Hey Hubzers, Do you ever wonder why your Facebook News Feed reveals only certain posts, even if your friends or fans number in the hundreds or thousands? The answer is EdgeRank, Facebook’s algorithm that dictates “News Feed Optimization” and allows only a subset of the stories generated by your friend to keep users from getting overwhelmed. Everything published on Facebook is considered an ...

Hey Hubzers, Websites across the Internet have been utilizing Facebook’s “Like” button to help spread the word about their content. We’re no stranger to the application, in fact there’s a “Like” option to the left of this entry that, with one click, will share a link to this post on your Facebook wall. Sharing content has never been easier and while “+1” certainly doesn’t introduce something revolutionary, ...

Facebook has been playing with the admin settings for a while now, and the most recent change has allowed the last admin to remove themselves without deleting the fan page.  Is your page in danger? Before, the last admin was prompted to delete the fan page before they were allowed to click through to remove their profile as an admin to the page.  Now that this barrier has been removed, fan pages all over Fa ...

You’ve probably noticed that a fan page can set the wall view to posts by the page only, or posts by both the page and fans.  I’ve seen a number of each searching through various fan pages, and it got me thinking about why a fan page admin would want to hide posts by their fans. If you’ve followed us for any period of time, you’d know that we believe that the value in social media fo ...

A recent Facebook bug accidentally deactivated a number of user accounts today that it deemed as unauthentic, asking users to verify their accounts by scanning a government issued id. While this is certainly unfortunate, and quite a hassle for any legitimate user whose account was temporarily deactivated, it does raise a point to explain the importance of only having one profile, your own self. Many people ...

There are plenty of rumors going around that Facebook will be announcing a mail system on Monday…  We’ll be right there to know first hand, but wanted to get some user feedback on the new potential service. Would you switch from your current mail?  Would you switch from Gmail? What features would you look for that might make you switch? ...

There are two ways to add an admin to your Facebook fan page: 1) Directly from your Facebook fan page Click the “see all” button located within the box that shows the # of people that like your page.  This box is located in the left hand column of your fan page. After you click, “see all”, a pop up box will appear that displays all the fans of your page.  Your fans will be listed in ...

Adding fan page favorites is the “liking” system for fan pages.  This video will show you how to easily add (and remove) favorites on your own fan page. ...

In Q3 2010, Facebook captured 23% of online graphic ads according to web analytics company, Comcore. Almost 1 in 4!  Are you surprised? Are you still holding out on creating Facebook ads because you’re not sure how to execute them properly or don’t think they’re for you? Check out the Fan Page Ad Engine for more info on learning how you can create and execute an effective Facebook Ad campa ...

Photo Courtesy: Datinho1 Congratulations to the winner of the $100.00 Friday Giveaway! Chavon, you won! The $100.00 Friday Giveaway is the first of many prizes we will be giving away at the Hubze blog.  We appreciate every single one of your for being fans of the Fan Page Engine and for trusting us as a social media marketing resource at the Hubze Blog. As we continue to grow, we’ll continue to celebr ...