1) Facebook has made changes that will significantly reduce organic reach for Page posts on users' News Feeds. It will be rare to see friends' likes and comments on Pages a user does not follow. Multiple posts from the same Page will only show if there is no new content from friends. 2) Google+ is adding collections that allow users to group posts into topics, similar to Pinterest boards. 3) Meerkat now allows viewing live streams directly from Facebook without requiring a Twitter account.

1. Social Media Round-Up
05/05/2015

2. Facebook Page Organic Search Killed Forever
3 Updates Killing Organic Facebook Page Reach
1) Reduced Visibility of ‘Likes’ and ‘Comments’
•Previously, if your friend liked or commented on a Page, regardless of whether you
‘like’ the Page or not, your friend’s like or comment would show up on your News Feed.
The new Facebook update eliminates this possibility. It will be rare for you to see such
engagement anymore.
2) Multiple Updates from same Page Visible
•If there is no new content on the News Feed of the user; Facebook is going to show
multiple posts from the same Page. If you are a Page Admin and think this will benefit
you, think again because the above condition will only work if there is no new content
for the user and if the user is not a regular Facebook user, it won’t work much to your
advantage.
3) “Balance of Content”
•“Balance of Content” means Facebook is going to show updates from Friends, their
status updates, images, videos and other shares, on your News Feed more frequently
than the updates from Facebook Pages.
http://www.bloggingtips.com/2015/05/05/facebook-page-organic-search-killed-forever/

4. Is Google+ Turning into Pinterest?
• Google's social network is adding Pinterest-like collections to its platform, the
company announced Monday. Collections allow Google+ users to group similar
posts into topic-based sections, which appear in the new "collections" tab on
Google+ profiles.
http://mashable.com/2015/05/05/google-plus-collections/?
utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-P

5. Meerkat now lets you watch some live streams without Twitter
• Live streams can now be viewed from Facebook; the app no longer requires a
Twitter account in order to watch all broadcasts.
• It looks like Meerkat is finally addressing its troubles with Twitter, which has worked
to limit the live streaming app's access to its users since the launch of rival
Periscope.
http://mashable.com/2015/05/04/meerkat-facebook-support/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-
Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedly

6. Facebook Announces Internet.org Platform
• Facebook has opened up Internet.org to developers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg
announced Monday.
• The Internet.org Platform will allow developers to create apps and services that are
easily integrated with the service Facebook uses to provide internet access to
underserved areas of the world.
• http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/facebook-announces-internet-org-platform/619662

7. Google+ Send First Tweet Four Years After Creating Account
• Google Plus created a Twitter account in 2011 and four years later have finally
posted their very first tweet.
• What does this mean for them?

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