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Fake Likes (10 posts)

Topic tags: Facebook, fake likes, paid likes

Angela Lechtenberg said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
I am running a rather small geo targeted campaign for my company and they are seeing a bump in likes as a result of their ads. Many of these are from foreign countries, even though our geo is in Missouri! Could these be fake or paid likes?
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Michelle Fontaine said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
@angela-lechtenberg Hi Angela, I do see this as an emerging problem. The last time I ran an event I had many ‘yes’ from people whose names I could not pronounce and far away countries. I encouraged a friend to use a promoted post and he reported many people who saw the post from the same demographic. There is definitely something weird going on. I sure hope we learn something more concrete. Michelle
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Mac said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
@angela-lechtenberg did you look at any of the people to see if they had a connection to your Geo-area? I have friends in VA and used to live there – getting advertisements from VA would not be a shocker.
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Angela Lechtenberg said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for responding! And no, some of them look very suspicious. No relation to our geo…
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Andrea Vahl said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
I’ve heard this more and more, @angela-lechtenberg I think there could be something to what @richardmclaughlin says on this, they may have had some previous tie to the area but sometimes you can just tell that a person’s profile looks fake. I don’t know what to think in that case!
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Angela Lechtenberg said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think so, they look very sketchy. I’m not sure where they are coming from but I’m pretty sure they are not legit. With FB cracking down on fakes right now, I hope they take note.
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Scott Linklater said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
More evidence of fake clicks on facebook ads…..I am more and more sure by the day that there are high numbers of fake clicks on facebook ads.
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Brandon Crist said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
I am seeing this as well.. In the last week I have had 9 people like one of my client’s Facebook pages and the are from Bangladesh. I can’t find any connection to the area but then we live in a fairly large city and have a good number of fans. Anymore thoughts on this… Are they spamming or pulling info. I would like to have an idea of what to do to fix/prevent this for my client.
Thoughts??
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Alexandra Potora said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been running into the same issue. Couldn’t have more US-targeted ads, yet getting lots of out of country fans.
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Renee St. Peter said
7 months, 3 weeks ago:
It may depend on the pages you and your clients are liking and commenting on. I comment on a couple of pages for our construction biz that have an international fan base, and a number of our new likes found us through those international pages…
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