Facebook continues to strive to improve its image and try keep your platform free of . To try to maintain credibility in your platform postsfrom now on publishers who share content must verify your domain on facebook if they want to edit the links they have shared on the social network.
Only verified domains will be able to edit post thumbnails
After the avalanche of criticism that has been the target of the case of , Facebook looks for any loophole where the information could be fraudulent or user data could be in danger. The social network has recognized that it needs Greater control over potential abuse and s that are shared on your platform.
Although sometimes we want to make the , editing the metadata or even modifying the titleand until recently any of the publishers could make these adjustments, now it will be required to verify the domain in Facebook to carry them out.
Yes, it is one more step that will have to be taken to have the editing privileges in the links shared on Facebook, but it is a good measure so that they are not used improperly or falsely on the social network.
How to verify your domain on Facebook
To request verification of your domain on Facebook you must access Business Managerand press the option “Business setup”. Once you are inside the configuration menu, you must click on the option “People and Assets” and from the navigation list on the left, select “domains”
Within this menu, you must select the button “Add new domains” and add the name of the domain that you want to confirm as yours, as we have done in our configuration:
Once this step is done, there are two ways to verify the domain on Facebook: DNS verification or upload an HTML file to your web directory.
1.DNS verification
In this option to verify your domain on Facebook, you must add an entry in the DNS TXT of the domain you have selected. For this you should ira you and add the indicated TXT entry to the DNS record.
If you choose this option, you will have to wait until the changes have propagated over the network, which may take up to 72 hours after the DNS modification is done. Once the 72 hours have passed, you will be able to access your Facebook business page again and make click on the “Verify” button.
2.Upload an HTML file to your web directory
You can download a verification file of domain in Facebook, with HTML format that you should upload to root directory on your web page. Once the file is ready, you can click the “Verify”.
As you can see, this is a much faster option, which is why we chose it too, but we must recommend it to you. do not delete the file from the directoryas Facebook may carry out further verification at any time.
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