Reach/Engagement/Impressions/clicks/Mentions/Tags:
Reach:
Reach is total unique views.
If 10 people view a video, then reach=10.
Impressions:
Impressions= total views
If 10 people see a post twice then impressions = 10×2 = 20.
Engagement:
All clicks with a social component/implication are engagements
Likes or shares or comments or mentions or tags are considered as engagements.
So if a post has 2 likes then engagement = 2.
Mention:
Mention means when you mention a brand or profile name etc… in your post.
Tag:
Tag mean when you tag a brand or profile name in your picture.
Clicks:
Clicking a video/clicking the brand page link are pure clicks without social impact.
Types of ads on facebook:
There are 2 types of ads on facebook
- Ads on timeline called sponsored story or promoted content
- Sidebar Ad / ads on right side.
EdgeRank Algorithm:
Facebook used this algorithm to decide who sees what (which posts a person is more likely to see)
Todays news feed algorithm of facebook takes into account 100,000 parameters, to decide who see what( posts).
Edge:
Any social activity (Post/like/comment/share etc..) is edge.
Affinity score:
If A likes most of the B’s posts, affinity is high between A and B. so, whenever B pushes a post, A is most likely to see B’s post.
Weight :
weight for new post , comment, like,share, tag etc….
Post has got more weight than comment. So the probability of A seeing a post is more than he seeing a post his friend liked.
Time Decay:
Newer the post, probability of seeing it is higher.
Story Bumping:
If a post has lot of traction, highly engaging, and if facebook thinks it is going to be relevant even if it is a older post ,it is shown to lot of people.
Read more about Social Media and why social media marketing is important and Facebook Insights in my other posts
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