How to Sync Facebook to Google Buzz
If you are a Google user that opted to create a Google profile, Google Buzz is the portion of your profile that lets you post status updates and view the status updates of other Google users, much like the News Feed portion of Facebook. If you want to sync your Facebook News Feed with Google Buzz so that you may view your Facebook feed in your Google profile, you can do so in a few steps.
Instructions
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Open the computer's Web browser and navigate to the Facebook log-in page. Type your Facebook account email and password in the spaces provided and click the "Login" button to log in to your Facebook account.
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Click the "Profile" link at the top of your Facebook homepage and move your mouse cursor over your profile picture. A URL will now appear in the bottom left corner of the Web browser. Write down the sequence of numbers that is at the end of this URL. This is your Facebook profile ID.
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Navigate to the Google sign-in page. Type your Google account email and password in the spaces provided and click the "Sign In" button to sign in to your Google account.
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Click your username in the upper right corner of your Gmail homepage and select the "Edit Profile" option from the drop-down menu.
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Click the "Link" link, followed by the "Add Custom Link" option. Name the link "Facebook" and enter "http://www.facebook.com/minifeed.php?status&id;=*******" in the space labeled "URL," where the asterisks are replaced by the Facebook profile ID you wrote down in Step 2.
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Place a check mark next to the "This is a profile page about me" option and click the "Save" button to save the settings. Your Facebook News Feed will now be fed to your Google Buzz feed in your Google profile.
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