Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather

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Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather

(image ) The past month or so has seen the rise and fall of an interesting Internet tempest – the kind of story that gets widely picked up, then quickly amplified into storms of anger, then eventually dies down as the folks who care enough to dig into the facts figure out that the truth is somewhere outside the lines of the original headline-grabbing story. The topic this time around centers on Facebook’s native ad unit called “Sponsored Stories,” and allegations that the company is gaming its “Edgerank” algorithm such that folks once accustomed to free promotion of their work on Facebook must now pay for that distribution. Edgerank determines the posts you see in your Facebook newsfeed, and many sites noticed that sometime early this Fall, their traffic from Facebook shrank dramatically. Others claimed traffic had been declining since the Spring, but it wasn’t until this ...

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@edeverett » 06 Dec '12, 8pm
Interesting take: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link]
@jasonkonopinski » 06 Dec '12, 7pm
(Good read on Edgerank rants) Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link]
@PappasGroup » 06 Dec '12, 7pm
RT @LisaByrne Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather (Interesting read on Edgerank rants) [link] #socialmedia
@seotweetz » 06 Dec '12, 3pm
RT @AndrewBates: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather - #Facebook rankings compared to Google Panda #SEO [link] @johnbattelle via @ShashiB
@AndrewBates » 06 Dec '12, 2pm
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather - #Facebook rankings compared to Google Panda #SEO [link] @johnbattelle via @ShashiB
@Shadavis08 » 06 Dec '12, 12pm
Wow! RT @MrRobinson Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link]
@greyhawkrss » 06 Dec '12, 7am
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather: The post Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather… [link]
@kaanerdener » 01 Dec '12, 2pm
RT @sether: "facebook making its own weather" by @johnbattelle. no one should be surprised by this. even though clear many are. [link] $FB
@sether » 01 Dec '12, 2pm
"facebook making its own weather" by @johnbattelle. no one should be surprised by this. even though clear many are. [link] $FB
@chd » 20 Nov '12, 4pm
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather, having its first Google Panda moment [link] #EdgeRank #quality
@BernaldoBarrena » 15 Nov '12, 11am
Dice @johnbattelle sobre las historias patrocinadas: "Facebook just executed a Panda". Interesante lectura [link] #socialmedia
@mr_trick » 14 Nov '12, 1pm
Also, John Batelle has also written a great piece on Facebook like-gate saga, offering some excellent food for thought [link]
@johnhdenny » 14 Nov '12, 11am
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather (with EdgeRank Algo pushes like Google) via @JohnBattelle [link]
@jnickhughes » 13 Nov '12, 4pm
Facebook is now making its own weather. Now comes the fun part: Trying to predict it. [link] via @johnbattelle
@yweisselberger » 13 Nov '12, 8am
Facebook makes it own weather (and so does Google) “@johnbattelle: [link] On Facebook's Edgerank and simil. to PageRank”
@ReiKano » 13 Nov '12, 7am
RT @orlandonicoara: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link]
@quangt » 13 Nov '12, 4am
as it should. “In short, Facebook just executed a Panda.” [link]
@quangt » 13 Nov '12, 4am
“The answer, in the main, is by measuring engagement” [link] cc: @menoling
@AndrewMueller » 13 Nov '12, 4am
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather: [link] by @JohnBattelle #apandamoment
@johnbattelle » 13 Nov '12, 4am
I keep forgetting to promote my Fri. musings: [link] On Facebook's Edgerank and simil. to PageRank
@treehcapital » 12 Nov '12, 3pm
Facebook's Edgerank algo changes? @johnbattelle is right "Facebook just executed a Panda". Get over it [link]
@EinsteinsAttic » 11 Nov '12, 4am
@williamheath Analogy: if FB & G are (top-down) 'making weather' [link] are you (bottom/middle-up) trying to build membranes?
@ryanvailbrown » 10 Nov '12, 9pm
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather | John Battelle's Search BlogJohn Battelle's Search Blog [link] (via Instapaper)
@bradm262run » 09 Nov '12, 10pm
Read it->Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] via @johnbattelle
@MatthewJBrown » 09 Nov '12, 10pm
RT @brandonfritz: Facebook is now making its own weather [link] Really like this. Comparing FB updates to G Algo changes & what FB might do
@brandonfritz » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
Facebook is now making its own weather [link] Really like this. Comparing FB updates to G Algo changes & what FB might do
@johnbattelle » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
I really shld write these on Mondays. Again: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] v
@CosimoAccoto » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @johnbattelle: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] via @johnbattelle
@SEOLinkTagstic » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
#Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] #seo #sem #serps #seo #futureofsearch #policy #googleweatherreports #edgerank
@gsohn » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @johnbattelle: I really shld write these on Mondays. Again: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] v
@JoshConstine » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @johnbattelle: I really shld write these on Mondays. Again: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] v
@brintish » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @johnbattelle: Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] via @johnbattelle
@cdelrosso » 09 Nov '12, 9pm
Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather [link] via @johnbattelle