Facebook advertising Is it a con?

[mark69sheer]

I have run several facebook advertising campaigns but I am highly dubious about its operation..

If you pay for x amounts of clicks you invariably get that response per day from a running campaign.

However my website analysis has proved something very strange.

Akthough your homepage will be 'visited' there will never be any visits to any other pages or your website.
This will conflict directly with the experience you have from other visitor sources and has made me wonder wether facebook advertising links are 'real' people or just an automated click from the facebook advertisers themselves.

Until someone from facebook or someone else can clarify I am suspending all facebook advertising until further notice.

[Penny-lope]

That's nice to know Mark....I am eating a bacon sarnie, just in case you wondered

[cobra kid]

My world has been rocked.

[anonymous-user]

Penny-lope said:

That's nice to know Mark....I am eating a bacon sarnie, just in case you wondered

Smoked or unsmoked bacon?

[Geronimo]

mark69sheer said:

I have run several facebook advertising campaigns but I am highly dubious about its operation..

If you pay for x amounts of clicks you invariably get that response per day from a running campaign.

However my website analysis has proved something very strange.

Akthough your homepage will be 'visited' there will never be any visits to any other pages or your website.
This will conflict directly with the experience you have from other visitor sources and has made me wonder wether facebook advertising links are 'real' people or just an automated click from the facebook advertisers themselves.

Until someone from facebook or someone else can clarify I am suspending all facebook advertising until further notice.

I wouldn't waste your money. I doubt your average user ranks home security as one of their top priorities.

[Glassman]

mark69sheer said:

Until someone from facebook or someone else can clarify I am suspending all facebook advertising until further notice.

Tell 'em to poke it.

[Kinky]

I ran a very successful campaign on Facebook.

Admittedly it was only in Israel (a pilot), and oddly enough the majority of my traffic was from students (no suprise) and military personnel (huge suprise)!

K

[Bing o]

Penny-lope said:

That's nice to know Mark....I am eating a bacon sarnie, just in case you wondered

I am eating unsmoked back bacon (x3) with Tobasco Beans, brown bread (x2) and a fried egg.

I'm going to drive to Tesco's later on today to clean the car.

[anonymous-user]

I know on some app's you get points for clicking on the advert page, or are 'pop-up's' adverts.

I usaully just close the screen when they pop up and get back to facebook. Maybe that is what is happening??

[Glassman]

Bing o said:

I'm going to drive to Tesco's later on today to clean the car.

Inside, outside, boss?

[SpydieNut]

are you advertising your snowman's services over the Christmas period?

[Zebrano]

Block all the ads http://www.verticalforest.com/2008/02/22/blocking-...

[spikeyhead]

Kinky said:

I ran a very successful campaign on Facebook.

Admittedly it was only in Israel (a pilot), and oddly enough the majority of my traffic was from students (no suprise) and military personnel (huge suprise)!

K

From my limited knowledge of Israel, most of the population is in the military.

[Famous Graham]

I am not eating a bacon sarnie.

But I will be in about 10 minutes, thanks to you lot

[Penny-lope]

That's nice to know Mark....I am eating a bacon sarnie, just in case you wondered

Bluequay said:

Smoked or unsmoked bacon?

Bing o said:

I am eating unsmoked back bacon (x3) with Tobasco Beans, brown bread (x2) and a fried egg.

I'm going to drive to Tesco's later on today to clean the car.

I like Bingo o, am having unsmoked back bacon (x3 rashers) with tom sauce, and brown sauce, crusty white bread, and a cup of tea

I too will be going to Tesco's later, however not to clean my car, which I should, but to return some shoes

[SimonV8ster]

SpydieNut said:

are you advertising your snowman's services over the Christmas period?

He hasn't realised that people really aren't interested in photoshopped pictures of a snowman jizzing off over somebody else in a photo....

[Bing o]

Glassman said:

Bing o said:

I'm going to drive to Tesco's later on today to clean the car.

Inside, outside, boss?

Not letting a Sausage anywhere near my pride and joy.

Self Service for me all the way (though hopefully the ex might come round later to take care of that for me....)

[Glassman]

Bing o said:

Self Service for me all the way (though hopefully the ex might come round later to take care of that for me....)

Oh, that 'that'.

You may regret it.

[rabw]

mark69sheer said:

I have run several facebook advertising campaigns but I am highly dubious about its operation..

If you pay for x amounts of clicks you invariably get that response per day from a running campaign.

However my website analysis has proved something very strange.

Akthough your homepage will be 'visited' there will never be any visits to any other pages or your website.
This will conflict directly with the experience you have from other visitor sources and has made me wonder wether facebook advertising links are 'real' people or just an automated click from the facebook advertisers themselves.

Until someone from facebook or someone else can clarify I am suspending all facebook advertising until further notice.

I've never bothered with any pay-per-click things. What's your website?

[Kinky]

spikeyhead said:

Kinky said:

I ran a very successful campaign on Facebook.

Admittedly it was only in Israel (a pilot), and oddly enough the majority of my traffic was from students (no suprise) and military personnel (huge suprise)!

K

From my limited knowledge of Israel, most of the population is in the military.

But it was an SMB campaign, not an end-user/consumer one. That's why it was a suprise. Students you can easily understand - but it's shown a gap in the market