Facebook’s “People Talking About This” Metric Explained

If your marketing on facebook through a facebook fan page, you likely noticed a new metric called “people talking about this” added to your page yesterday.

Facebook has described the metric as follows:

This metric refreshes daily but goes back a week. So it’s the current barometer of how much conversation is being generated by someone’s Page on Facebook. It’s a good gauge of the content Pages are putting up and how to generate more conversations around a Page

Shout out to Search Engine Watch for that.

Here are the basics you need to know:

  • The number is refreshed/changed daily
  • The metric includes individuals commenting (talking) about one of your page’s posts
  • This metric includes individuals sharing one of your page’s posts
  • This metric inclues people mentioning your page by tagging a photo.
  • This metric includes people sharing a check-in deal or checking into your Facebook Places page.
If you need assistance with Facebook fan page marketing, contact us today!

About Adam Green

Adam Greenis the Founder of Maple North. Maple North is a toronto internet marketing agency based in Toronto, Canada. Our team specializes in PPC Management, Local SEO, Google Analytics, Social Media Marketing and more.

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