Is Your Website Blocked By Facebook?

Time and time again I hear about websites being blocked by Facebook and given the amount of traffic that I receive daily on a previous blog post on this very subject (Has Facebook Blocked Your Website?), it’s quite a large majority of people that are being affected.

It’s not just Facebook that is blocking websites, Google+ also has a system in place whereby your website or latest blog post will not show up in communities unless it’s approved by the moderator. So why does this happen?

Apart from your website or blog being in breach of policy, I see many website and blog owners spamming the system, even if it’s unintentional. What I mean by this is people posting the same link to numerous Facebook groups or Google+ communities (even pages) within a short time span. There was a case the other day where I noticed one blogger who had posted his latest blog post continuously to over 40 Facebook groups and then did the same on Google+. Now that’s just asking for trouble!

Now let me be clear! Marketing on social media has huge benefits but you must promote responsibly. Posting your website or latest blog post in succession to various groups or communities is not the way to do it. My rule has always been to allow an hour between each post. Yes, it might take longer for you to get the word out about your latest deal, product or blog post for example, but it’s far better than risking getting your website blocked.

Another thing you shouldn’t do is post to groups or communities that have different interests to what you are promoting. For example, don’t go posting a blog post on say the latest Smartphone to a Fashion group or community. What will inevitably happen is that the members or the administrator/moderator of that group or community will mark it as spam, notifying the Facebook or Google+ system that your post is spam.

Yes, there are cases where some websites have unduly been blocked but there are others which have been blocked with just cause, probably due to the reasons given above. Don’t forget that if your website does get blocked, it can take weeks if not months for the block to be removed. Facebook do have an appeal form available if you think your website has mistakenly been blocked, but given the stories that I have heard in regards to response time (or the lack thereof), it may just take months before the block is removed.

Social media is a powerful marketing platform, so don’t take risks! Promote responsibly and you will have far less chance of your website being blocked by the top social media sites.

Has your website been blocked by Facebook? Please let me know.

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