Facebook Ticker Now Displays Sponsored Stories Ads

Facebook's best performing type of ad, the sponsored story, has gone live in the homepage ticker, playing on keywords in surrounding posts.

Facebook’s best performing type of ad, the sponsored story, has gone live in the homepage ticker.

Test versions of these ads first started intermittently appearing the ticker early in September, but as of today one such promotion always appears in the ticker on any screen, based on keywords in surrounding posts.

Sponsored stories effectively refrain a brands’ engagement with viewers’ friends.

While Facebook offers seven different variations on this ad, we’re seeing more sponsored like stories than any other type; these ads tell viewers that their friends like a particular brand or page.

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