Facebook announced what may be the biggest change in the history of online advertising: they will now count – and make you pay – for real views and not impressions anymore. If you’re not sure what that means, let me tell you that: an impression is when an ad is loaded on the page, but if you don’t scroll down, you don’t see it. Facebook would still charge for that impression though, up to now that is.
If you like our stories, there is an easy way to stay updated:
Follow @wersm
This week we have also looked into how you can help your tweets get indexed on Google search and how Pinterest is moving from an all affiliate to a proper merchant approach.
Finally, our friends over at Digital Guru have once again shared some awesome tips on how you can make a real career, working in social media.
So are you ready for this week’s Top 5 news on We are Social Media?
![]() | Facebook Is Changing The Way It’s Charging For Ads – Facebook broke some super important news: From now on it will be focusing on creating a mechanism that will detect how many views your ad unit actually receives and not how many impressions are served. Sounds impressive, right? |
![]() | How To Get A Job In Social Media – While it took some time for Social Media to become a career that’s taken seriously by businesses, it is now well and truly established. In fact, the social media job market is fast becoming very competitive and the amount of roles is on the rise but so is the number of candidates. |
![]() | Bad News For Pinterest Power Users – Pinterest has warned various of its power users that it will remove all pins containing affiliate links, redirects and trackers. The ban is effective immediately. Of course days after that, they announced a BUY button… |
![]() | Get Your Tweets Indexed By Google – Google has established some rules to decide which tweets will be indexed by its algorithm. Of course, they are not revealing the whole picture, but clearly, how big you are on Twitter and how significant your message is will have a huge impact on whether a tweet will be indexed or not. |
![]() | What Do You Get When You Repost An Image 90 Times on Instagram – You would think that digital images don’t ever degrade, and you would be… wrong. And the reason for this? Compression. Every time you upload an image on say, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram for example, the image loses a fraction of it’s quality. |
If you like our stories, there is an easy way to stay updated:
Follow @wersm
And Just For Fun: Fun Pop Mashup of the Week #12
Have a great Sunday and week ahead!
More from Top 5 News
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
A new musical could soon come to life on TikTok, WhatsApp users are flocking to Signal and Fiverr will run …
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
Save the date, Twitter is bringing back verification this January. Oh, and it shut own Periscope too. How was your …
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
Tamagotchi never dies, 2020 in one word and a new test for 3-way live streams on Instagram. How was your …
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
Twitter does Twitter best, Salesforce bought Slack and Apple could be working on a matte black MacBook. Are you ready?
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
Instagram brought Pinned Comments to everyone, Google Plus is officially dead (again) and LinkedIn has a new audio feature.
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
LinkedIn is #OpenToWork, Facebook changes its algorithm again, Lego gets into pop art, and India bans TikTok.
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
KFC could be launching its own gaming system, Instagram is bringing its TikTok clone to more countries and TikTok announces …
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
Adobe launches Free Photoshop Camera app for iOS and Android, YouTube introduces a new "shoppable" ad format and Twitter now …
The Top 5 Stories On Social Media This Week
Pornhub invites everyone to keep it SFW when WFH, Twitter is testing Reactions again and Hublot launched a new smartwatch …