Facebook – the next SEO battleground

I noticed something about Facebook… not all of my friend’s posts make my front page – ever. Facebook seems to pick and choose what makes it to my default view by a “most popular news” thingee…

Which begs the question - how do they figure what’s most popular?

Which brings us to a second question - how long before businesses, who are starting to “get” Facebook, start looking to ”FSO” (Facebook Status Optimization… my term :) ) their way to the top?

Just a quick food for thought. And while we’re on it, WTF happened to Myspace? There’s fodder for another post.

One Response to “Facebook – the next SEO battleground”

  1. I thought myspace tipped their hand too much to advertisers. Facebook has had a more sophisticated take on this although they overestimate how much users will tolerate privacy sketchiness. It may be legal but it feels sketchy and it’s a fine line for social media.

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