Social Media Examiner | The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/feed/ The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” - Forum Topic in the Group Facebook Sat, 25 May 2013 10:25:31 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8844<![CDATA[Sherry Nouraini replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8844 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:48:20 +0000 Sherry Nouraini replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook @Janet Fouts, I am so glad you brought this up.  The big push for bribing people to "like" totally ignores the essence of what makes Facebook powerful, i.e., relevance.  People are still stuck with the mindset […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8838<![CDATA[Janet Fouts replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8838 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:26:46 +0000 Janet Fouts replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook Well I'm basing this on my client's experience, and I've seen it happen in more than one case. My point really is this. Buying Fans isn't productive. Better to spend the energy in creating real relationships […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8462<![CDATA[Morgan Barnhart replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8462 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:39:42 +0000 Morgan Barnhart replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook I completely agree! I have never bought fans, but I've gone through 'fan exchanges' and generally, there is no interaction when people are "forced" to like a page one way or another. The best interactions […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8458<![CDATA[Amy Hall replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8458 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:27:54 +0000 Amy Hall replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook @jfouts @carolinechen-whatley  I've been testing this out on a couple of my own pages... One with purchased likes and one without. I don't see any difference in how the information from both pages shows up in […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8439<![CDATA[Bart van der Kooi replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8439 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:36:04 +0000 Bart van der Kooi replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook @jfouts Thanks for bringing this up - except the reason that it's not genuine to buy likes, now I've also got a more 'tangible' reason to show to customers!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8430<![CDATA[Janet Fouts replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8430 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:45:20 +0000 Janet Fouts replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook Yes, that's true as ar as the affinity portion of the algorithm but they don't just consider one part, they pull it all together and if you "water down" your fan base with unrelated people I believe it affects […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8427<![CDATA[Caroline Chen-Whatley replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8427 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:31:00 +0000 Caroline Chen-Whatley replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook @jfouts what you're discussing is the Affinity portion and based on everything I've read it's an individual score, not a look overall at the page.  It's not calculated based upon an overall engagement score […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8337<![CDATA[Janet Fouts replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8337 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:50:02 +0000 Janet Fouts replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook @carolinechen-whatley  Edgerank is based in part by the number of fans and the % who engage, so if you add a bunch of un-engaged fans that engagement ratio is immediately thrown off.
She had engaged fans and […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8301<![CDATA[Caroline Chen-Whatley replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/the-best-reason-not-to-buy-likes/#post-8301 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:28:22 +0000 Caroline Chen-Whatley replied to the forum topic The best reason NOT to buy ”likes” in the club Facebook @jfouts I agree with all you said here.  I just wanted to point out that based on your story, this client's edgerank would have gone down even if she hadn't bought LIKEs.
My guess is the LIKEs she bought are […]

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