Labels: content , EdgeRank factor , Facebook , news feed , social media , social networking
Facebook has two different sections for news, called as
"top news" and “most recent posts”. To my surprise I recently came
across an interesting fact that, around 95% of Facebook account holders are
only using the top news feeds. Hence, many social media guys need to pay
attention on news feed section to maximize the exposure of your company's or
personal Facebook page.
Facebook EdgeRank Factor |
Facebook considers few factors (stated in image) to determine that where your updates will go. At very first sight, image will not help you a lot, so we will crumple above factors into more detail and put some light on the state of affairs.
Certainly letter "U" is not the first letter in 26
words of English Alphabets, but it is at front when we talk about algorithm.
Here,
U = Affinity, Affinity
between the user who posted (that is you) and the user that will read it (your
audience).
Affinity means a close connection marked by
community of interests or similarity in nature or character, in other
words, relationship between poster and audience. Affinity score can be
different for different users, for example, if one of your follower, let’s call
it user "a" interact with the poster's post, then Affinity score will
be high for "a" in compare to a user "b" who interact less
with your post, hence your post will not be in top news for "b".
Therefore, social media manager need to involve as many fans as he could. To
control affinity ratio can be quite a trick part especially for small
businesses.
Factor W:-
W = weight-age of your post.
There are no particular set of rules which could decide the
weight-age. Though, usage of media related content (like pictures, video and
links) are considered as "heaviest" type of post and it can be quite
decisive factors. Hence, next time while updating your important status
message, try to use media related content within it. Another factor affects post
weight is engagement ratio on that particular post, if you receive x number of
likes and comments in post, the heavier it is. One way to improve weight-age of
you post is to deliver right content to your users, else you can press them by
asking their opinion or answer about stuff.
Factor D:-
Comparatively with other factors, D is much simpler factor
and requires no extra fibers to digest it.
D = recency of the post.
The fresher the post, the better it
will be flow in the top new section. Older post (more than 24 hours or so) will
rarely make to the top, unless and until they have strong influence. Best way
to overcome this situation is to post on regular basis, with fresh and unique
content.