Does Facebook identify which listings are ads?

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Does Facebook identify which listings are ads?

No identification that any are paid

beren

9:51 pm on Jan 14, 2019 (gmt 0)

When I do a search on Google or Bing, there are frequently ads at the top of the listings, and they are identified as ads.

When I do a search on even a high-value keyword in Facebook, none of the results are identified as ads.

I see some listings are Groups, some are pages. Below that are a block of photos. Below that are more pages

Is it possible these are all paid listings?

not2easy

3:19 am on Jan 15, 2019 (gmt 0)

As far as I know, Facebook is not selling ads on search results, they sell ads to be shown on the news feeds of users. Ads are not so much keyword targeted as interest/demographics targeted.

tangor

4:03 am on Jan 15, 2019 (gmt 0)

fb is a different beast. Do not expect the same results as you get from more established search engines. Also know that keywords, in and of themselves, are not as vital as a query. Just sayin'.