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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Facebook

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facebookThink you know everything there is to know about social media giant, Facebook? Check out these 10 fun pieces of Facebook trivia from Mashable.

  1. 96% of visitors to Facebook have returned within the past 30 days as of April 2012.
  2. The term “Facebook” has been the most searched term in the US for three years, starting the week ending on July 18, 2009.
  3. Facebook’s audience is 6% more female than male.
  4. Facebook become the top ranked website in the U.S. in 2010.
  5. American’s aren’t the only ones that love Facebook. It is the top overall site in Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.
  6. One in every five page views in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
  7. Facebook brings 400 billion page views a year.
  8. Users spend an average of 20 minutes on Facebook each time they visit.
  9. Ten states account of 52% of visits to Facebook. These states are California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinoise, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia and North Carolina.
  10. New York City provides the largest volume of traffic to Facebook in the county.

New Study Proves Google Reviews Affect Places Ranking

Last Updated On August 13th, 2014Local SEO, , , , , ,

5reviews1According to a recent study about local ranking factors by Bizible.com, having five or more Google reviews was associated with a 1.85 improvement in rank in pure local results. Bizible also discovered that not having any Google reviews on your Places page or having an average review score of one hurt rankings.

The fifth Google review helped rankings significantly, however incremental reviews between one and four and above five had very little effect on rankings. After the fifth review, it is likely that you would have to get 100+ reviews to make another significant impact on your ranking. However, this study goes to show how important it is to encourage your customers to leave positive reviews on your Google Places page.

Need help getting customers to review your business?  Check out Get Business Reviews, a section of our Local Splash website dedicated to educating business owners about the importance of business reviews, how to get reviews and how to deal with negative reviews.

Facebook Goes Public Today at $38 Per Share

Last Updated On August 13th, 2014Search Engine News, Social Media Marketing, , , , , ,
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Facebook went public today at a price of $38 per share. The social network giant offered 421,233,615 shares of its common stock which is now trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “FB.” Facebook is offering 180 million shares of Class A common stock and selling stockholders are offering 241,233,615 shares of Class A common stock.

The company is now worth approximately $104 billion. By the end of the day, the price of each share is likely to increase, however it could settle down or even decrease over time. What do you think, is a social media company worth over $100 billion?