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How to handle my own url's in Facebook and Pinterest?

by Jeannie Crabtree
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I had a couple questions, all having to do with using url's in Facebook and Pinterest.

If I post something at Pinterest and try to link it to my Facebook fan page, it won't do it. How should I handle that url?

I see a lot of people using a url shortener for their url of their website, in Facebook and sometimes Pinterest.

What is the downside to doing that, or is that the best way to go? I would think a direct link would be better seo wise, but I need some feed back please.

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author xpesos
    There is easy way to connect your pinterest profile with facebook using settings, and your pins will automatically be posted on your fb page
    I don't much about facebook but i have seen that URL shortners are often reported at pinterest and they are taken down or blocked quite frequently
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeannie Crabtree
      Thanks for your comments.

      I just want to pin in specific boards to be able to reference a fanpage. So I am thinking I will have to make an image and put the url of a website page and forward that page to facebook fanpage. Anyone have experience with that?

      Originally Posted by xpesos View Post

      There is easy way to connect your pinterest profile with facebook using settings, and your pins will automatically be posted on your fb page
      I don't much about facebook but i have seen that URL shortners are often reported at pinterest and they are taken down or blocked quite frequently
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
        Originally Posted by Jeannie Crabtree View Post

        Thanks for your comments.

        I just want to pin in specific boards to be able to reference a fanpage. So I am thinking I will have to make an image and put the url of a website page and forward that page to facebook fanpage. Anyone have experience with that?
        I think this is probably your best bet. URL shorteners come and go and when they go, they take your links with them so I think better to use the real URL's. I don't know if you are on Wordpress with your site, but if you are, i use a plugin called quick page.post redirect. Its pretty simple to set up and use, which I really like. :-)
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        • Profile picture of the author Jeannie Crabtree
          Thanks for the suggestion Michael. I do use wordpress and I was going to use prettylink, so that I can track whether anyone is clicking through. It will forward to a different url as well.


          Originally Posted by Michael Shook View Post

          I think this is probably your best bet. URL shorteners come and go and when they go, they take your links with them so I think better to use the real URL's. I don't know if you are on Wordpress with your site, but if you are, i use a plugin called quick page.post redirect. Its pretty simple to set up and use, which I really like. :-)
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      • Profile picture of the author Rashell
        Originally Posted by Jeannie Crabtree View Post

        Thanks for your comments.

        I just want to pin in specific boards to be able to reference a fanpage. So I am thinking I will have to make an image and put the url of a website page and forward that page to facebook fanpage. Anyone have experience with that?

        You can try:

        Pinterest Answers How to Pin from Facebook to Pinterest using a URL | Sexy Business Backends

        or

        Pinterest Answers Can I automatically pin Facebook images? | Sexy Business Backends

        Rashell
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeannie Crabtree
    And if someone has some info to share on what is best url methods to use on a facebook fan page. I see people using the real url and some using a url shortener. (Personally, I don't like to use url shorteners).
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