Number of Facebook likes and shares for a webpage went significantly down.
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I noticed that a bunch of "likes" and "shares" had gone down for a webpage I do marketing for, and I wanted to see if anyone had also experienced this.
About two years ago, I realized that when I would send a FB message with a link to a webpage I was promoting, the number of shares and likes for the page would go up by one.
So, thinking that I had stumbled onto something incredible, I proceeded to message over 500 people on facebook with a link to the webpage. Soon enough, I had increased the likes and shares displayed on the webpage to 635 (as shown in the Digg Digg plugin).
Today, I went back to the same page and realized the number of shares and likes had gone down to 160.
Has anyone experienced a drop in the number of shares and likes, and has anyone increased their likes and shares by sending a message with a link to a webpage being marketed?
(You can test this out by messaging someone in facebook with a single link to webpage that displays the number of facebook "likes" and "shares" -Once you send the message the number should go up by one)
Thanks
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Hello,
Yes everyone has experienced a drop that used questionable tactics. There are many threads floating around here with others saying the same thing.
Have a great day and a happy new year.
Matthew Boley
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