Connect Facebook

In this guide, you’ll learn how to connect Facebook to your Moz Local location. 

Quick Links

• Preparing to connect Facebook

• Where in Moz Local can I connect Facebook?

• How to connect Facebook to Moz Local

Prior to connecting Facebook to your Moz Local location, there are a few items to check to ensure the process goes smoothly.

• Make sure you are using your real, personal Facebook account. You cannot use an account with a fake name, and you cannot use an ads account named after a business. Facebook will consider these accounts to be manufactured (or grey accounts), and there is a good chance they will disable them. If you need more information about grey accounts, you can review Facebook's help documentation.

• Make sure you have a Facebook Business page. Please review Facebook's help documentation if you need guidance on how to create a business page.

• Make sure you have the appropriate access level to the Facebook Business Page you want to connect to Moz Local. You will need to be an Admin or Editor on the page itself. Please review Facebook's help page if you need more information on setting permissions.

Once you have access to your Facebook Business Page (or you’ve created one), you can link it to Moz Local.

There are multiple places within your Moz Local account where you can start the linking process for Facebook.

• Networks page — Connect Facebook at the account level from your Networks view by clicking Connect or Manage Linking (if some locations are already connected).

• Reviews section — Connect Facebook at the location level from your Reviews section if you are connecting to your networks for the first time. After clicking Reviews from the left-hand navigation menu, you will be taken to the Manage Networks page, where you can click the Link Facebook Account tile to start the connection process.

• Location-level drop-down — Connect Facebook at the location level using the drop-down menu on the top right. Click the Facebook icon to start the connection process.

To connect Facebook to Moz Local, follow these steps:

1. To connect Facebook at the location level, make sure you are viewing the correct location in Moz Local.

2. Click the Link Facebook Account option using the Facebook tile or from the hover menu on the top right.

3. In the popup window, click Log in using Facebook.

4. Log into your Facebook account.

5. You should now see a list of all the Facebook pages you have access to. Click the page you want to link to your Moz Local location. If you do not see the Facebook page you want to link, click the Switch Account button and log in to an alternate Facebook account.

6. Once the link is successfully completed, you will receive a notification. You should now see that the profile photo for Facebook has been updated to the image being used on the connected Business page. This means Facebook has been successfully connected.