Now Facebook Says It Gave Some Publishers Bad Traffic Numbers on Instant Articles

Facebook has reported yet another glitch in the data it gives publishers and marketers to understand their activity on the social network.This time Facebook found a problem that gave some publishers inaccurate traffic numbers, underestimating iPhone audiences on certain posts, according to a blog post from Facebook on Friday."We've uncovered an issue for a small group of Instant Articles publishers that impacts reporting in comScore," the blog post said. "ComScore alerted us to the issue, and we've since identified this is a result of a recent Facebook update that impacted." Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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