If you want to tag a status update in Facebook how do you do it? First it is different than tagging photos. For photos, you simply put a square around the person’s face using the tag tool from the photo page sidebar and select your friend’s name from a drop down. With the wall, it is different. First it is important to know that tagging in this manner does not seem to work on the iPhone and for Macs. Firefox may have some trouble too, but using Facebook with the Internet Explorer browser does seem to work.
To tag someone in a wall update just put @ then a space and start typing a few characters of that person’s name. Leave proper spacing if you need to enter in the first and last name. Facebook will usually provide a drop down list as you type and you can select a name right from the menu. When you click the name the @ sign disappears and the person’s name appears hyperlinked to their Facebook profile. Cool huh? I am not seeing that this is working in comments to wall posts but does work for new wall posts that you create.
The is a great tool to point people to your business page or to another Facebook page or person that you like. As search engines are watching social media interactions and wall updates to point to your business page and try to drive traffic is an excellent idea and may generate more traffic for your page and get you more fans. Try it out today, just point to our Facebook page @ mccordweb or @ McCord Web Services – we have two.
I would like to second Amelia’s comment. I would like to tag people as a business page. It’s a great way to draw attention to a wall post that a fan might not otherwise be aware of.
I have one customer who sent a very favourable feedback email which I want to transcribe onto a wall post and tagging them would be a great way to show we appreciate the kind words.
I am hoping you can help. When I am logged in as my fan page (www.facebook.com/ameliaharpist) I can not tag people in my post. This only works if I am logged into my personal account… which is pointless because the whole idea is that I want to point people to my fan page. The people I am trying to tag are fans of my page … any thoughts on this? I am pretty new to it, so might be doing something wrong. Thanks!