Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Punjab Police checking for virus during curfew in the state

In view of the horrors of the coronavirus in Punjab, the Captain Government has entrusted special responsibilities to Sarpanchs, Nambadars, Ward Councilors and watchmen. The government has said that the Sarpanch, Nambardar, Ward Counselor and Chowkidar will inform the police of any victim in the area. In addition, the suspects are missing, the police will also be informed. There may be prosecutions against those who do not. He said that all cases, including missing cases, should be re-examined.

The nearest police station / outpost should be notified immediately by the Sarpanch / Nambardar / Ward Counselor / Watchman. At the same time, he warned that those who did not give information would be punished. Avtar Singh, the chief secretary, said that a sticker must be pasted outside the houses of Quarantine to keep the neighbors safe and informed. Suspected people should have a health check-up on a daily basis and quarantine should be applied when needed.

Everybody is praising Punjab Police for doing this during curfew

Punjab government has ordered that lockdown be kept in the state till March 31 against coronavirus. Meanwhile, Amritsar administration is also tightening the city completely. Police have blocked all entry points to Amritsar city. People are not being allowed to enter the city without work, nor are they allowed to leave the city. The police have allowed the movement only to those concerned with medical services while the rest are being repatriated.

Most people in Amritsar are in their homes, yet the people who are leaving the house are being thoroughly investigated by the police. Apart from this, the vegetable market is only open at the medical store hospital grocery stores in Amritsar where people are returning to their homes with the necessary goods.

Sunday, 21 October 2018

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How to Regain Lost Access to Monetization for Facebook Instant Articles

Most of the people using Instant Articles for Facebook pages lost Access to Monetization especially in the month or March and April, 2018. After the Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has become strict for its publishers. So is disabled  Instant Articles of Facebook pages that used to spread false news or that who violated Facebook policies or guidelines. Now Facebook approves only those websites that comply with its policies.

Most of the users have got this message from Facebook, "". But this problem can be solved as there is a button submit an appeal provided by Facebook.

The wrong most of the people are doing is that they submit an appeal without making any changes and get this reply."". Before making an appeal, you need to do these few changes-

What to do to Regain Monetization on Facebook Page Instant Articles?

First of all you need to check all the URLs connected with your page->Publishing Tools->Instant Articles->Configuration->Connect Your Site. You can see below example.
You can see in the above screenshot that on this Facebook page, Some of the URLs are approved and some are unapproved. To regain access to monetization on Facebook Page, you need to get all the URLs approved. Note that these URLs can't be removes unless the page is approved.

What are Approved URLs, Pending URLs and Unapproved URLs on Facebook?

Unapproved URLs are those URLs that do not get enough traffic from Facebook or are rejected by Facebook. In the low traffic case , these URLs can be converted to Approved URLs. The URLs have to clear the minimal readership for that. Pending URLs are those which are being reviewed by Facebook. For the timing you need to post new articles on those pending websites and give them Facebook Traffic. (i.e. Share Links on Facebook). It should be about 1500 views per day. 

You can check minimal readership from a new page that do not have approved Instant Articles. You can't check this on page disabled for Instant Articles. You can follow this link to learn about minimal readership- How to Fix Minimal Readership error for Facebook Instant Articles

After the minimal readership error is fixed for all of the URLs connected to your Facebook Page, wait for 4-5 days, post new articles on all websites and give Facebook Traffic. Remember to add Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Contact Us Page on all your websites linked to that page.Remove the content from your website that violates Facebook guidelines. Now you can submit an appeal and you may get positive reply from Facebook as,"". 

After getting this message, you will have wait for 48 hours for the lost monetization notification to disappear from page. Then you will have to produce instant articles and resubmit for review. If you don't get access to monetization, try applying from new page. You can check this post- How to get Facebook Instant Articles approved- October 2018.

If you have any problem, you can contact us on our Facebook Page. Do like our Page.
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How to get Facebook Instant Articles approved- October 2018

Instant articles for Facebook pages are good way for earning revenue for the people who have good number of fans on Facebook or are planning to do that with new page. But Facebook has become strict for the approval process of Instant Articles. In 2017, Facebook used to approve the articles in 2-3 days. But now the process has become bit complicated and some people get confused whatever they need to do to get approved for Facebook Instant Articles.

Are you Eligible for Facebook Instant Articles?

You should have page which is 3 months or more old to start instant articles. However the new websites can be used to apply for instant articles. The website should have Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Contact Us pages. Your website should have published posts. If you don't have website, you can create it here for cheap rates- Create a Website

Steps to get approved Instant Articles for Facebook Page-

  • First you need to Sign up for Instant Articles for your page.
  • Go to publishing tools of your page.
  • Under the instant articles section go to Configuration.
  • Now try to add your website in the section Connect your site on Configuration Page.
  • Most of the people will get the minimal readership error. You can read this post to get this problem solved- How to Fix Minimal Readership error for Facebook Instant Articles
  • After your website has cleared the minimal readership, you can add your website or domain there.
  • But it will be reviewed by Facebook and will show pending URL status.
  • Keep on giving traffic to your website from Facebook for few days.
  • Your URL, domain or website link will be approved within few days.
  • After the URL get approved, publish at least 10 instant articles in the production library.
  • Then submit for review.
  • Hopefully you will get a positive reply within 2-3 days from Facebook.
Facebook usually do not send notification when the page is approved fro Instant Articles. You will have to manually check by going to Configuration in Instant Articles section of your page. If you have any problem, you can contact us on our Facebook Page.