Facebook wants advertisers to look at sales, not clicks
Facebook is trying to convince advertisers that ad impressions on the social site still count and will continue pushing sales to users. Beginning today, Facebook will report to advertisers and let them know when someone saw their ad on Facebook ended up buying something from that brand and how it compares to people who purchased an item without seeing the Facebook advertisement.
Facebook is trying to convince advertisers that ad impressions on the social site still count and will continue pushing sales to users. Beginning today, Facebook will report to advertisers and let them know when someone saw their ad on Facebook ended up buying something from that brand and how it compares to people who purchased an item without seeing the Facebook advertisement.
As far as Facebook is concerned, awarding a credit-based value on an ad that someone clicks on negates all the other ads that the user might have seen before deciding to click on the ad (this is called "last click attribution).