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How to Import Your Blog Into Facebook
February 22nd, 2009
| By Sahana Mysore | 62 Comments » |
Inside Facebook has recently written about simplifying how you use Facebook with other social media tools in order to make life a little easier. We’ve discussed merging calendaring by syncing Facebook events with Google calendar and simplifying microblogging by syncing Twitter and Facebook status messages.
For all of the bloggers out there, here’s another how-to that will eliminate the need for you to “re-blog” stories on Facebook. If you’re a blogger that isn’t already linking to your stories on Facebook, you might want to think about it. Here are a few simple steps to increase your web presence by leveraging the power of the social graph. Why not?
How to Import Your Blog Into Facebook
1) In the “Applications” menu (in the bottom bar), choose “Notes.”
2) Under “Notes Settings,” click on “Import a blog”
3) Type in the URL of your blog and make sure to check the mini-EULA
4) At the bottom of the preview, click on “Confirm Import”
And that’s it — your blog is now available to all your Facebook friends and family! Whenever you post new articles on your blog, they will automatically appear on your Wall and in your friends’ News Feeds, driving traffic to your site.
Next step: Integrate Facebook Connect on your blog.
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February 22nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
How do you import multiple blogs you own?
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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February 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 am
Thanks Sahana, This was top of my todo list to sit down and figure out… thanks
It cost me 30 seconds. Weird that they choose notes via the application menu to do this (not intuative to me)… but it works great. Don
February 23rd, 2009 at 6:46 am
I echo Ken’s question. I do not necessarily want to import my tweets as status messages and would instead like to have a feed mix of both blog articles and tweets. I was hoping there was a more straightforward solution than using FriendFeed to aggregate your content and then plug that RSS feed into Facebook Notes, but alas my hopes are dashed yet again. Either way, FriendFeed is still a good work around.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 am
In response to Ken’s question, there is an RSS app that allows multiple blog imports in an easy to use format. I currently use it on an FB page but I think it would work on profile.
Hope this helps!
February 26th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’ve recently discovered the Networked Blogs Facebook application. It’s a great way to invite people to read your blog and stay up-to-date on friends’ blog.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I did this but only an intro to the post appears in my Facebook Page. I want the whole post with photos to appear. I see other people who have it working this way. What am I doing wrong?
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March 6th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Heather, I had the same problem, I had facebook importing my blog from http://www.heystephen.com/feed or /rss or something, just put the standard url of your website in the import screen, http://www.domain.com or whatever. This worked a treat – S
March 17th, 2009 at 7:01 am
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March 18th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Hi there, I am trying to import my blog into my Facebook page not profile. I have imported it through the application on my page however the blog updates are coming through on my profile notes instead of the notes on my Facebook profile! Could you please help!
Thanks
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:01 am
Great! Many thanks for this post!
I tried to install comlicated plugins etc…while it was so easy!
March 26th, 2009 at 1:12 am
I cannot find a way to import my blog into my business page. If I go to the notes settings that only lets me import to my persoanl page. How do I import only to my business page and will the blog postings show up in the wall or does the tab need to be changed to notes??
March 27th, 2009 at 5:28 am
I’ve developed blogging application for Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=127423355320
It allows you to import posts from external blogs and display them at your profile (both profile box and profile tab are supported).
I think this application may be useful when you’re not satisfied with Notes.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:42 am
is there any app or way of showing notes imported from a blog in facebook’s start page, cause im able to import them but my contacts must go to notes in order to see them, I need to change that, it doesn’t matter that only shows the last three posts, that’s ok for me. I need some help please, and sorry for my english.
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June 1st, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I’m having the same problem as margie above–I want my blog feed to go to my Business Page, not my Personal one, but it doesn’t work. Any ideas?
June 10th, 2009 at 9:52 am
First create your business page.
Second add ‘Notes’ as an additional tab alongside WALL, INFO, PHOTOS, BOXES
Third click on ‘Write a new note’ and add a test note then save draft(this can be deleted later)
Fourth, in the notes settings click ‘edit import setting’
Fifth, add your blogs RSS feed and tick the permission box
That’s it.
David
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 am
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June 25th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Hello,
I am feeding a blog through the Notes application directly from my Blogger Site. But photos are still not coming in to (you have to click through to see the full post with pictures). Any ideas?
Thanks,
Guy
June 25th, 2009 at 6:44 am
A quick update on my prior post, photos are fed into Notes but do not appear on the Wall…
July 6th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Thanks David Patrick. That was just the advice I needed. Got it
July 15th, 2009 at 10:22 am
David –
Thanks for the great advice. Not intuitive, but easy to add the blog to the page.
Christine
July 17th, 2009 at 11:14 am
David your a god send, I’ve spent the last two days going in circles trying to get the blog on the business page instead of my profile.
Every time I tried the notes it appeared in the wrong page until I followed your instructions.
thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
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July 21st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I’ve been poking around and their were some third party apps that did this, but the idea of importing all my past posts seems weird. What if you have 500? How long does that take? Does it really import every post you ever made, or like subscribing to an RSS feed only the last dozen or do?
If I update an old post, does the update get reflected in “Notes”? What if I delete an old post?
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
If I edit a blog post after it has imported into FB notes, do the changes also update onto my FB notes page?
The FB Notes app will not let me edit an imported blog post directly and if I have spelling/grammar changes that I miss when I publish the post, I would like to have those changes reflect in my FB page.
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August 5th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I am trying to get my blog connected to facebook but it won’t recognize my URL. What now? Help….
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August 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I set this up to export from my site hours ago and I’ve posted numerous times since, yet I see no changes to my facebook page. What’s going on??
August 19th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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September 3rd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
David Patrick,
I couldn’t follow your steps (pasted below). Where do you find the Notes Settings within your business page? That’s where I got stuck, on the 4th step, I could not find notes settings.
David Patrick Says:
June 10th, 2009 at 9:52 am
First create your business page.
Second add ‘Notes’ as an additional tab alongside WALL, INFO, PHOTOS, BOXES
Third click on ‘Write a new note’ and add a test note then save draft(this can be deleted later)
Fourth, in the notes settings click ‘edit import setting’
Fifth, add your blogs RSS feed and tick the permission box
That’s it.
David
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
OK Gina and David Patrick,
I have embellished David’s steps with a little more detail. I haven’t finished testing but I believe this will work to import a blog to your Page in facebook:
First create your Page.
Second add ‘Notes’ as an additional tab alongside WALL, INFO, PHOTOS, BOXES
Third click on ‘Write a new note’ and add a test note then save draft(this can be deleted later)
Fourth, go to that note you just created and click Edit to pretend to edit it.
Fifth, now in the upper right area you will see EDIT followed by various icons..one of these is a notes icon (looks like a piece of paper).
Sixth: Click on this Edit/NOTES icon in the upper right
Seventh: Now a box is displayed on the right side of the page: Notes Settings. In this Notes Settings box is an IMPORT A BLOG link. Follow the steps.
Hope this helps. THANKS David for the pointers
September 19th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
@David Patrick
Thank you Thank you!!!
That’s just what I need to connect my WordPress Powered church website to our new FB page.
Blessings!
September 20th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Does anyone know how to import posts (to facebook notes) by ONLY ONE AUTHOR of a blog? The default is of course ALL posts, but I co-write a blog, so would like only my posts to show up.
Any help would be much appreciated!!!
October 21st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:54 am
Thank you! This is an interesting and easy way to get your blog posts published on your Facebook profile and page (thank you David Patrick for explaining how to implement this on a Facebook page, had me stuck for a while).
One thing I have noticed though, using the notes to import blog posts to your wall doesn’t provide a ‘direct’ link to your blog but using the Simplaris Blogcast application does. However importing your blog via notes is alot simpler process, in my opinion. I guess you have to weigh up the pros and cons of both.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:58 am
I got my blog posts to appear perfectly on my business page under the Notes tab and in a little box on the Wall, but I want the posts to appear full-scale on my Wall. Is there a way to do that? Thanks.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Ah…found RSS Graffiti…works a treat…
October 28th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I did this a while back and my blogger account is importing into my notes on facebook.
I think it´s nicer to post a link my self because then a photo appears (notes doesn’t do that).
How can I disconnect the blog from being imported I cant seem to find how to make it stop?
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October 29th, 2009 at 6:11 am
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November 1st, 2009 at 7:29 am
Does anyone know if this feature will import the entire blog history or start importing with new posts?
I have manually posted blog entries to Facebook and don’t want a lot of dups on Facebook. Thanks.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 am
Excellent info. I never knew this could be done. I have certainly learned something new today! Thanks.
December 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
THANK YOU, David! I’ve been going in circles trying to figure out how to import my blog to a page, and that did just the trick.
December 13th, 2009 at 3:34 am
This is so usefull!
December 15th, 2009 at 8:16 am
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December 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Thanks a lot! I’ve been trying to look for ways how to do this. I’m tired of networked blogs. it doesn’t work!
January 8th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
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January 9th, 2010 at 9:51 am
I was successfully using Blogcast on my business page until all the updates must have messed with the configuration. I tried to reload it but now it will only post to my profile page not my business page. I want my blog post on my business page and not through Notes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
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January 17th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
I was hoping there was a more straightforward solution than using FriendFeed to aggregate your content and then plug that RSS feed into Facebook Notes, but alas my hopes are dashed yet again.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:39 pm
thank you David Patrick!
January 26th, 2010 at 10:30 am
That’s a fantastic article. Great tips. I’ve been struggling for some time to do it and here you give a simple solution.
I need to read more about creating business pages:D
January 27th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I’d also like to know if imports old blog posts or only new ones before I enable publishing. Can anyone confirm?
Thanks!