[ishan1121]

Do facebook Like button really matter anymore? I mean my page has over 5000 likes but there's almost nil traffic on my blog through my page. I have removed like button from my website and nothing has been impacted

[alexpetralia]

It matters for Facebook tracking users in exchange for the "opportunity" of increasing traffic. Of course most of this traffic only occurs if you pay for it.

[unicornfinder]

Not to mention that from what I've seen most of the traffic you'll get from Facebook originates from click farms.

[ishan1121]

Yeah, Facebook pages are pay for view platform. Paying for FB does not make any sense if you are a blog or something

[buboard]

Facebook pages are a dead channel. Basically, facebook chokes and monetizee every channel that brings traffic. Next up is groups.

[tracker1]

One thing that bugs me, is you cannot promote groups directly... you have to create a Page for your group... even if the page is a useless placeholder.

[buboard]

Ha true. and you HAVE to download facebook's app on your phone (500MB app) to prove your not a russian troll. Do not even bother with the page, pages are facebook's way to trick you into paying endlessly to "boost your post"

[tracker1]

Yeah, that's the other niggle, it's feels like a never ending stream of upsell/spam once you do make a page.

[dewey]

It’s not about getting “likes” on your FB page. It’s used as a tracking pixel to target specific users of your site for retargeting etc