Three of the most popular posts on this blog have to do with how to merge duplicate/multiple Fan pages on Facebook. For some people, it just won’t work because they don’t meet the criteria. Those folks are at the mercy of “reporting the Page as a duplicate” for the Page they want to keep. I have explained this numerous times in the blog comments but now am going to explain it here via step by step and via video.
Reporting a Fan Page as a Duplicate
- Copy the URL of the page you want to KEEP.
- Go to the page you want to report as a duplicate.
- Click on the wheel icon next to the ‘Like’ button or ‘Message’ button on the right.
- Choose “Report Page”
- Select “It is duplicated or miscategorized”
- From the Choose a Type dropdown select “Duplicate of another page”
- And in the box where it asks you “Which page is this a duplicate of?” – paste the URL from step 1 into the box. You should see the page you want to get rid (report as duplicate) appear and you need to select it so that it fills in the box properly.
- Click “Continue”
I’ve heard it normally takes Facebook 2-3 weeks to get back to you depending on their backlog. You can report multiple pages as duplicates. I am not aware of any limits. Of course, the page name (not URL) needs to be the same or similar. If you don’t know what I mean then see the blog regarding Facebook User Name Clarified.
If the instructions above are not clear, here’s a video:
YouTube is ban in our zone, so kindly paste the direct link of this video in comment box… Thanx
Hi Momin,
Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3GjeAAOnOA&list=UU-HWQZhOA-jN32Rxnpsi-SQ&index=1&feature=plcp
Tracy ~ My reporting is same as you but the problem is “it never went to Thanks message” as in your one “THANKS WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR REPORT”, perhaps it stuck when i click on page page from the list nothing happened… No Thanks message or report confirmed. Thnx
Hi Momin – if you clicked on the page in the drop down when reporting the page and it didn’t populate into that box, then try possibly typing a space at the end of the URL or switching browsers. – Tracy
Very interesting article that you’ve posted. Found the views to be quite informative and intriguing. First time to read about it. Thanks for sharing.
wht happend after reporting?
Sha – you need to wait 2-3 weeks for Facebook to respond. You’ll get a response eventually.
I want to report a page which is the duplicate of my official fan page . As it was created by someone before the official page , it has more likes than mine . People get confused by both the pages as they have got similar names . I just want to keep my official page on facebook .