Wednesday, July 23, 2014

7 Must-DOs to Optimize Facebook Fan Page | Facebook & SEO

There is hardly any real evidence that supports and says that Facebook activity has something to yes, it has to do with Google Ranking. But still a lot has been said and Facebook pages are optimized for SEO. You never know when Google changes its algorithm.


Ways to optimize your Facebook Fan page:


1.     Choose the best name for your Facebook fan page- Choose that represent real businesses, brands, personalities, etc.
Quick Tip: The first word in your fan page title is given the most weight (importance) by Google.
2.     Use custom fan page vanity URL (Facebook calls it username for fanpage) - When you choose a Facebook username for your Page, your Page’s URL becomes www.facebook.com/YourUsernameHere. (Usernames can be selected at www.facebook.com/username.)
Quick Tip: choose a username that authentically represents your business or brand.
3.     Keywords Usage-Use keywords in strategic locations on your fan page. The most important pieces to pay attention to are the About section, Mission, and Company Description. These sections are actually pulled from your fan page as SEO elements. Here is an example of how a search engine would index your page:
SEO Title = your fan page name
Meta Description = Fan page name + the about section of your page
H1 = your fan page name

4.     Local Search Optimization of Fanpage- Include your Address, City, State, and Zip and phone number too. For product-related searches, the Company Overview, Mission, and Products fields should be filled in with your appropriate information. 140 character description of the fanpage get displayed in the search engine’s snippet. Google places higher importance on pages with specific information like your business's phone number and address.
5.     Backlink your other channels with Fanpage link.
6.     Optimize your post updates: Remember that the first 18 characters of a Facebook post serve as the Meta description.
7.     Facebook Notes:  It the ability to create multiple "pages" underneath the main fan page. The SEO elements pulled in from Facebook Notes are:
SEO Title = the title of your note
             Meta data = your fan page name wrote a note titled, your note's title


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