Debugger – A Facebook Page Admins Best Friend
November 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
If you manage a Facebook Page for your organization/company and often post links back to your website, then the Facebook Debugger (formerly called the URL Linter) should be your best friend. Why? Because it allows you to see what information Facebook will pull from any URL that you might post to your Fan Page. Whether you have set exact Open Graph tags or rely on the default Meta tags, the Debugger will show you what it can “scrape” from your URL.
But here is why I really find the Debugger to be a most valuable tool. Have you ever tried to post a URL and noticed Facebook is caching an old image or text (it will often retain content from the last time you posted the URL)? You can fix this by entering your URL into the Debugger and it will pull the latest version of your page. Then you can post the URL and access the updated content:
What do you use to help manage your Facebook Fan pages? Tell me about it in the comments.
