Skip to content
    Moz logo Menu open Menu close
    • Products
      • Moz Pro
      • Moz Pro Home
      • Moz Local
      • Moz Local Home
      • STAT
      • Moz API
      • Moz API Home
      • Compare SEO Products
      • Moz Data
    • Free SEO Tools
      • Domain Analysis
      • Keyword Explorer
      • Link Explorer
      • Competitive Research
      • MozBar
      • More Free SEO Tools
    • Learn SEO
      • Beginner's Guide to SEO
      • SEO Learning Center
      • Moz Academy
      • MozCon
      • Webinars, Whitepapers, & Guides
    • Blog
    • Why Moz
      • Digital Marketers
      • Agency Solutions
      • Enterprise Solutions
      • Small Business Solutions
      • The Moz Story
      • New Releases
    • Log in
    • Log out
    • Products
      • Moz Pro

        Your all-in-one suite of SEO essentials.

      • Moz Local

        Raise your local SEO visibility with complete local SEO management.

      • STAT

        SERP tracking and analytics for enterprise SEO experts.

      • Moz API

        Power your SEO with our index of over 44 trillion links.

      • Compare SEO Products

        See which Moz SEO solution best meets your business needs.

      • Moz Data

        Power your SEO strategy & AI models with custom data solutions.

      Track AI Overviews in Keyword Research
      Moz Pro

      Track AI Overviews in Keyword Research

      Try it free!
    • Free SEO Tools
      • Domain Analysis

        Get top competitive SEO metrics like DA, top pages and more.

      • Keyword Explorer

        Find traffic-driving keywords with our 1.25 billion+ keyword index.

      • Link Explorer

        Explore over 40 trillion links for powerful backlink data.

      • Competitive Research

        Uncover valuable insights on your organic search competitors.

      • MozBar

        See top SEO metrics for free as you browse the web.

      • More Free SEO Tools

        Explore all the free SEO tools Moz has to offer.

      NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic
      Moz Pro

      NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic

      Learn more
    • Learn SEO
      • Beginner's Guide to SEO

        The #1 most popular introduction to SEO, trusted by millions.

      • SEO Learning Center

        Broaden your knowledge with SEO resources for all skill levels.

      • On-Demand Webinars

        Learn modern SEO best practices from industry experts.

      • How-To Guides

        Step-by-step guides to search success from the authority on SEO.

      • Moz Academy

        Upskill and get certified with on-demand courses & certifications.

      • MozCon

        Save on Early Bird tickets and join us in London or New York City

      Unlock flexible pricing & new endpoints
      Moz API

      Unlock flexible pricing & new endpoints

      Find your plan
    • Blog
    • Why Moz
      • Digital Marketers

        Simplify SEO tasks to save time and grow your traffic.

      • Small Business Solutions

        Uncover insights to make smarter marketing decisions in less time.

      • Agency Solutions

        Earn & keep valuable clients with unparalleled data & insights.

      • Enterprise Solutions

        Gain a competitive edge in the ever-changing world of search.

      • The Moz Story

        Moz was the first & remains the most trusted SEO company.

      • New Releases

        Get the scoop on the latest and greatest from Moz.

      Surface actionable competitive intel
      New Feature

      Surface actionable competitive intel

      Learn More
    • Log in
      • Moz Pro
      • Moz Local
      • Moz Local Dashboard
      • Moz API
      • Moz API Dashboard
      • Moz Academy
    • Avatar
      • Moz Home
      • Notifications
      • Account & Billing
      • Manage Users
      • Community Profile
      • My Q&A
      • My Videos
      • Log Out

    The Moz Q&A Forum

    • Forum
    • Questions
    • Users
    • Ask the Community

    Welcome to the Q&A Forum

    Browse the forum for helpful insights and fresh discussions about all things SEO.

    1. Home
    2. Digital Marketing
    3. Social Media
    4. Is there a Bug or other problem with Facebook Page 'invite friends' feature ?

    Moz Q&A is closed.

    After more than 13 years, and tens of thousands of questions, Moz Q&A closed on 12th December 2024. Whilst we’re not completely removing the content - many posts will still be possible to view - we have locked both new posts and new replies. More details here.

    Is there a Bug or other problem with Facebook Page 'invite friends' feature ?

    Social Media
    2
    14
    21788
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as question
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with question management privileges can see it.
    • Dan-Lawrence
      Dan-Lawrence last edited by

      Hi

      Im trying to use the invite friends feature on Facebook pages to send a page invite to some email contacts, as per #3 in this SME recent post of FB tips: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/five-lesser-known-facebook-page-features-for-marketers

      However whenever i click the 'invite friends' option the dialogue box swirls for a bit then disapears and nothing whatsoever happens, not just not being able to see invite email options but nothing at all happens, the loading box just disapears.

      Does anyone know if this is a current know issue bug or other way of doing this so it works ? (I have tried on 3 different pages)

      Many Thanks

      Dan

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • Dan-Lawrence
        Dan-Lawrence @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

        also ive checked with some other page admins and they are definatly not seeing that drop down option for this or other pages they are admins for

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • Dan-Lawrence
          Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

          nothing happens when i press print screen 😕 not having much luck with anything today am i 🙂

          Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • DmitriiK
            DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

            uhmm... I used keyboard. a print screen button.

            Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Dan-Lawrence
              Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

              i use awsome screenshot and it wont capture drop down menu annoyingly !!

              what screenshot soft did you use and ill try that ?

              cheers

              dan

              DmitriiK 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • DmitriiK
                DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                I reeeeeally doubt that.

                Now, what are you seeing? attach a screenshot

                Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • Dan-Lawrence
                  Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                  thanks again Dmitri but i definately don't see that option. Since i don't do you agree this could be being phased out ?

                  DmitriiK 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • DmitriiK
                    DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                    See the screenshot below.

                    Lz1mNiL

                    Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                    • Dan-Lawrence
                      Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                      Im not seeing it anywhere on that drop down list and have checked a couple of other pages i manage too and its just not there, do you think its being phased out and already has been for some users (also as per the penultimate comment on that SME article thread) ?

                      DmitriiK 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • DmitriiK
                        DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                        Oh, that's when you click on that three dots icon, it's right below "invite friends".

                        Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                        • Dan-Lawrence
                          Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                          Good stuff Dimiti 🙂 thanks for that !!

                          All good up until point 5 where i dont see a 'suggest page' option , where do you see that in the list of friends after you click invite friends or somewhere else ?

                          all best

                          dan

                          DmitriiK 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • DmitriiK
                            DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                            Ok, I figured it out.

                            There is a misleading and not full info on the article you linked to.

                            So, to make it work you gotta:

                            1. log out, log in as yourself;
                            2. on LEFT side column find the business page
                            3. then on cover photo, by "message" click three dots icon
                            4. click "invite friends" if you want to invite friends
                            5. click "suggest page", if you want to use email uploads

                            Works like a charm

                            Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • Dan-Lawrence
                              Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                              HI Dimitri

                              yes i have also tried firefox and same issue , the loading box pops up and swirls around a bit (to indicate a dialogue box is about to load) but then just disapears.

                              I presume if pop ups were not enabled the dialogue box would not even begin to load ?

                              cheers

                              dah

                              DmitriiK 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • DmitriiK
                                DmitriiK last edited by

                                Hi.

                                Have you tried in different browsers? do you have pop-ups enabled?

                                Dan-Lawrence 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                • 1 / 1
                                • First post
                                  Last post

                                Got a burning SEO question?

                                Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.


                                Start my free trial


                                Browse Questions

                                Explore more categories

                                • Moz Tools

                                  Chat with the community about the Moz tools.

                                • SEO Tactics

                                  Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers

                                • Community

                                  Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!

                                • Digital Marketing

                                  Chat about tactics outside of SEO

                                • Research & Trends

                                  Dive into research and trends in the search industry.

                                • Support

                                  Connect on product support and feature requests.

                                • See all categories

                                Related Questions

                                • IM_Learner

                                  Can we create regional pages on Facebook?

                                  Hi, Our business spans across many countries and in order to maintain brand consistency, we were contemplating to create regional fan pages on Facebook. The structure would be like parent-child relation i.e. one main page and other regional pages. Is it possible? We searched for it but could't find something concrete except that in 2012 Facebook was testing similar concept. Regards

                                  Social Media | | IM_Learner
                                  1
                                • PeaSoupDigital

                                  Company FB Page Automatically Friend-Requesting Admins' Contacts

                                  Hola, So today we added 3 or 4 admins to our company FB page. Our company FB consists of a 'profile' and that 'profile' has create a FB 'page' for the business. All of a sudden, the profile (not the company 'page') started to get a new friends. We thought this was weird as we weren't using this for promotion, we were using the company FB page. Anyway, when we dug a little deeper, we found the profile had automatically sent friend requests to all of the admins' contacts (around 2,000 people!). When we checked the friend request page, we realised we can't cancel all the requests, they have to be done individually! Why would FB do this? It might not be so bad if it was actually inviting the admins' contacts to 'like' the business page, but it's just adding them to the main profile's friend list. The only solution we can find is to deactivate/delete the profile and keep the company page with all the admin attached. Any ideas on this one? It's very weird and now it just looks like our fleldgling business is spamming people! Cheers, Lewis

                                  Social Media | | PeaSoupDigital
                                  0
                                • Atomicx

                                  Way to reset Facebook page Reach sending patterns

                                  I have a client that posts a bunch of really poorly formatted and nonengaging content on her a Facebook business page. This has caused her reach to be very low, despite having 9000 real followers. Due to a history of poor content and therefore low engagement Facebook just does not send her stuff out anymore. Is there a way to change that? I heard you could reset that notion by staying off the page for a couple of weeks and then beginning to post once more with better stuff. Is that remotely true?

                                  Social Media | | Atomicx
                                  0
                                • Dan-Lawrence

                                  Changing FaceBook Username / url - do you retain your likes/fans

                                  hi just a quickie, anyone know off hand when you change your FB username/url do you retain or lose the likes/fans ? cheers dan

                                  Social Media | | Dan-Lawrence
                                  0
                                • JonsonSwartz

                                  How can I track on my facebook page shared links without using short url redirect service?

                                  Hi, I wondering how can I track and analyze on all my shared links in my facebook business page without using short url redirect service like: “Tiny” url or “bitly”? Thanks in advance.

                                  Social Media | | JonsonSwartz
                                  0
                                • wickerparadise

                                  Is Pinterest's Embed a Pin good for SEO?

                                  I was curious if by having Pinterest embed pins on my site will add SEO value... This would be used mainly on product pages for alternative images, closeup detail, any type of image to answer a customers question. I would accompany the pin with more text as another way of adding content to the page. Example on my site: Wicker Sofa product page with Pinterest Embed live. Also attached the screenshot of the code that is used by Pinterest pin embed widget. Hoping that extra unique content + social activity repins or follows, would help my store's SEO. Thank you for your answers in advance... 3uqUz57.png

                                  Social Media | | wickerparadise
                                  0
                                • CHEATERS

                                  Does buying thousands of Facebook Fans/Likes affect SEO?

                                  To begin with, please pardon me if this question is ignorant. I'm completely new to this whole social media thing, and somewhat feel it is overhyped. I find it really difficult to believe that social media will actually help the majority of small business owners out there like me, and that most of them are probably being misled about the powers of social media to increase sales. Because it's mentioned so frequently, I've decided to delve into it a bit more to see how this could possibly help me business. Over the past few weeks, I've become familiar with a company that sells Facebook Likes, Twitter followers, as well as YouTube and SoundCloud plays. Since my official Twitter and FaceBook accounts really didn't have that many followers, I decided to buy a few thousand followers for each account. Initially, I bought them because I wondered what would happen if a customer that visited my online store happened to go to those Twitter and Facebook pages. If I personally see a Facebook page with few followers, I probably wouldn't give them my business. I would want to go with a company that seems to generate a bunch of traffic to their pages. Originally, I only had about 200 Facebook followers (now called Likes, it seems) and maybe 25 Twitter followers. I now have over 12,000 Twitter followers and 2,000 Facebook Likes. I may end up buying more since the service was pretty quick and affordable. I'd like to know if Google factors Likes and followers into it's formula for creating SERPS. Will my website rank higher if I have 10,000 likes, rather than only 200? If so, would it be a notable increase? FWIW, I found that more people organically started following my Facebook and Twitter accounts once I had more followers. I didn't change anything about how I maintained the page; I just had more people following them. One other thing of note: these companies are almost certainly using fake/hacked accounts to like various pages around Facebook/Twitter. You can tell because my Facebook page says some city in Croatia has the most amount of 'likes' of my page. Do you think this might come into play at all? Thanks for any and all help!

                                  Social Media | | CHEATERS
                                  0
                                • MarieHaynes

                                  Is there any SEO benefit to hosting your Facebook photos on your own site?

                                  I will often post photos that I have taken to my Facebook page (either personal or my fan page).  Sometimes these can get lots of likes. I got thinking that perhaps I host these photos on my site (i.e. www.example.com/images/photo1.jpg) and then share that "page" on Facebook.  That way any of the likes would be counted towards my site. What do you guys think?

                                  Social Media | | MarieHaynes
                                  0

                                Get started with Moz Pro!

                                Unlock the power of advanced SEO tools and data-driven insights.

                                Start my free trial
                                Products
                                • Moz Pro
                                • Moz Local
                                • Moz API
                                • Moz Data
                                • STAT
                                • Product Updates
                                Moz Solutions
                                • SMB Solutions
                                • Agency Solutions
                                • Enterprise Solutions
                                • Digital Marketers
                                Free SEO Tools
                                • Domain Authority Checker
                                • Link Explorer
                                • Keyword Explorer
                                • Competitive Research
                                • Brand Authority Checker
                                • Local Citation Checker
                                • MozBar Extension
                                • MozCast
                                Resources
                                • Blog
                                • SEO Learning Center
                                • Help Hub
                                • Beginner's Guide to SEO
                                • How-to Guides
                                • Moz Academy
                                • API Docs
                                About Moz
                                • About
                                • Team
                                • Careers
                                • Contact
                                Why Moz
                                • Case Studies
                                • Testimonials
                                Get Involved
                                • Become an Affiliate
                                • MozCon
                                • Webinars
                                • Practical Marketer Series
                                • MozPod
                                Connect with us

                                Contact the Help team

                                Join our newsletter
                                Moz logo
                                © 2021 - 2025 SEOMoz, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. All rights reserved. Moz is a registered trademark of SEOMoz, Inc.
                                • Accessibility
                                • Terms of Use
                                • Privacy

                                Looks like your connection to Moz was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect.