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Do you use Facebook to promote your business? Get ready to start paying. A lot.

Posted on December 3, 2014

If you use Facebook to promote your business, come mid-January you’ll have to start paying to promote your posts if you want them to be seen by your followers.

For some time now, Facebook has been using their “EdgeRank” algorithm to reduce the number of followers who see unpaid posts in their newsfeeds, prompting many business owners to pay to promote their posts to a wider audience.

Thanks to Edgerank, as of today small business owners can choose not to pay to promote a post and it will still be seen by approximately 16% of their followers. But that’s about to change pretty soon. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I prevent my Facebook friends from knowing that I have read their messages?

Posted on November 24, 2014

Question from Lexie V.: I get tons of messages from my Facebook friends, and I always try to read them as soon as possible.

That being said, there are times when I’d rather not let some senders know that I have read the messages they sent to me.

Is there any way to keep my friends from knowing that I have read the messages they sent me on Facebook?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I load the full Facebook site on my Android tablet?

Posted on November 17, 2014

Question from Lanie F.: I have an el cheapo tablet running Android and I really like it for the most part, but it insists on loading the mobile version of Facebook instead of the full site.

I really need to view the full Facebook site every now and then because there are a couple of things that the mobile site won’t let me do. Is there any way to force the full site to load on my tablet? Thanks in advance!

Rick’s answer: Yes there us Lanie, and it’s very easy to do. After you have logged into Facebook with the mobile site, type the following into the address bar (you might want to bookmark it): [Read more…]

83 of my top Facebook tips, tricks and answers – all on one page!

Posted on October 28, 2014

I’ve posted a ton of Facebook tips and tricks on this blog, and answered quite a few Facebook questions as well. The problem is they are all scattered out across the blog, making them difficult for readers to find in a hurry.

This post will serve as sort of a hub for all things Facebook. If I’ve written a post that’s in any way related to Facebook, you’ll probably find a link to it on this page. With that in mind, here we go… [Read more…]

Facebook adds a “Privacy Checkup” tool to the Desktop version

Posted on September 6, 2014

One of the most irritating things about Facebook is the confusion surrounding our Facebook privacy settings.

There are so many of them that it’s difficult to get a grasp on exactly who can see all the various photos, posts and other bits of info that are posted on our Profile and Timeline pages.

And to make matters worse, the folks at Facebook seem to enjoy changing our privacy settings (often without our knowledge) just after we get finally get them set exactly the way we want them. [Read more…]