Chapter 24. Connecting Facebook to Other Sites and Services

Did you know that you can make posts to your Facebook feed from other websites? That’s right, Facebook makes it easy to share things you find interesting, such as news stories or blog posts, without having to copy and paste web page addresses and the like.

For that matter, some websites are so connected to Facebook that they report everything you do to your timeline and ticker. Songs you’ve listened to on Spotify, stories you’ve read on Yahoo! News—it’s all part of one big social connection, hosted by Facebook.

Liking and Sharing Pages

Find something interesting on the Web that you’d like to share with your Facebook friends? It’s easy enough to do by simply “liking” the page.

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