Facebook makes Facebook Page Location, Name change history etc. PUBLIC

Facebook is showing more information about Pages and; the country form where they're managed in the Info and Ads section on Pages.

This is to increase the accountability and transparency of the pages.

The information below will be compulsorily shared by Facebook on Info and Ads section on the bottom left of the page:

• Place of origin of the page will be the country name (if the page admin chooses to share more details then they will also be shared)
• Date the Page was created. 
• Primary country locations where the Page is managed. This applies to all Page roles -- Admin, Editor Moderator, Advisor, Analyst. 
• Number of people who manage the Page in each country. 
• Page's previous name changes. 
• Any Page merges that happen on or after September 6, 2018.
• For the Users who manage the page but are not the owners of it or are not admins; their country will be shown. 

See the Screen-capture below:

What if someone puts a wrong country in his Facebook profile? 

Primary country locations where Pages are managed are determined by a person’s information and activity on Facebook Products, including the stated location on their Facebook profile, and device and connection information. Facebook will use Location Services to help trace the country location.

It is still uncertain whether Facebook will show the names of the Page admin and other roles. From the information it is clear that it will NOT.

What if someone doesn't want to disclose the name of the country?

Then the request for the same can be submitted to Facebook.

If approved, in the information will be shown "Information Hidden by Page manager"

Effect of sharing Facebook page's country location (managers and admins), name change progression and date of formation on accountability and transparency of the pages 

From the snapshot above, the above information seems good if not adequate.

The name change progression history of a page can show new followers the basic philosophy and motivations behind the page. There is a history of Facebook page name changes of propaganda and hate speech pages.

The location of the Page managers and Admins will show the extent of possible indoctrination and manipulation, especially for political pages, blog fans pages etc.

The use of Ad spend location to trace the country location will help as the Fake news, propaganda and hate pages are also seen as those having high ad spends.

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Facebook makes Facebook Page Location, Name change history etc. PUBLIC

Anil Singh Sunday, February 10, 2019

Decoding Social Media- Monitor Your Facebook Page

A Facebook page is certainly the best way to interact with your audience. But just making a Facbeook page is not enough. You have to track your views and visitors and see whether the message you are trying to send across is being delivered or not.

So Facebook offers you ‘Insights’. Studies have proven that marketers who spend atleast 6 hours a week on Social Media, generate more leads and definitely are in better sync with their consumers. Not to forget, most of the time is spent on Facebook itself.

Facebook Page Insights - So the first thing you would want to explore on your Facebook page to check user engagement is the page Insights. This is a service by Facebook itself, so you would certainly find it more useful and more authentic that anything else. The Insights have also improved with time. Now you can check which posts were more popular with your readers, which city or country has the maximum numbers of subscribers for your page. Moreover, you get to monitor other user demographics, the potential fans that you can engage. The average times users pay unique visits to your page and how you reach your audience, virally, organically or by paid advertisements, all is mentioned in the Insights section.

However, if you find the Insights section too simple or rather too plain, you can switch to an array of third party applications that give you a larger number of options for maintenance and organization. The most popular and useful tools are mentioned below :

Conversocial-  This is a good yet expensive application. It will provide you most of the back office support you need for your Facebook page and you can either manage them on the conversocial platform or through the regular emails. This is especially good for managing conversations on your posts.

Graph-o-Meter – This tool lets you manage all your Facebook pages on one interface. You can plan posts in advance or see who the most active fans on your pages are. However, the disadvantage is that data is available only for the last 30 days.

Fangager- This application gives you a host of tools on one interface. It also has a reward system for the most active fans. However, it is the one of the most expensive applications available online and you may have to pay separately for each service above the normal plan rates.

Final Verdict- The Facebook insights are a wonderful option to track the vistors. However, for active marketers who have to manage many pages at once, and who can spend a big part of their budget on social media, the third party applications will be worthwhile. For all others, the Facebook Insights are more than sufficient for play. 

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Decoding Social Media- Monitor Your Facebook Page

Neha Thursday, May 17, 2012

Decoding Social Media- Apps For Facebook Page Timeline II

Apart from customizing your profile pictures and Timeline cover picture, the second most important change that you can make to your Facebook page is creating dedicated tabs.

The usual Facebook page contains Info, Photos, Videos, Links and Events tab. What if you could add more tabs according to your wish and interest? With the emergence of Facebook as a tool to communicate by businesses all over the globe, this puzzle was solved as soon as it was put forth.

Hence, we have sites and apps that work for making custom tabs for your Facebook page.
An average Facebook page lands on wall or info tab by default. the good point is that you can create a custom Facebook Welcome Tab to extend warm greetings to your visitors. you can also create a few more tabs for the  page. a few ideas for custom tabs are:

1. Welcome Tab or the landing site for the page visitor
2. A contest page for a promotion or contest ongoing at the moment.
3. A 'Contact Us' or 'Careers' tab for people who want to closely relate to your organization in real life.
4. A 'Shopping' tab, if you are a selling consumer products. For services, there can be an 'Explore Our Services' tab that will get all the necessary information for your direct consumers.

There is good bunch of iFrame applications available for Facebook pages. You can chose to adopt a tab available on the net or may go into an adventurous trip to making your own application for Facebook.

Developing your own App- Developing your own application is the best idea if you are familiar with the working of the developer tools. You just have to choose a name for your app, add an image and content and when finished you get an all new application to work as a new page tab. Check out the tools and resources here https://developers.facebook.com/apps

Chose from third party applications- This is an option that saves you a lot of time and homework. If you chose this option, a simple sign in process will instantly give you a new tab tailor made for your requirement. It includes all the content that you need, complete with pictures and other multimedia.

The most used app in this regard is Pagemodo. Its interface is good, simple and easy to use. It is most frequently used for making the Welcome Tab on Facebook. The designs are good and it doesn't even take much time. Find Pagemodo here http://www.pagemodo.com/

Apart from this, a few more popular apps are listed below with their most popular features:

Wildfire- Known mostly for the contest apps, it is a simple and free app. Find the app here        http://www.wildfireapp.com/

Involver- They call it Static HTML and multiple tabs are supported in a single page. Installing takes only a few clicks. Find the app here http://www.involver.com/

TabSite- it allows you to make sub-tabs under main tabs. So, a Contest tab may run three different sub tabs.
Find the app here http://www.tabsite.com/

iwipia- its good for users who are not very familiar with HTML coding. It is free to use. Find the app here http://www.facebook.com/iwipa

Now we complete the trip for the essential Facebook Apps. next, we talk about monitoring your reach through Facebook.

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Decoding Social Media- Apps For Facebook Page Timeline II

Neha Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Decoding Social Media- Facebook Pages and Timeline II

The new Facebook Timeline has added a few small yet useful features to the pages. A simple click can make the user experience of a Facebook Page entirely different from what it was before. The new Facebook Timeline features are worth a try.

Star/Highlight or Pin - Whenever you post something on a Facebook page it automatically appears on the top. But what if you post numerous times a day and a specific post is unable to get the desired attention? The answer to this question are the two new features. The first feature is Star or Highlight. If a user wants to highlight the story, he may simply click on the star button next to the post and the area of the post expands to full page. This makes the post appear important to the visitors.

The next feature is Pin. Pinning is a rather new feature. By pinning a post to the top, you ensure that the first thing that the visitor notices upon landing on your page is this particular post. A pinned post carries a small ribbon mark on the right side.

Both the features are meant to provide importance to your posts. If you specifically want something to be highlighted or appear important, or simply want the visitors to pay attention to a particular post, you can use this feature. It can be specially be useful when you have posted a really important notice or update, or have uploaded a new photo/video i.e. when you have gone interactive with the visitors.


Events and Milestones - Events and milestones are a great way to connect with the audience. While Events are the same old Facebook events with a date, place and attendees, milestones are something different.  A milestone, as the name suggest, is something really important for the page. While updating a milestone, you can write what happened, where, with whom, complete with a background story and photos. So, say the organization received a prestigious award, you can add it here.

Question- The question feature is like a close ended opinion poll. You can ask a question to the visitors and they can answer them with the suggested options. Moreover, they can also add their own potions. This can be used as a virtual feedback for your products/services/public image and may also tell you how people connect with you and why.


More on Facebook Timeline and other social media giants in the next post.

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Decoding Social Media- Facebook Pages and Timeline II

Neha Thursday, May 10, 2012