A Traveling Photographer's Picturesque Bag. When traveling, the best camera can often be the one you happen to have with you, but there are also situations where you’ll want something more than an i. Phone to capture high- quality photos. Self- taught photographer and Flickr user AJS Pimentel totes his traveling camera crew so he always has the gear to catch the perfect shot, whether it’s a picturesque landscape or some down and dirty street photography. Here’s what you’ll find in his Manfrotto bag, a backpack designed for photographers: We know you’ve got a cool bag with some smart ideas inside, so let us know! Share your bag in our Lifehacker Go Bag Show and Tell Flickr pool, shoot me a message through the link below, or post it to your own Kinja blog with the tag “featured bag.” The photo has to be at least 8.

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Facebook News Feed Algorithm History . In the below timeline, we mark the major changes both marketers and businesses need to be aware of. With Facebook’s 1. If your company needs help staying up to date with the newest Facebook trends or maximizing its reach on the network, give us a call and we can schedule a no- cost consultation! Making good on the promised redesign of Trending Topics earlier this year, Facebook is rolling out Trending News with its own navigational link in the mobile app’s main navigation.

The Trending News section will feature a list of news topics with an image, headline, the major news outlet reporting it, and the number of sources available on the topic. The navigation link is now available on i. OS and is currently testing on Android. Facebook is also testing space that features the top 3 trending news stories within the News Feed itself. Following Google’s lead in ranking sites, Facebook will now prioritize websites with faster loading times in the News Feed. Users have expressed frustration after clicking on a link in Facebook only to find themselves waiting for a site or page to properly load.

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Studies show that as many as 4. Keep Quiet (2017) Movie Photo. Companies, businesses, and content sites would be wise to invest in faster loading pages on their sites.

Not only will Google penalize slow sites, but now Facebook will as well. Facebook has been quietly and slowly testing a new feature known as “Explore Feed,” one that will help users discover content outside of the friends and Pages they already follow. This feature is being slowly rolled out, so it may not yet be available for all users, but it’s coming. The “Explore Feed” can be found in the menu navigation (which includes Weather, Sports, Find Wi- Fi, and more).

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Facebook intends to keep users on site or in the app when looking for content, instead of turning to Google or other apps. Content found in “Explore Feed” is similar to the content from your friends and followed Pages. This feature is still considered a test, but its placement in the menu suggests a broader rollout in the near future. Facebook is now after spammers, those who publish multiple posts a day, often sharing sketchy links to clickbaity- type sites. While Facebook won’t suspend an account for sharing 5. News Feed. Facebook defines these spammy links as ones that “tend to include low quality content such as clickbait, sensationalism, and misinformation.” As for Pages, only those who rely on these spammers for traffic will see a drop in visibility and engagement.

In a new update rolling out over the next few months, Facebook has announced that it will bury links to low- quality sites that come from posts or even Facebook ads. Facebook defines a low- quality site as one “containing little substantive content, and that is covered in disruptive, shocking or malicious ads.” It’s possible that high- quality sites may benefit from this update with a potential increase in referral traffic. This update stems from user complaints that content in the News Feed often points them to spammy or misleading sites. With this new test, some users will be able to subscribe to Topics they may be interested in.

In the News Feed, users may see a carousel of topics they can subscribe to. By subscribing to a Topic, the user will be exposed to more Pages and posts than those they ordinarily follow and interact with. Facebook intends to gauge whether this update helps users engage with posts they are interested in while also being exposed to new ideas counter to their own beliefs, interests, or politics. Should the test prove to confuse or annoy users, however, it’s very possible this update never reaches all Facebook users. In the effort to duplicate Snapchat’s success, Facebook has now brought Stories to the main Facebook app. With this latest app update, users will now see circular icons with their friends’ profile pictures at the top of the News Feed.

These icons represent recent “stories” that friends have published, which may contain images, video, drawings, and special camera effects. After 2. 4 hours, these stories will disappear and be replaced with new ones. With Facebook Stories, users can become more visual in how they choose to share their activities and personality with their friends. The inclusion of Stories essentially creates a second News Feed within the app. Beginning March 2. Facebook will place an animated seasonal greeting to mark the change in seasons. Depending on where you live in the world, this animated greeting will reflect the current season, spring or fall.

If the user clicks on the animation, a Facebook post will appear in which the user can share their feelings about the change in seasons. Facebook has noticed a drop in personal posts, and this new feature is meant to help encourage users to share posts with their friends and followers.

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Currently, the animated seasonal greeting can only be viewed on mobile devices. It has been one year since Facebook introduced Reactions for increased user engagement, and over the past year Facebook has learned that any Reaction left on a post is a strong indicator that the user was more interested in that post than any other “liked” posts. Currently, any Reaction is weighed the same as a Like; however, Facebook is revamping the News Feed to weigh Reactions more than Likes.

If a user selects a Reaction on a post, even an “Angry” Reaction, Facebook will begin showing similar stories in the News Feed. If you wish to see less posts of a certain variety, then it’s best to do nothing; don’t Like or React to that post. For marketers, you’ll want to create posts that elicit a Reaction over a Like. After running a series of tests, Facebook discovered that many users responded positively to having videos play with sound automatically within the News Feed. This features will only occur if your phone has its sound on.

If your phone is set to “Silent” or “Vibrate,” then you will still need to manually activate the sound on the video. Other changes that come with this update include vertical videos automatically expanding to full screen, as well as having a video continue playing down in the bottom of the screen while the user continues to scroll through the News Feed. In an effort to improve the prioritization of video in the News Feed, Facebook will now be analyzing the “percent completion” rate for every video the user watches.

If the user watches all or most of a video, then Facebook will prioritize similar videos in the user’s future News Feed. This is a benefit for Pages that produce longer videos that captivate their audience. A longer, more engaging video may see a boost in News Feed prioritization if the user watches most of that video.

Videos, both long and short, that do not have high completion rates will likely see a dip in distribution and prioritization. Snapchat has changed how people share their lives on social media. Instagram has already cloned Snapchat’s story feature, and now its parent company, Facebook, is looking to do the same. Facebook Stories will now launch in Ireland on i. OS and Android and looks to hit other international markets in the coming months. The “Stories” feature allows users to share photos and video that disappear from the News Feed 2.

Looking for social media professionals? We know Facebook’s algorithm like the back of our hand. Facebook will begin placing messages at the top of the News Feed to encourage user engagement, such as sharing a holiday- themed card with friends and followers. This update has already been seen in the past but will become more prevalent in the future. These messages and cards may promote a holiday, a historical or cultural event, or even the change of seasons.

Time will tell if this new feature will become a marketing tool for brands and advertisers, but as of now, advertisers cannot sponsor these messages. Facebook announced that it will roll out a new update that will allow some mobile users to add a colored background to their text- only status updates and posts.