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June 12, 2007

How do I import blog posts into FaceBook?

I’ve noticed that some people on FaceBook have their blog posts appear as Notes on their page. How do I do this?

Importing your blog posts into FaceBook is really easy .. once you know how. Here’s how to do it:

facebookapps.JPGFirst of all you’ll need to log into FaceBook. Do this in the normal way, then have a look at the screen youare presented with. If you look on the left hand side of your screen you’ll see a menu list of different Applications you have associated with your account. This starts off as a simple list, but as you add more Applications the list will grow longer. Your application list can be quite long, but one of the options in the menu is called Notes and this is the one you’re after. Click on this to proceed to the next step.

facebooknotes.JPGYour Notes page will show you a number of different notes that your contacts might have added to their profile (or nothing if you don’t have many friends). This will include both Notes typed on FaceBook and also posts from their blogs if they are using this technique. Don’t worry about what’s on this page for now, just look on the right hand side of the page and you’ll see a section called Notes Settings. Look for a link that says Import a blog and click this to proceed to the next step. You will then be presented with the following form:

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Enter the URL to your blog in the text box. It doesn’t need to be your RSS feed, as FaceBook will figure this out on it’s own. You’ll have to tick the disclaimer underneath the URL and then just click Start Importing.

You’re done! I told you it wasn’t hard!

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34 comments already

  1. Melissa on 06.13.2007 at 12:06 pm | permalink

    2. Thanks! I just did it!

  2. Elizabeth on 06.13.2007 at 11:31 pm | permalink

    3. Excellent! Thanks for that tip! I hadn’t even thought about importing my feed to Facebook. Might pick up a few new readers that way.

  3. Andy on 06.30.2007 at 11:06 pm | permalink

    4. Had no idea you could do that, Facebook really is becoming the standout social networking tool!

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  6. Andy on 07.17.2007 at 12:36 am | permalink

    7. thank you, have been trying to do this for a while :) – it’s really easy!

  7. Ben on 09.09.2007 at 1:12 pm | permalink

    8. I can’t work out how to import my MySpace blog, any tips??

  8. Ben on 09.09.2007 at 1:21 pm | permalink

    9. No worries, I just worked it out

  9. Richard Brennan on 10.21.2007 at 6:25 am | permalink

    10. Thanks very much-extremly useful information.

  10. The Optimizer SEO on 11.21.2007 at 10:16 pm | permalink

    11. I wrote an article about this just yesterday. Looks like you found a different way to do it than I did.

    Here’s mine:

    http://www.increased-online-traffic.com/2007/11/seo-tip-adding-custom-blogs-to-facebook.asp

  11. nackawicbean on 12.23.2007 at 2:56 pm | permalink

    12. wow, thank you so much…I always wanted to know how my friends did this and wasn’t sure how to do it…cheers!

  12. Gladys Baya on 02.06.2008 at 1:34 pm | permalink

    13. Cool! Thanks to your posts on “Facebook less”and a cool cyber-friend, now I’ve integrated Twitter and my tumblelog (which in turns gets feeds from my other blogs!) into my Facebook. I think I’ve found a way to stay at Facebook without wasting hours! (that is, if I can refrain from clicking and clicking! :-P !!!!)
    THANKS!
    Gladys

    PS: Facebook notifier on my Pageflakes has also helped me a lot!

  13. John on 03.10.2008 at 3:17 pm | permalink

    14. This has been a god send, I have been looking to do this for ages and now following your information I have finally got it to work.
    yipee!!!!

  14. caroline bottomley on 07.16.2008 at 5:54 am | permalink

    15. Hi Owen, do you know whether it’s possible to import your blog onto a facebook page rather than facebook profile?

  15. Oscar on 07.26.2008 at 5:40 pm | permalink

    16. Hi Owen, my question in similar to Caroline’s. Is it possible to import you blog onto a facebook group? Tks,

  16. Jen on 08.14.2008 at 11:09 am | permalink

    17. Thanks, you made this so easy to understand, I would have never figured it out!!

  17. Hippity on 09.09.2008 at 11:13 am | permalink

    18. Thanks for the easy instructions. It worked right away.

  18. William on 10.24.2008 at 9:57 am | permalink

    19. Hi,

    Thanks for the tip and yes its easier than I thought :)

    William

  19. Rob Davis on 11.25.2008 at 8:56 am | permalink

    20. Worked perfectly, Thanks!

  20. Michael Golde on 12.21.2008 at 7:39 am | permalink

    21. I just starting importing my own blog to Facebook using Notes. The problem is the line-spacing between paragraphs isn’t being retained. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

    Thanks in advance.

    Note: I am using blogspot as my blog site and Safari as my browser.

  21. Rodlie on 12.29.2008 at 2:44 pm | permalink

    22. Michael, I’m having the same problem and don’t know what to do about it. It just looks like a jumbled mess.

  22. Chris Theo on 02.18.2009 at 12:38 am | permalink

    23. Michael & Rodlie, I am having the same problem with new blog posts, no photos are being displayed either!

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  24. ARTurbiak on 03.17.2009 at 11:07 am | permalink

    25. I’m able to download a blog to a Facebook page, but it’s only as a one time event. My Profile updates but my Page doesn’t. Currently, in order to update the Page, I need to deactivate the import, and then activate as new. But then all of my blog’s posts load again, onto my Page but also on my Profile, which causes a duplication, triplication, etc. of my blog info out to my friends. What a hassle!!! What a possible nuisance!!! So if my blog update can post to my Profile, why doesn’t it update on my Page? Help!

  25. DEkart on 03.27.2009 at 7:23 am | permalink

    26. 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.

  26. Jay on 05.22.2009 at 6:20 pm | permalink

    27. Great post, Thanks

  27. John Baker on 05.26.2009 at 9:02 am | permalink

    28. OK, that’s neat, and it works fine. Thank you.
    But Facebook displays each blog post as an excerpt, and then links to the whole post within Facebook.
    But I’d like the link to go directly back to my blog for the whole post.
    Is that possible?

  28. Michael on 07.04.2009 at 10:24 pm | permalink

    29. Very clear and accurate instructions. Thank you for your help.

  29. Nikki on 07.20.2009 at 8:49 am | permalink

    30. CAn anyone tell me why the photos dont come onto face book when yoiu import the blog.

  30. Martine on 08.02.2009 at 8:57 pm | permalink

    31. Hi, everething went well for while. Then it (Facebook) started to have problems to recognize typo with accent. I am a french speaking person and we use a lot of accents. Have a look at: http://www.facebook.com/notes_preview.php?preview&feedsource_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmartinedorval.wordpress.com%2Ffeed%2F&h=5da78fc4e614ebfc7732687607427e4c
    I did not find ny solution around. If you can help it will be greatly apprecited. For now I disconnecet the blog frome Facebook

  31. Erick on 10.10.2009 at 9:55 pm | permalink

    32. Now, once you have the RSS feed for import, how do you edit the RSS URL? Facebook interface sure doesn’t make it easy. On my Notes page, there’s no URL that allows me to edit the RSS feed URL. Any idea?

  32. Chad on 11.11.2009 at 4:44 pm | permalink

    33. I’ve noticed in mine, that it is ALWAYS one show behind! For instance, my friend and I did a new podcast #61 and Facebook JUST posted our last one we did (120 days ago) #60. Why isn’t it displaying our most recent one of #61?

  33. YogaSpy on 11.16.2009 at 6:42 pm | permalink

    34. I see the Notes application. But Notes Settings does NOT appear. Where is it? Help.

  34. Chankey Pathak on 06.18.2011 at 1:24 pm | permalink

    35. Thanks. :)

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