Facebook, is this true?

Yeah, I saw this somewhere else, from a very reputable source. Not sure if it's true, but it certainly might be.

I saw this on another forum but I just ignored it, but now I think I need to watch this video. So now it has more than 875K views, looks like people are already intrigue about this.

This affects likes specifically. But what if you are linking your ads to a website/squeeze page? Does Facebook do the same to inflate the number of clicks on your ads too??

I am guessing not but hey, anything is possible...

I'm not a facebook expert so I don't know what to think. One thing I do know is that Jon Loomer seems to know his stuff when it comes to advertising on Facebook. Check out his response to that video at the link below:

Facebook Fraud Response: Are Facebook Ads a Waste of Money? - Jon Loomer Digital

Gaurdian did a report on click farming last year. One of the clickfarm owners is interviewed in this video

'Click farms': how some businesses manipulate social media - Channel 4 Dispatches video trailer | Media | theguardian.com

Yup, Jon Loomer's response is the best I've seen so far. Keep in mind if you do fangating you don't have to worry about any of this at all. All of your likes will be genuine.

Facebook ads only become a waste of money when you DON'T make money of course.

Otherwise, I love facebook!

Make some money and you won't worry about such crap.

Holla!

Awww, that's bad if ever this is true. Hope Facebook team should do necessary action for this issue since a lot of companies now rely on it for their advertisements and promos.

It can be a hype or can be a truth. We can only assume. Lets wait and watch because there are plenty of logic to support and refute the information in this video.

I hope not.... spend enough on FB advertising already.

I don't know about facebook throwing in fake likes, however I have seen some evidence of them throwing in fake id's to custom scraped audiences ( which kinda defeats the purpose)

Hey,


This is good

Fake likes are not at all appreciated or entertained. May not be today but at times later stage may hamper the search engine rankings.

Anyhows, I have created some FB ads which have given responsive subscribers. So I guess it is not all true but on the other hand I have seen people complain that FB ads bring unresponsive subscribers.... so yea.

On a personal note, since it's still working for me, I guess I'll stick with it until a point where ROI falls to 0% i guess...

You should watch the video again. The guy in the video did not say Facebook is sending fake likes to you to generate revenue from you. In fact he said he does not believe that Facebook would do this. What he did say is that like providers are screwing everyone over by liking everything to hide there paid like activity.
So whats the solution? Stop buying likes. Then the like sellers will have no invalid activity to hide.

A Facebook page with many likes and with zero engagement doesn't benefit any business, people should understand it properly. Video is excellent.

Wow.
Now I regret investing in Facebook ads (though I haven't invested much more than $15...)!

Do you think Facebook is going to respond in the next days or so?

Face Book will never send fake likes to anyone; fake likes are produced by clicking firms who click and like most of the things to hide their unusual activities.

yes, I'm not surprised. I still think facebook can be a good tool. But you need to find ways around. More time and you can risk a ban.

You can still find ways to gather audience (targeted) like promoted post or fan page. All you just need is a custom audience. Sure it's paid but its more specific. Specific targeted people from facebook to see your post or fan page.

Good: Facebook ads --> upload .csv (extracted targeted users from facebook)
Not really good: Facebook ads -> select countries or location for your audience

That is why I use custom audience.

Is this true? Thank you for this information. I am learning from the answers here. Any idea on how am i going to have more likes without spending?

I don;t know if it's really true. Just posted here to get opinions. Anyways, I've got success with Facebook getting responsive subscribers.

Use custom audiences and target appropriately

Now I'm confuse..

Why Every Business Should Spend at Least $1 per Day on Facebook Ads

Not sure if it's true !

The way this guy used FB ads to promote his fanpage is a disaster. And the sad part is that it is not his fault. FB spends lots of $$$ to convince business owners that it's easy to advertise through FB Ads and the truth is that it looks really easy. All you have to do, is to set a few filters like Country, Age, Gender and Interests and off u go! Right?

Wrong!

FB has one top priority: To create revenue from ads. You are NOT their top priority. So even though setting demographic filters is the way to go when u advertise through FB (they're quite accurate), trying to determine your audience using Interests is a disaster. The video explains why. So, does this mean that advertising through FB is useless?

Absolutely not. FB ads is the top advertising platform in the net, IF you use it right! And the only way to do this, is to create a custom audience yourself. There are many ways to do this, just google it and hundreds of vids and articles will pop up showing u how to do it, it's easy. Now u have the right terrain to move on and see sales and leads and likes coming in cause you are laser targeting your audience, which ends up in higher CTR, meaning cheap clicks and more clicks, meaning more revenue for you...

Yes, that is true...

Now i really confused!
What is this!!!!!
I am thundered after see this. !!!

If you have a software like what I use to specifically target your audience, their interests, how organic they are within those page niches I target, I never have problem getting organic clicks and optins