{"id":4417,"date":"2015-10-16T15:43:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaghettiagency.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:33:23","slug":"why-your-local-business-needs-to-get-facebook-verified-and-how-to-do-it-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaghettiagency.co.uk\/blog\/why-your-local-business-needs-to-get-facebook-verified-and-how-to-do-it-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Local Business Needs To Get Facebook Verified (And How To Do It Quickly)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook for business has been a real arse over the last few years, hasn’t it?!<\/p>\n

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Diminishing reach and paying to play were not mentioned when we signed up to it!<\/p>\n

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But hey, it’s free, so what do you expect?<\/p>\n

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But what about this? A new (free) option for Facebook that will help small businesses.<\/p>\n

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We recently verified our Business Page and now we have a sexy ‘tick’ next to our brand – nice!<\/p>\n

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\"Why<\/p>\n

Why Your Local Business Needs To Get Facebook Verified (And How To Do It Quickly)<\/h1>\n

So how do you verify your small business on Facebook?<\/h2>\n

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Well (unusually for Facebook) it’s actually really simple!<\/p>\n

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Log in as your page and click settings from the top right:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"How<\/p>\n

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Then click on the ‘Page Verification’ from the right (it’s the third one down):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Verifying<\/p>\n

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Then click ‘Verify this Page’ and follow the steps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You’ll need to supply a phone number which Facebook will call you on (using an automated call) and give you a PIN. Then you simply add that PIN into the screen presented to you and “voila!”<\/p>\n

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\"Getting<\/a><\/p>\n

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What if it doesn’t work…?<\/h2>\n

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I’ve heard from some business owners who said they were unable to verify their Page and I’m certain after testing a few of my clients’ Pages that this will be down to a one or more of the following reasons:<\/p>\n

1) (The most obvious one) your address is not on your Facebook Page\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) The address on your Facebook Page doesn’t match the one on your website\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0Your phone number is not on your Facebook Page<\/strong><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0The phone number on your Facebook Page\u00a0doesn’t match your website<\/strong><\/p>\n

5) Another reason could be that your Page is not listed as a local business<\/em>. To change this go to About>Page Info>Category and change one of the categories to ‘Local Business’.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This isn’t from Facebook… this is from some minor tinkering – but it makes sense to me.<\/p>\n

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When you verify a Google Business Page you have to get these things right, and I would think Facebook will have this in place.<\/p>\n

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All Facebook are asking for is a phone number and an address and it makes sense that they will check this elsewhere too.<\/p>\n

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Why should you verify your Business Page?<\/h2>\n

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This is a great move by Facebook. It’s sorts out the ‘mess’ on their platform.<\/p>\n

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Tidy up old Pages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Too many businesses have old Pages and listings that are not correct or dormant.<\/p>\n

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Pubs are one of the main reason for this, with owners coming and going, and I’ve fixed a few restaurant Pages in the past!<\/p>\n

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Find the ‘right’ Page<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will make sure that the businesses you<\/em> come across on Facebook will be the right ones and it will also help business owners tidy up messy listings by verifying the right one.<\/p>\n

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Correct those incorrect check-ins?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may have incorrect listing thanks to old check-ins created by your guests.<\/p>\n

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I think (and hope) this will make sure that future guests will check-in to the right one and thus tell all their friends where they are… with the right Page linked.<\/p>\n

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Having a tick next to your business name makes it obvious which one is for checking in to.<\/p>\n

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Verification Brings Authority!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also think that this will help you get found. Facebook have said that verified Pages will appear higher up the listings.<\/p>\n

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Although this is only for searches for your specific business I do think there’s some argument for verifying your Page just in case this means higher ranking for your niche or genre in your area too.<\/p>\n

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I’d also wager a bet that this will help your ranking outside of Facebook too as Google now ranks listings on Facebook. Making your Page official will be seen as A Good Thing by those Google bots!<\/p>\n

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Get verified!<\/h2>\n

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My advice is get your website and Facebook address and phone numbers synched.<\/p>\n

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I’m certain this will make it simple to verify your Page and it’s a good tactic for SEO.<\/p>\n

Google will look across all sites for what they call ‘Citation flow’ which helps you rank locally if your details match up across lots of platforms.<\/p>\n

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Let me know how you get on, and if you need help tidying up old Pages I have some neat tips for that too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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