Facebook's Ad Platform Test: No Keywords Allowed
Industry blog posts suggest that specific profile targeting may be getting phased out.
Industry blog posts suggest that specific profile targeting may be getting phased out.
Facebook is conducting a test with a small set of advertisers where keyword targeting is disallowed during ad creation, according to AllFacebook.com. Rather, the test group is utilizing a new broad-category targeting feature.
More specifically, a blog post by online marketer David Oh states advertisers will not be able to zero in on Facebook users who “like” a particular music group such as “The Beatles.” Instead, they will be able to target people by the “Music” category in terms of their shown interests.
ClickZ asked the Palo Alto, CA-based social site to respond to the claims. Via an e-mail, a Facebook spokesperson said, “We are always testing new ways to improve our advertising systems. We have no further details to share at this time.”
Meanwhile AllFacebook.com published Facebook’s response to an advertiser inquiry about the possible changes:
Hello,
Thanks for your email. Broad Category targeting is intended to help advertisers more easily and accurately reach their desired audience using categories rather than individual targeting criteria. This option is currently being tested among a limited set of advertisers. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to opt out of this test.
If you have any other questions related to Facebook Ads, please feel free to let me know.
Thanks for contacting Facebook,
Annie
Online Sales Operations
Lastly, according to AllFacebook.com, there’s speculation that Facebook may plan to offer keyword targeting only to marketers who are willing to pay for access to the platform’s ads API. Such a move could theoretically make Facebook.com ads more expensive for small marketers.
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