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4/26/2012 Update: A Facebook representative has informed V M R that the Facebook Ad change proposed below is “in the works.” The source could not confirm a specific timeline for when the refinement feature described below would be added.
Facebook needs to add one more option to its interest targeting capabilities to improve low click through rates versus google and other online advertising options. This one addition would, I believe, also result in enhanced Social Reach and better Ad overall ad conversion as well.
Currently advertisers can target ads for users with Interest x OR Interest y but not Interest x AND interest y. So for example, I can target Facebook users who are interested in with SEO or Social Media but I cannot target users interested in both SEO and Social Media. Or, if I am a book publisher selling a book about Pope Francis, I can target Facebook users who are interested in the Pope Francis or books, but not Pope Francis AND books.
The former, which I’ll refer to as disjunctive (OR) refinement, certainly can be useful for ad campaigns that want to target those interested in either interest category. But a conjunctive (AND) refinement option for agencies like mine that want to leverage the true power of Facebook’s social graph is necessary for refined interest targeting.
Why? Because better refinement can yield much better bottom line results for both Facebook and Facebook advertisers.
And that’s a conjunction worth its weight in Facebook Ad credits.
Do you agree? Disagree? What other options do you think would help to improve Facebook ads?
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