How do I change the excerpt shown on Facebook for my pages?
The text blurb here that shows up on Facebook, how do I change it?
A:
For any page in your control panel, click Page Settings > Social media. The excerpt is right there.
Facebook tends to cache this information for a long time, but you can clear Facebook's cache by using the Facebook debug tool. It's a little trick, just put the public URL of your page into that form and Facebook will re-get your page.
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Jim Gilliam commented
2012-01-29 14:38:07 -0800
Thanks, Lisa.. I updated the answer and added details on how to bust’s Facebook’s cache (a trick we’ve since learned).
Lisa Du commented
2012-01-29 14:21:00 -0800
This answer seems to be outdated – Now it appears as though you have to select Pages > Select the Page you want to edit the excerpt for > Settings > Page Settings > Social Media. The Facebook excerpt definitely does not change instantly… still waiting.
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