How to Send a Like It Button on Facebook

With a few clicks, you can send a "Like" button to a friend's Facebook wall.

On Facebook, users can build online profiles to share ideas, images and videos, while meeting new friends in the process. Your profile is the backbone of your Facebook identity, and you can let people know as much as you care to share about yourself through this virtual persona. One way to add personalization to a profile is by "liking" Facebook pages, people and things. When you "like" something on Facebook, it tells other people a little about you; also, you can track your "liked" pages on your news feed. If you think you've found a page that a friend might like, you can send a "Like" button to her Facebook "wall" and encourage her to also follow the page.

Instructions

1. Browse to Facebook.com and log in to your account.

2. Visit the page, message, image or other Facebook content that you want to share.

3. Click the "Share" link next to the message, image or on the page. A pop-up appears offering several sharing options.

4. Click on the drop-down arrow next to "On Your Wall" and select "On a Friend's Wall."

5. Enter your friend's name in the "Type a Friend's Name" box. Click on your friend's profile image after typing the name. You can enter more than one friend.

6. Type a message in the "Write Something" field if you like, or you can leave this field blank.

7. Click the blue "Share" button at the bottom of the window. The image, message or page that you want to share appears on your friend's wall, accompanied by a "Like" button.

References

• CNET; "Facebook Turns On Its 'Like' Button"; Steven Musil; 2009
• "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Facebook"; Mikal E. Belicove, et al.; 2010

Resources

• Facebook: Connect and Share With People in Your Life