How do I import my blog entries or RSS feed into Facebook?

At Blogworld last week, I heard loud and clear from a number of people that it's a good idea to have my Facebook friends notified when I have new blog entries published. Cool. But how the heck do I do that?

Dave's Answer:

I'm just hooking this up in Facebook myself, so I have similarly spent the last half hour trying to figure out how to do it. Even using the Facebook help system, searching for things like "RSS" produce no good results.

The trick is to know that Facebook considers your external blog entries "notes", so to add it you can't just go to your profile and change a setting or two, you need to go to your "Notes" section in Facebook and tweak it.

Start on your home page in Facebook, then look on the right for "Notes":

Click on that and you'll be on your Notes area. Look half-way down on the right side and you'll see "Notes Settings":

facebook notes settings (facebook blog rss)

Click on "import a blog" and now you get the key window you seek:

facebook import an external blog (facebook blog rss)

Now, we are talking about your blog, right? :-)

Enter the URL of your blog (you don't have to worry about the RSS/XML/RDF/Atom feed address, it'll figure it out), check the "it's mine" box, and click on "Start Importing".

It'll show you a preview of the import, with a note:

facebook import an external blog preview (facebook blog rss)

Looks good? Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Confirm Import".

That's it. You can only import one (unless you're sneaky and create a consolidated feed then import that instead, but that's beyond the scope of this article).

Good luck!

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Categorized: Blogs and Blogging , Facebook Help (Article 8517, Written by Dave Taylor)
Tagged: blogging, facebook, marketing, rss feeds
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Reader Comments To Date: 48

Mari Smith said, on September 25, 2008 1:22 PM:

Way to go, Dave!! Good job getting your main blog imported to Facebook. This is one of the first things I encourage peeps to do on Facebook.

You might also like to write one of your awesome simple tutorials for Note tagging at some point.

I talk about how to get more bang for yer buck in this post: Ten Steps to Leverage Your Blog Posts With Facebook Notes: http://whyfacebook.com/2008/06/09/ten-steps-to-leverage-your-blog-posts-with-facebook-notes/

Cheers,
Mari
@marismith
P.S. Truly awesome to meet ya in person last week at the BlogWorld Expo in Vegas. ;D

Susan (5 Minutes for Mom) said, on October 1, 2008 11:51 AM:

Thanks Dave!

I have finally started using Facebook and this was a great, quick way to start pulling in content.

binbin said, on February 8, 2009 11:10 AM:

I have imported my Rss feed of my wordpress blog in my facebook profile, unfortunately the title of each post are linked to the facebook articles pages instead to the url of my post on my website.

Do you know how I can modify this ?

Thanks

jgoode said, on February 9, 2009 9:49 PM:

Hey Dave, thanks a ton for not only the step by step here, but the visual aids. I kept reading the instructions elsewhere but never once saw the "import" link on the right until i saw your instructions. I had been going to "notes" from the tab, not my right app options... so thanks for the full "dummy" version - helped ooodles!

Clarissa said, on March 9, 2009 2:26 AM:

Finally some help. You think facebook would make it easier for their users. Now if only I can get the post to show on the left so that future messages that come in via status will not block the blog entries!

Cynthia said, on March 16, 2009 8:26 AM:

Thank you Dave! I've been trying to figure this out for a couple months. LOL

Thanks to a Google search--there you were.Don't know why I didn't think of that sooner.

You made it so easy.

Paul Sterling said, on March 26, 2009 12:35 PM:

thanks - that made it easy, i had been fumbling with facebook for a while.

Sweet Serendipity said, on March 27, 2009 6:54 AM:

Hi,
I just tried this and I'm not getting an option to import a blog. Has something changed??

Justin said, on March 28, 2009 12:10 PM:

@Sweet Serendipity... I was unable to find that option too, but after more searching I found it. Start at your Home page, then mouse-over Settings at the top right, and click 'Application Settings'. Then click 'Notes' on the left when the list comes up. Then a little way down on the right you'll see the 'Notes Settings' box with the 'Import a blog' link.

Ami said, on April 11, 2009 12:51 AM:

Absolutely spot on. Funny how easy things are when one knows how to do it.

Morta Di Fame said, on May 31, 2009 9:35 AM:

Thanks Dave! Great step by step instructions!

Mark waterfield said, on June 11, 2009 8:18 AM:

Thank you for that - I can see how to get the blog up onto the profile page as you instructed above - It works and no problems.

But I am not able to see how the blog can be put onto the company page that is also on face book - Ideas on how to would be appreciated, Thanks

Sandra Roberts said, on June 17, 2009 9:26 PM:

Thanks! I just got my blog on facebook! I'm so happy now. :)

Abhishek said, on August 12, 2009 7:59 PM:

how do I add a second blog to it?

Ali said, on September 4, 2009 8:08 PM:

I spend lot of time looking for this
thank you ..

Momma Mindy said, on November 3, 2009 8:30 AM:

Amazing how the search option on my Facebook couldn't come up with your answer. They couldn't even come up with my questions!

So, now I have another questions. If I import my blog to Facebook, will the Google Analytics be able to track the traffic?

Paul B. said, on November 3, 2009 6:42 PM:

Thanks, was driving me crazy looking for how to turn this off - it was worthless because no links were included in the feed!

Alli said, on November 13, 2009 8:16 AM:

This is very useful information. I want to export a blog to another site. How do I do the RSS feed the other direction?

Phil said, on November 30, 2009 12:19 PM:

Dave, I'm trying to import a blog onto a Page. There is a notes section, but I couldn't see the notes settings that you mention. Any ideas? I guess I could use an RSS feed, but couldn't figure that out either. Duh!

Angie said, on January 8, 2010 7:53 AM:

I need help with some questions concerning Facebook & their website is of no help.

1. Starting 1/4/10, I've noticed that when you import a blog via notes it takes between 4-10 clicks of Start Import over & over for Facebook to actually accept the import. Why is that? Has the redesign affected this in some way?

2. Facebook Fan Pages. If a fan page is setup with a Blog feed going to it & then someone creates a profile from that Fan page, why does the feed stop going to the fan page & only show on the Profile page? How do you reverse the feed back to the Fan Page? Is there anyway to stop it from happening again?

Maribel said, on January 11, 2010 1:24 PM:

It seems to only import text, not images from the blog, although it does show a space, or an image marker if you will, where the image is supposed to be. Is this happening to anyone else?

Arman Obosyan said, on January 15, 2010 8:24 AM:

Thanks! I try some RSS apps but built-in Notes works perfect with RSS

Thanks!

Arman

Frankie said, on January 18, 2010 5:16 AM:

Start at your Home page,then mouse-over settings at the top right,and click 'Application Settings'.Then click 'Notes' on the left when the list comes up.Then a little way down on the right you will see the 'Notes Settings' box with the 'Import a blog' link.

Danielle said, on February 8, 2010 11:26 AM:

Hey Dave, do you know if it's possible to subscribe to an RSS feed on a group page? Our group, in the link, has a blog that we'd like to hook up to the group's facebook page.

Movies Arab said, on February 15, 2010 6:50 PM:

Hi, i cant put blogspot feed?

facebookguru said, on February 25, 2010 7:56 AM:

hay!Dave your blogs entries and your rss feed its too important for newbies.

Jeremy said, on March 2, 2010 12:16 PM:

Great tip! Thanks. Just one question: when you initially set up your blog to feed to your Facebook Page's notes, did you notice that the few most recent posts were also posted to your page's wall? Did you then notice that subsequent blog posts were fed to the "Notes" section, but *not* to your wall?

This is what I've noticed on a few different pages on which I've implemented this "blog to notes" link. New blog posts don't get pushed to the wall.

Anyone know why, or how to change this to ensure that new posts get published on your wall?

Tores said, on April 14, 2010 3:53 AM:

Dave, Thank you for all the good work you do.

kieran cassidy said, on April 21, 2010 5:02 AM:

Thanks a lot Dave simple and easy.

nick Coleby said, on May 13, 2010 6:35 AM:

Hi guys I have done this and it worked first time which was very good, but I updated my blog and it didn't update it in facebook do you have to do this manually or will it update its self?

please help

many thanks

Nick

Bill Treloar said, on August 1, 2010 4:25 PM:

Hi, Dave,

I guess Facebook's changed since you wrote this. I find the link for Notes in my top nav bar ... but once there, I can't find the Notes Settings link you mention. Do you have any new advice on this?

Steve Sanger said, on August 4, 2010 4:33 AM:

Im glad im not the only one that finds Facebook confusing!!

Allison said, on August 17, 2010 11:26 AM:

I keep getting an error when importing my blog - it keeps saying it is not finding my blog- it is a typepad blog...does anyone know why?

Gavin said, on August 19, 2010 4:55 AM:

Hi Dave

I would like to find out if there is any way to import my monthly newsletter (html coding) into FB

Kerry said, on September 1, 2010 5:56 AM:

Thanks Dave you just saved me a few hours trying to find out how to do this. Worked perfect.

Kim said, on September 1, 2010 12:26 PM:

Thanks! You saved me a lot of research!

I too find FB confusing at times.

Mally said, on September 4, 2010 4:01 PM:

This doesn't seem to work on the new facebook. Maybe its time for a plugin?

Kelly said, on September 17, 2010 1:57 PM:

Hi Dave! Thank you for sharing this! I think facebook made an update and changed "Notes Settings" to "Edit import settings".

By the way, is it possible to change the tab name "notes" to "blog" or just customize it?

I'd be happy to hear from you. Thanks!

Mark Bartley said, on September 20, 2010 9:41 AM:

Thanks for the explanation Dave - that should save me a few hours - appreciate it.

Dani said, on September 25, 2010 2:30 AM:

I keep getting this error when i press the Confirm button (to confirm the import) : "Sorry, an error has occurred.

We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can."

Does anyone else get this ?

Peter Chan said, on September 29, 2010 2:40 PM:

I wanted to import my Blog into my facebook page. But it seems Facebook has changed.

Is this still posible?

juzhax said, on October 9, 2010 1:08 AM:

The solution above has been outdated.

I'm using this to solve my RSS

http://www.justin.my/2010/09/how-to-import-rss-feed-to-facebook-page/

firdaus said, on October 14, 2010 4:24 AM:

Great Job Dude, thank You very much !!! Can I know how to put like button for each of my blog content ?

Neeraj Mishra said, on April 6, 2011 7:23 AM:

Suburb tip.......thanks a lot

manuel siteon said, on May 19, 2011 4:34 AM:

Yes!!! its work to me thanks my friend...

Tori said, on May 28, 2011 12:40 AM:

I did all the above to import notes to my Facebook page and it all imported however, when I add posts to my blog, they don't show up on Facebook.

Candrameda said, on August 24, 2011 9:33 PM:

Thanks a lot Dave n good jobs

Keanu Norton said, on November 18, 2012 10:12 AM:

Dear Dave,

I cannot see the option to import the blog on my notes, is this information already outdated and there is a different way to do it now?

Thank you.

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!

How do I import my blog entries or RSS feed into Facebook?

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