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Can I have several Facebook Pages to the same domain name?

Multiple Facebook Pages for the same domain name.

         

navitas

9:06 pm on Feb 12, 2017 (gmt 0)

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For example my domain name is: BlueWidget.com
Can I have these pages:
fb.com/bluewidget - www.bluewidget.com
fb.com/accommodation.in.xyzcity - www.bluewidget.com/accommodation-in-xyzcity
fb.com/affordable.things.in.xyzcity - www.bluewidget.com/affordable-things-in-xyzcity
fb.com/widget.in.xyzcity - www.bluewidget.com/widget-in-xyzcity

And for every FB page I will have a link inside my website like presented.
That is because FB ask for a website address.
Of course phone number will be the same and address.

So can I have these pages or will be against FB terms?
I would like to admin several pages on FB for promoting my business.

bluewidget.com is just an example, nothing real.


[edited by: not2easy at 10:38 pm (utc) on Feb 12, 2017]
[edit reason] anonymized examples [/edit]

keyplyr

3:41 am on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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Hi navitas and welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com]

Yes, you can create as many pages as you like and fill them with your info - but only one may get verified with the check icon.

You can probably get away with it as long as no one reports duplicates and suggests merging them.

navitas

10:01 am on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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Duplicates I don't think it could be. For real these are 2 of my services:
- widgets repairing + location
- otherwidgets repairing + location
My website it will be something like www.bluewidget.com and of course I will have these 2 FB pages like in the previous example. Nobody can say these are duplicates.

So the question is for the same brandname website could be more FB pages with different services?
It will be against the terms? My intuition is saying no because there are real examples in real world:
fb.com/ExampleMagyarorszag/
and the link is:
www.example.com/hu/home/
For Germany is the same situation:
fb.com/ExampleDeutschland/
and the link is:
www.example.com/de/

So the same domain name, example.com, but different links to the same domain and different FB pages.
For me will not by different by language, but by services:
widgets repairing
otherwidgets repairing
cars' widgets repairing
and so on...
If my company name is Widgets Prague it will not be explicit for my services. But I offer different services so I think different FB pages are welcome.
Of course "widgets fixing in prague" will be a duplicate for "widgets repairing in prague" and I will not own both pages because is costing me too much. (I want to pay some FB advertising.)

But for sure I need to know that I am not against FB terms.
What you say?
Anyone else same problem?


[edited by: not2easy at 3:03 pm (utc) on Feb 13, 2017]
[edit reason] anonymized specifics/see Charter [/edit]

keyplyr

10:17 am on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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Products don't matter. FB business pages get verified by human editors. They validate the business and authorize the page.

As I said above, you can make as many pages as you like as long as you don't try to verify more than one to your business.

If you make extra business pages (not connecting them) someone may report them as a duplicate business page (not product) and request it be merged. An editor will eventually take a look and that page may disappear.

navitas

1:33 pm on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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I see, so the FB page should be business oriented. Good! I understood this.
But what if I do this way, I have a business page for my brand and another 2-3 business pages with my services connected to some other external domains like this:

www.mybrand.com >>> fb.com/mybrand
www.doorsrepairingprague.com >>> fb.com/doors.repairing.prague
www.windowsrepairingprague.com >>> fb.com/windows.repairing.prague


AND A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION
I will make my website multilingual in few extra foreign languages.
Is it ok to make like Samsung? To have this way:
www.mybrand.com >>> fb.com/mybrand
www.mybrand.com/hu/ >>> fb.com/mybrand.magyarorszag
www.mybrand.com/de/ >>> fb.com/mybrand.deutschland


So there I have 2 questions to you:
1. If is ok with FB terms to have other websites to the same business, that has their own FB Pages?
2. For multilingual website is ok with FB terms to have multiple FB Pages corresponding to every language, but connected to the same domain name? (Samsung way)


Thank you

navitas

1:40 pm on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

5+ Year Member



Extra info
I will try to verify only mybrand.com and the other 2 domains (+ 2 FB pages) will have simple websites only for SEO purposes. I will not validate them.

Offtopic
Hi navitas and welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com]
Thank you very much. I am quite surprised that this discussion wasn't found on internet. I made some searches with this situation and I didn't found anything. And I am surprised because for sure what I am thinking is common for other small business owners/seo contractors.

mack

1:40 pm on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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You need to ask, is this going to make your business easier to find?

Different pages for different products or services means you are watering down your presence. Would you like to have 5000 likes? What if these likes are scattered over several pages. It's hard work maintaining one page effectively, and engaging with your users without adding additional pages into the mix. It's just a lot more work, and it may even have a detrimental effect.

Mack.

keyplyr

1:44 pm on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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As long as those other domains establish different businesses. They can't all have the same business address, email & telephone numbers. That's what FB says (somewhere.) However, you may get lucky and sneak one past the human editors.

Know that it usually takes several weeks to get the page approved. I had to submit mine 3 times. But you don't have to get all your pages approved - that's the point I've made twice. If you try to get them all approved as certified business pages (with the check icon) you will likely get caught and you don't want to get caught attempting to game FB; you may end up on a ban list.

navitas

2:28 pm on Feb 13, 2017 (gmt 0)

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Very good answers indeed.
So I will start directly with fb.com/mybrand
Should I be reserved and start fb.com/mybrand.czech ?
My first language for website will be Czech and English will be added as second.
I also have both domains:
mybrand.com
mybrand.cz

Because I have a small business for SEO is better to have only one domain name in use. If I would use only Czech language then .cz will be better. But If I would like to have my website in other languages too, .com is better.

So how should I do this?
Getting FB.COM/MYBRAND.CZECH for Czech language and FB.COM/MYBRAND for English?
Initial I will have Czech and English, but later I would add some other languages like France, German, Italian, Russian,...
So I will register new FB pages like FB.COM/MYBRAND.FRANCE, FB.COM/ITALIA,...
Is it ok this way?

I also saw that FB is offering an option to translate the post in other languages. Is it useful?
For me I don't think will work because I need to upload short clips and info-graphics that will be also multilingual.
It will be better with different FB pages by language.

How would be better? (respecting FB terms.)

keyplyr

12:19 pm on Feb 14, 2017 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



navitas, I've said what I know several times. There isn't any other way to say it. Go make your FB pages. Experiment with the content. See what happens. That's what we all do. I don't have any magic answers. Good luck.