Facebook Likes gone through the roof
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Howdy,
We have seen our Facebook Likes increase by a staggering 20k in a week. At the beginning of last week we were sat at around 21k and it has been steadily increasing, but just 7 days later we now have 42k - Has their been some sort of algorithm change for this to happen, or should I be suspicious that something is not quite right?
Thanks,
James
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Hello,
We ran a couple of boosted post ads in november and october to promote a survey we were running but that's it - nothing recently and the only ads listed in our campaigns are the two I've mentioned above.
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James, Are you running FB ads? Do a quick audit and make sure they are not a bunch of junk likes. I have seen this from competitors trying to lower Edgerank scores so your ads become unseen by others on FB.
Here is a good read http://blog.nakedlime.com/2012/09/fake-facebook-likes-and-the-trouble-they-cause/
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