With no communication from the company, publishers relying on Facebook traffic are at the mercy of the inscrutable algorithm. Data shows an apparent change at Facebook in May caused website traffic to tank at some news sites.
Aren’t the news site complaining that Facebook are stealing their content and want to be compensated for it? Probably why Facebook is putting less emphasis on content from news site.
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Aren’t the news site complaining that Facebook are stealing their content and want to be compensated for it? Probably why Facebook is putting less emphasis on content from news site.