{"id":16703,"date":"2017-12-21T02:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=16703"},"modified":"2022-01-11T18:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T10:23:50","slug":"facebook-penalize-engagement-baits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/facebook-penalize-engagement-baits\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Begins Penalising Pages that Solicits Likes, Shares, Comments &#038; Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16709 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=696%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=696%2C364&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=1068%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=803%2C420&amp;ssl=1 803w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?resize=218%2C114&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engagement-Baits.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Facebook\u2019s latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2017\/12\/news-feed-fyi-fighting-engagement-bait-on-facebook\/\" rel=\"noopener\">announcemen<\/a>t on 18-12-2017, they will penalize posts that ask and request people to like, share, comment, tag, and engage with the post in order to increase its engagement metrics and garner higher rankings in Facebook News Feeds. Facebook refers to these posts as \u201c engagement baits \u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Engagement Baits?<\/h2>\n<p>To make it easy for you to understand the \u201c Engagement Baits \u201d posts, take a look at some of the examples Facebook has listed out below:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16704\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo22.png?resize=696%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"engagement baits\" width=\"696\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo22.png?resize=290%2C300&amp;ssl=1 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo22.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo22.png?resize=696%2C720&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo22.png?resize=406%2C420&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo22.png?resize=110%2C114&amp;ssl=1 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=696%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"engagement baits\" width=\"696\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=768%2C546&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=1024%2C728&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=696%2C495&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=1068%2C759&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=591%2C420&amp;ssl=1 591w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?resize=160%2C114&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/combo1-1.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the coming weeks, Facebook News Feed algorithm will begin to demote and penalize Pages that constantly practice \u201cengagement baiting,\u201d negatively affecting the reach of organic posts and ads. Facebook also stated that they will continue to find ways to improve and scale their efforts to reduce engagement baits.<\/p>\n<h2>Will this affect my Facebook Page?<\/h2>\n<p>Businesses, media and publishers that practice engagement baiting tactics in their posts will see more significant drops in reach count. Thus, Page Admins should focus on generating valuable, relevant, and meaningful content that do not practice engagement bait tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Facebook\u2019s latest\u00a0announcement on 18-12-2017, they will penalize posts that ask and request people to like, share, comment, tag, and engage with the post in order to increase its engagement metrics and garner higher rankings in Facebook News Feeds. Facebook refers to these posts as \u201c engagement baits \u201d. What is Engagement Baits? 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