How to Add a YouTube Video to Facebook

by Tom TreanorApril 14, 2012December 1, 2015

In this short video I’ll show you how to add a video to Facebook.

Here are the basic steps:

Find the video in YouTube
Click “share” at the bottom of the video
Copy the link that you see there
Go to Facebook – to your profile or a page
Add the link to the update. Facebook should find the video after a couple of seconds
Feel free to describe the video or add a link to a blog post or other related content
Here’s a link to my video post in Facebook so you can see an example

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Tom Treanor is the contributor at the Right Mix Marketing blog. He’s the author of the Search Engine Boot Camp, the co-author of Online Business Productivity, and regularly speaks at industry and corporate events. His writing has been featured on the Content Marketing Institute, Social Media Examiner, Copyblogger and other leading industry blogs. View all posts by Tom Treanor

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Ryan Hanley

Tom,

Does Facebook consider this a 1st Party add to your timeline and give it the increased weight in Fan News Feeds?

Thanks!

Ryan H.

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Tom

Ryan, I don’t think so actually. I can post as the page though (and I alternate) so I think that would be more likely to reach the fans. The ones I post as me might get my non-page fans though. That’s why I alternate. Thanks for asking.

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Ryan Hanley

Thanks Tom… the whole idea on Facebook of 1st Party versus 3rd Party adds to your Timeline is a pain in rear-end…

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Ileane

This is a great question Ryan. I think that any kind of Facebook sharing tool is considered as a Facebook post. Therefore, just like the Facebook share buttons we have on our blogs, the share button on YouTube should be considered as posting directly to Facebook. Make sense?