope this all is not too confusing as I know finding your way around Networked Blogs is not the easiest thing to do. But I hope the screenshots help.

Oh, before I forget it, Mari also mentioned that you can do the same thing with “Notes” at Facebook. Just pull in your blog feed into the Notes app. Mari has a tremendous world of knowledge where Facebook is concerned. No wonder she’s the #1 go to person. By the way, I’m signed up for her “Extreme Facebook Fan Growth” course that starts February 14th. Are you?

As always, please share your feedback in the comments below and if you have any questions I encourage you to share them as well.

To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Personally, I haven’t been too concerned about this, because I rarely use the Facebook unfriend option. But it seems to be a very popular question because it often shows up as a search query on my blog. Just today I had several people ask, …

“Will friend know if I unsubscribe them — unsubscribe facebook find out – does facebook tell friend if you unsubscribe – does someone know if I unsubscribe them”

And I get those queries on a regular basis.

So I went to Facebook and did a search for it in the “Help” section but couldn’t come up with an answer. Guess Facebook isn’t too eager to volunteer answers to questions about how to unfriend someone.

Then the funniest thing happened. As I was updating my Buffer app with more great information for my Twitter Followers the answer popped right up in form of a great article on Mashable.

There is actually a browser extension called “Unfriend Finder.” Wouldn’t you know?

How does “Unfriend Finder” work?

Unfriend Finder will alert you when people you have previously been friends with deactivated their account or have removed you from their friends lists.

But first of course, you need to install the script. You can find it at Userscripts.org. If you are using Google Chrome all you need to do is click the green “Install” button and you are ready to go. If you are using Firefox then you will have to install the Greasemonkey add-on first.

As you can see from the screenshots below I am using Google Chrome.

Step one: Get the “Unfriend Finder” extension and install it on your browser.

Step two: Go to Facebook and check it out.

As you can see from the image below, once you have the script installed your Facebook account will show these two changes immediately.

1) You will see an additional tab in the top right-hand corner called “Unfriends.”

2) You will also see and additional link in your “Favorites” right underneath your profile picture on your home page.

Oh, by the way, if you hover your mouse over the tab you will see more useful info. For example the total number of your friends, how many pending friend requests you have and the number of “Unfriends” the Unfriend Finder extension detected.

You will receive a notification when someone unfriends you and a red number appears above the “Unfriends” tab. (Since I just installed the add-on there are no red numbers yet.)

By the way, you will also be notified trough your main notifications. (You know the ones that appear next to your message notifications and friend requests in the top menu bar on Facebook.)

When you click on the “Unfriends” option in your “Favorites” list you will also be able to see who unfriended you, together with the date and time they decided they didn’t want to be friends with you any longer.

As I mentioned earlier above, not only will this script let you know when someone unfriends you, but it also tells you when someone you were friends with deactivates (or re-activates) their profile. I think that can be very helpful as two of my sons just deactivated and reactivated their profiles recently. (Of course they neglected to tell me about it and I was wondering why we were no longer friends, haha.)

Another Helpful Feature of Unfriend Finder:
Pending Friend Requests

This great feature helps you keep track of your “Pending Friend Requests” on Facebook. I don’t know about you, but I sometimes forget whom I sent a friend request to, because I just get so busy. So, now I can check what friends requests are still pending, who ignored them and who cancelled my friend requests. (Although I can’t think of anyone who would ever do such a thing.)

So, there you have it. Check it out for yourself!

Unfriend Finder is compatible with Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer and translated into 65 languages.

If you already have this great add-on installed on your browser go ahead and share your experience with us in the comments below.

To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

P.S. Please also read the original article about Unfriend Finder on Mashable. Thanks!

P.P.S For more Facebook Insider Tips I invite you to check out Amy Porterfield’s incredible Facebook Influence Course

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So now that you have all that space available  just what in the world are you going to choose as your Facebook Timeline Cover?

Well, by default, Facebook will choose a photo you have already uploaded.  But if you don’t want that, you can get really creative and make your own.

For example, I love quotes, so I created a cover sharing one of my favorites. (That was before I knew of the places I will share with you below.) I also created some others that I had a blast making and I probably continue just for fun and giggles. If you want to make your own using PhotoShop or Gimp the specs are 840 wide by 310 high.

But, if you have better things to do with your time (unlike some people on this planet, haha) then you can get really cool looking Facebook Timeline Covers from these places….

Creating your own Killer “Facebook Timeline Cover”
is as easy as 1-2-3…

…using these great resources…

1. Pic Scatter
2. Timeline Cover Banner
3. Face It Pages
4. Cover Canvas
5. FirstCovers
   
6. Cover Junction

This last one is my favorite. So when the day comes and I get tired of making my own Facebook Timeline Cover that’s probably what I will use.

So, there you have them 5 incredible easy to use resources to get creative with your Facebook Timeline image.

Please also read the original article on this:
“Facebook Timeline Customization: 5 Tools for Killer Cover Photos”

The possibilities are endless. You can be as creative as you want to be. Just take a look at these jaw-dropping designs from very talented people: “10 Facebook Timeline Designs That Will Blow You Away.”

Let your imagination go wild, make sure your Facebook Timeline Cover reflects your personality,  but most of all…have fun!

To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Last week I was invited to a webinar about FBinfluence an All in One Facebook Marketing course.

Right away I knew two things…

I knew I had to be on this webinar and I knew I was going to buy this product ….even BEFORE I attended the webinar.

Why was I so confident about FBinfluence?

Because I was very familiar with the young lady who created the course. Her name is Amy Porterfield. I had run across her a couple of times before and knew she always over delivers on value.

The first time I was introduced to Amy was earlier this spring, when I purchased a product from Lewis Howes and Sean Malarkey about Social Media called “500 Million Strong.” One of the bonuses was a Facebook training done by Amy.

Then I ran into her again just a little while ago talking about the new Facebook changes. Besides those changes which I talked about in previous blog posts I also learned a cool little Twitter trick from her.

I don’t know about you, but I’m a very competitive person and I hate to miss out. I want to be in “the know” and up-to-date with what’s going on in Social Media because I use it to market my business.

So of course I was very interested to find out what was going to be presented in this webinar.

So what is “FBinfluence” all about?

FBinfluence is….

“Your COMPLETE Roadmap for Creating And Leveraging Facebook
to Drive Traffic And Build Your Brand!

There are way too many benefits of FBinfluence and I know I wouldn’t do the product justice trying to list them all here. (You can get the full scope on the sales page.)

However, let me just quickly share the content of the modules and bonuses here. As I already said, Amy is known for over-delivering on value…

With your investment of FBinfluence you get INSTANT ACCESS
to everything you need
to create a powerful Facebook Marketing Strategy including…

• Module 1: The Foundation for Facebook Success ($197)
• Module 2: Growing a Lucrative Fan Base ($197)
• Module 3: Creating Massive Engagement ($197)
• Module 4: Fans Into SUPER FANS ($197)
• Bonus #1: How to Create Your Social Media Strategy to Rapidly Increase Exposure ($197)
• Bonus #2: The Three Step Lead Generating Facebook Blueprint ($47)
• Bonus #3: “Change Is Good” – Exploring Facebook’s New Features ($97)
• Bonus #4: How to Cash in on Facebook Places and Deals ($197)
• Bonus #5: Turning Fans Into Super Fans ($47)
• Bonus #6: FULL ACCESS SUPPORT with our Private Group ($397)

To tell you the truth, I am not a person who whips out her credit card easily but I was ready to pay just about any price for that great information …even before watching the webinar and getting the full scoop about what Facebook Influence was all about.

But then I was totally floored by the low price Amy came up with.

It’s definitely a steal! Check FBinfluence out here! (I could tell you the final price right here, but I don’t want to deny you the experience of your jaw dropping to the floor  just like mine did when I found out what it was.)

If you have known me for a while you know I don’t recommend rubbish. I only recommend products I have either purchased myself and/or products I stand 100% behind.

FBInfluence is a great buy I know you won’t regret!

If you are marketing your business on Facebook you need to keep up with the constant changes as well as stay up-to-date on all the top techniques and strategies. You owe it to yourself!

I know I will be posting bits and pieces of what I have learned from Amy in the future, but if you don’t want to wait and want the whole enchilada now I encourage you to buy this product for yourself.

Still not convinced…then join us for a Special Webinar
Hurry, space is extremely limited!

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To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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As we well know by now, Facebook keeps life interesting with its constant changes. Some of them we like others not so much. You may have noticed the new Facebook “Subscribed” button in the top right corner when you are at a friend’s Profile Page. You can use this button to either subscribe to or unsubscribe from their updates. Provided of course they have turned that option on.

If a person is your Friend they are automatically subscribed to your Profile Page and vice versa. But you also have the option to subscribe to the updates of somebody you find interesting without having to add them to your Friends.

That’s a pretty cool option, I think, especially for someone who chooses their Friends wisely.

How Does This Facebook Unsubscribe Option
Affect Your Updates?

Well, now more than ever before it is extremely important to post content your Friends and Subscribers want to know about. Keep an eye out for what they “like,” what they comment on and what they “share” and give them more of the same. This is also important for your Facebook EdgeRank.

If you use your Personal Profile for business make sure it is clean and professional looking. No Mafia Wars or Farmville udates.

As you can see from the picture below, Facebook members can now filter which updates of yours they want to receive and which ones they don’t. It has become extremely easy for them to tune you out completely if they want to.

The same applies if you regularly post pictures. Ensure that they are in tune with the overall message you want to convey about yourself. If people don’t care for the pictures you post they can unsubscribe from them as well. So be really careful what you post, especially if you post pictures about your business.  That “Facebook Unsubscribe” option is just a click away!

Facebook Unsubscribe Option and
3rd Party Services Like Hootsuite or SocialOomph.

Now this was a real shocker to me. I regularly use(d) HootSuite and SocialOomph to post updates on Facebook. I mean come on we’re all very busy, right? So every tool that helps us leverage our time comes in very handy. Don’t you agree?

However, now that I know how easy it is for Facebook members to hide your 3rd party updates I have become a lot more careful.

Here’s the reason why and it is a BIG one…

Let’s say I post an update using HootSuite. If someone hovers over the little arrow in the right corner a pop up pops out that gives them the option to hide my updates from HootSuite.

BUT… and this is extremely important so pay close attention…

They will be hiding not only MY updates… NO, I’m talking about blocking updates from the Hootsuite application altogether and therefore they are not only blocking MINE but the updates from EVERYONE else who uses this application. I wanted to make that perfectly clear!

Carla is a very good friend of mine and I would never hide her HootSuite updates. But just look how easy it would be to do so.

That’s frightening and that’s why I don’t post to Facebook from 3rd party applications such as HootSuite, SocialOomph, Twitter, Ping.fm, etc. any longer.

I now spend a few minutes here and there during the day to post manual updates. There may be fewer updates from me until I get used to it, but at least I know they won’t be blocked. (Wee, that’s what I hope anyway.)

So, can you see why it is now more important than ever before to pay attention to what you post and how you post it on Facebook? Don’t give your audience any reason to use that Facebook Unsubscribe option.

To Your Success,

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Here is what I learned and why I will be paying closer attention from now on to the updates rolling by in the Ticker while I go about my business on Facebook.

First off, what is the Facebook News Ticker?

When you look to the top right after logging in to Facebook you will see the activities of your Friends roll by. These are LIVE updates of what your Friends are liking, sharing, commenting on or doing.

What’s really cool is, if you hover your mouse over any of those updates a pop out will (well) pop out.

For example, if someone posted a video you can watch it right from there without having to leave the page you currently are on or having to go to the page the video is located on. You also can like, comment and share that content right from that pop out. Pretty cool, huh?

Likewise if you were to share a video, (or a picture or other great content) it would also end up in the “Facebook Ticker Feed” and your friends or anyone who is subscribed to you could like, comment on or share it with their friends as well.

This is huge because, a bunch of other people who normally would never get to see your content now will get to see it because YOUR Friends commented on it and it is shared in their Facebook Ticker as well.

Two Major Benefits of the Facebook Ticker

1) Posts that were made hours or even days earlier (by Friends or Pages) now live longer and therefore get MORE EXPOSURE.

It could happen actually that a post you made a while back and maybe only a handful of people saw back then are getting revived because someone found it and commented on it and it ended up in the Facebook Ticker.

2) No matter how old a post is, if someone finds it, replies to or comments on it, the story of that comment shows up in the Ticker! And, if you click on the story you can see the entire conversation.

Gosh, I had no idea what I missed. Did you?

Another great benefit I found out about the Facebook Ticker.

As you probably know, you can post as your Profile or as your Page on Facebook. (You can switch your preferences in the top right corner of your Profile Page “Use Facebook as Page.”) However, maybe you are somewhat like me and forget to switch.

Do to the recent changes on Facebook that has changed you don’t necessarily have to switch back and forth anymore.  Now, if your Friends who are also connected to your Page reply on a post on your Page and it shows up in the Facebook Ticker you can reply to that post as your Page and not as your Profile. I hope this makes sense to you.

Attention: This only works if you have your “Posting Preferences” set to “Always Comment as Your Page.” You can do this in your Page Dashboard under “Your Settings.” No more switching back and forth from your Profile to your Page or if you have several Pages.

Oh, by the way, you need to set the settings for each individual Page. But when you see a post of yours in the Facebook News Ticker where someone has commented on and you want to reply, as long as your settings are correct you will always reply as THAT Page.

But that’s not all. Let’s say one of your friends just added a friend and it shows up in your Ticker. When you hover over that update a pop up pops out and gives you the option to add that person as well if you like. See image below…

Is that cool or what?!

I still have much more to share with you, but I’ll share this in another post as this one is already getting quite long.

Now, can you see the power the Facebook Ticker can have on marketing your business? As long as you share engaging content your Friends and Fans are interested in this can really be huge. And as I mentioned before sharing great content also increases your EdgeRank.

Your thoughts?

To Your Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Change is good! Of course it is! And especially now that Facebook is in direct competition with the newest kid on the blog where social networks are concerned …Google+ … you can expect a lot more changes coming down the pike.

The gloves are definitely off! And it seems one is always trying to outdo the other. Yes, the saying “the competition doesn’t sleep” is very true.

So just what is Facebook up to now?

Well, forget just having your profile picture displayed on Facebook. Soon you can make your entire life visible to the whole world. Things are getting a lot more interesting as Facebook has unveiled … Timeline.

So what is “Facebook Timeline?”

Well, Facebook Timeline is a new interface Facebook will be rolling out in a few weeks which will turn your account into an online scrapbook of sorts where you can highlight important points of your life.

It will also chronologically organize everything you’ve done on the site. Everything you’ve ever shared from posts, to updates to photos you’ve uploaded, basically everything you’ve ever done on Facebook since you signed up for your account.

Facebook Timeline will change the look and feel of
Facebook radically in just a few weeks.

Not only that, your whole Facebook experience will be changing. You will be able to not only see what your friends did today or last week, but what they did months ago or even last year.

In a way that sounds pretty darn exciting but quite frankly, I don’t know what to think about this yet. I guess I just will have to wait and experience it for myself in order to form an educated opinion.

But hey, check it out for yourself ….

So, what are your thoughts on this newest change of the Facebook interface with the introduction of Facebook Timeline?  I’m sure we need to get used to a whole lot more changes coming in the future.

Do you sometimes find it challenging to keep up? Please share your feedback below. Thank You!

To Your Success,

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

===> P.S. I just found this cool blog post by Catherine Alexandra with a lot more in-depth information on the new Facebook Timeline. Make sure to visit it! <===

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Have you ever wondered what the person who’s email you are reading looks like? Where they live? If they are on Facebook, Twitter or any of the other major social networks?

Well, wonder no more!

Check out some of the cool features of Rapportive

Now you can…

• See there smiling face and know exactly whom you are dealing with.
• See if they live close to you so you can interact on a local basis.
• See their job, company or LinkedIn profile.
• See their latest tweets.
• Connect with them in Facebook or other social networks right from within your Gmail.
• Like and comment on Facebook posts right from your Gmail inbox. (Now, this doesn’t help your EdgeRank because Facebook gives more weight to interaction right within Facebook, but it’s still cool.)
• Set up your Rapportive profile and add your favorite sites. (Click the “Help” section for details.)

Now isn’t this pretty cool?

I find this little piece of technology extremely useful. What do you think?

Why should I install Rapportive?

Here’s why, because it’s all about getting to know your contacts and establishing rapport.

Let’s face it, we online marketers are all very busy. And anything that makes our job a bit easier growing our network is very welcome. Don’t you agree?

I mean, wouldn’t you rather want to have the information of a person you are interested in connecting with right there at your fingertips as you are reading their email versus having to hunt for it in the different social networks?

Well, I do! And I also like to have a face for the people I am corresponding with. I like to know more about them. That helps build that all-important know, like, trust factor.

Rapportive makes that very easy.

Why don’t you give Rapportive a try?

It’s very simple to install. Just a few clicks and you are ready to roll just minutes from now.  Get that little app right here: Rapportive.com

Well, there’s a lot more I could share. But that would be just words. The best way to find out how cool this service is, is to experience it yourself.

So, what are your thoughts? Let’s hear your feedback in the comments below. Especially if you are already using “Rapportive” yourself.

To Your Success,

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

No related posts.

I couldn’t really recall when it started, but I was amazed to find out that the first email was sent 40 years ago. Can you imagine it’s been FORTY years?

Wow, that totally blew my mind.

Now there are rumors that email will be a thing of the past pretty soon.

Really? C’mon.

But think about it, everyone is texting now on their iPhones and smart phones. How many people are still sending out emails to communicate? Texting is so much quicker and the response can be immediate.

I often find my son watching a movie on his big screen TV, following sports on his laptop and texting his friends on his smart phone… all at the same time. Who said men can’t multi task?

Social Media is going to change how we do EVERYTHING!

There’s a social media revolution going on and it is gaining momentum and it will be changing the way we do anything and everything forever.

I don’t watch much TV but lately I have noticed that many companies have the line “Visit us on Facebook and YouTube” attached to their commercials.

Dr. Denis Waitley said it best…“You’re either online or in the bread line.”

Where would you rather be?

That goes for us network marketers too. If you want to stay in business you better be online. You better include social media as part of your business strategies.

Now, I understand with the constant changes, and they seem to happen faster and faster, it really can get overwhelming .

Social Media: How do you keep up?

You don’t have to join every social network that pops up or you get an invite too. But I would strongly recommend being at least part of the top 3. …Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn…and probably the new Google+. And I’m saying this, because you never want to underestimate Google. Google wanted to become part of the social media scene for a long time and after some flops may just have found its vehicle with the new Google+ and Google +1.

Here are some of the reasons you want to include social media into your business strategies.

• Facebook – launched in February 2004 and at the time of this writing (July 2011) has more than 750 million users. Everybody and their grandma is on Facebook.  Founder Mark Zuckerberg, who together with his college roommates and fellow computer science students created this social networking platform to keep in touch with each other, probably could not in his wildest dreams have envisioned where his journey would take him as Facebook quickly took on a life of its own. It is still a social network where people stay in touch with friends and family, but more and more businesses join to get information out to their customers and keep in touch.Just to give you one example of how social media will be changing the way business is done. When Netflix recently announced its rate hike customers went onto their Facebook page to express their outrage. News, especially bad news, goes viral very quickly online.
• Twitter – a social networking and micro-blogging service which launched in March of 2006 has long since evolved from a place where people tweet about what they had for lunch to a place where businesses stay in contact with and get feedback from their customers. More and more online marketers as well as traditional companies are using twitter for business. As of this writing the 200+ million users are generating over 200 million tweets a day.
• LinkedIn –launched in May of 2003 and often called “the forgotten social network” quietly snuck up on Facebook and Twitter and now has more than 100 million users in over 200 countries. LinkedIn is more of a business social network. 95% of companies who are using social media for recruitment are using LinkedIn. It’s a network of professionals where the average income of LinkedIn members is around $110,000 dollars a year.

Is Social Media part of YOUR Business Strategies?

“We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media,
the question is how well we DO it.”
_Eric Qualman.

I happen to agree. How about you?

I believe any business that is brushing off social media as part of their business strategies is missing the boat. You need to go where your customers, clients and prospects are, and that’s online.

What are your thoughts? Are you including social media in your business? I always love to read your feedback so please make some noise in the comment section below. Thanks!

To Your Success,

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Typically the first page you see after you log in to your Facebook account is your “News Feed” displaying the content that people you are following have shared. You can find all kinds of content there. For example, photos, videos, links to articles or blog posts, notes, status updates and more.

So of course if you have hundreds or even thousands of friends your News Feed can’t show all of the content your friends share or you would get totally overwhelmed. That’s why the developers at Facebook created “EdgeRank” to determine which relevant stories, photos, videos, etc. make the cut.

How does EdgeRank determine which content makes the cut?

Now here is where it starts to get interesting. Every item that shows up in your News Feed is considered an Object. The more attention a particular Object receives, for example the more comments, likes, or shares, the higher this Object’s Edge Rank and the longer it will stay visible in your News Feed.

Did you know that? I sure didn’t.

So, for example, if one particular piece of content is very popular it could stay on top of your News Feed for hours.

Very, very cool!

So how can you take advantage of Facebook’s EdgeRank?

It’s quite simple. Just share content that people want to interact with. For some reason the 4 E’s just popped into my mind … Enlightening –Entertaining – Educational – Enriching. Whatever people find interesting and are eager to interact with will work great.

The more shares, likes, comments, etc. that piece of content receives, the higher its EdgeRank and the longer it will stay in people’s News Feed.

Here are some facts you may want to consider…

Comments rank higher than “like.” And pictures rank higher still.

This gives a whole new meaning to commenting on Facebook, doesn’t it? Because, if more emphasis is given to comments than “like” that would mean that posts, status updates, or whatever, with comments will get higher priority in News Feed. Right?

So the goal here is to publish great content that people will want to interact with and then have lots of people comment on your content and share it.

Find out more about EdgeRank

I came across this new Facebook technology first by reading this article about it on TechCrunch. In the meantime it’s been popping up all over and I’m learning more and more about it. And the more I learn about it, the more interesting it becomes to me.

How about you? Learned something new today? Let’s hear your thoughts about EdgeRank in the comments below. What do you think about this?

To Your Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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