New Facebook Country Metrics Expose Pages That Purchased Likes

In an effort to get a leg up on Facebook marketing, many like-obsessed pages resort to buying fans — fake profiles which only exist to boost pages' numbers. Now that Facebook has broken down fans by country, VentureBeat notes that it's easier to see which pages have acquired fans honestly, and which ones flat-out paid for them.

In an effort to get a leg up on Facebook marketing, many like-obsessed pages resort to buying fans — fake profiles which only exist to boost pages’ numbers. Now that Facebook has broken down fans by country, VentureBeat notes that it’s easier to see which pages have acquired fans honestly, and which ones flat-out paid for them.

Using sorted country data from Socialbakers, VentureBeat noted how it’s easier to see which companies should have asterisks next to their like totals.

For instance, Socialbakers CEO Jan Rezab told VentureBeat his company examined airlines.

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