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Blog Posts Not Showing Up On Twitter or Facebook

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Hi. As some of you know, I noticed last week that my AR blog posts were not showing up on my Twitter and Facebook Accounts.  I am perplexed because I haven't changed any of my settings, etc.  I have spent days trying to recheck everything, find out what is going on, etc.  So far, I have gotten these responses, that I thought I would share with you all.  I doubt I am on the only one with these issues...let me know!

Activerain Help Desk: 

Automatic syndication of content to Twitter is broken; they changed their authentication API and we haven't had time to update our systems. I have no ETA for a fix at this time and apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Twitter Response:

 

Twitter recently stopped supporting basic authentication over RSS, which may be causing the errors you're seeing in your RSS reader. We stopped supporting basic authentication in favor of OAuth, an authentication method that lets you use applications without giving them your password. You can read more about the change here: http://blog.twitter.com/2010/08/twitter-applications-and-oauth.html

Because of this change, we no longer directly support RSS feeds on Twitter. If you would like to continue using RSS feeds from Twitter accounts, we recommend using a 3rd-party service, or, if you are comfortable with coding, using our developer resources to retrieve statuses. The following link provides information about how to use OAuth to retrieve statuses:

http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/statuses/home_timeline

Please note that you will first need to sign up for a Twitter application if you would like to use the method linked above. You can sign up for an app here:

http://dev.twitter.com/apps/new

Let us know if you encounter any further issues. Thanks!

Sincerely,
liam
Twitter User Support

 

 

From the info above, I would think that my AR posts should still show up on Facebook though, right?  When I checked and tried to redo my "import a blog" within Facebook, they said they couldn't recognize my AR blog URL,and the import failed. 

Any help or assistance would be appreciated.  Apparently, my blog posts stopped transferring to FB and Twitter on Sept 1 or Sept 2nd.

 

Thanks!
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Comments (18)

Dave Halpern
Dave Halpern Real Estate Agent, Inc., Louisville, KY (502) 664-7827 - Louisville, KY
Louisville Short Sale Expert

Kristin. Thanks for bringing this topic up. Social media time management is critical and automatic syndication is an important tool.

Sep 22, 2010 03:11 AM
Sheila Newton Team Anderson & Greenville SC
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - C. Dan Joyner - Anderson, SC
Selling the Upstate since 1989

i had the same problem last week...(with facebook).. i kept trying everyday until it finally worked again.. not sure what worked really.. just kept re-doing it until it worked.... i haven't noticed a change with twitter but i will check that out today..thanks for the info.

Sep 22, 2010 03:15 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

You bet Dave...have you had any issues with this? I find it hard to believe others haven't noticed, asked about it?

Sheila, good to know I am not the only one...I will keep trying with FB and hope it at least gets there!  :0

Sep 22, 2010 03:19 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Hey Buddy

Call me when you can so you can walk me through the twitter thing

 

Sep 22, 2010 03:34 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

TOm I was just commenting on your blog...I will call you shortly before leaving by 10 am :-)

Sep 22, 2010 03:35 AM
Paige Walker
Paige Walker - Pineville, LA
Real Estate Guru - Alexandria Pineville LA

Kristin, I noticed this also and thought maybe it was just me??? Hope someone let's us know what's going on with it!

Sep 22, 2010 03:37 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Paige, I guess I am comforted a bit knowing it is not only me.....:-)  Yes, lets hope we find an answer soon....

Sep 22, 2010 03:38 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

I'll be checking back to see if an answer to this issue shows up in the comments section.

Sep 22, 2010 04:31 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Thanks Craig....strange, right? 

Sep 22, 2010 04:35 AM
Gerry Michaels
Glasswork Media Arts - Gettysburg, PA
GettysburgGerry Social Meida

Kristin, I noticed the same thing, I wonder what is going on, will have to check into this further...you are not alone

Sep 22, 2010 06:21 AM
Malcolm Johnston
Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate LTD., Trenton, Ontario - Trenton, ON
Trenton Real Estate

I had noticed Kristen, but I knew that some sharp person here on AR would figure it out for me.

Sep 22, 2010 06:24 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Gerry, glad i am not alone :-)

Malcolm...I hope so for your and many of our sakes :-)

Sep 22, 2010 06:59 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

STILL NOT WORKING, Still get

"Import Failed

We couldn't find a feed using the URL you provided."

when I try to import an external blog (my ar blog) to my notes section in FB.  I never had to do this before, but that is what folks have suggested.  Anyone else have any luck?

Sep 23, 2010 03:46 AM
Brigita McKelvie, Associate Broker
Cindy Stys Equestrian and Country Properties, Ltd. - Lehigh Valley, PA
The Broker with horse sense and no horsing around

Kristin,

I am currently having issues with FB.  I am getting a message: "Service Unavailable - DNS Failure".  Don't know what is going on.

Don't you just love modern technology??  LOL

Brigita

Sep 23, 2010 10:01 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

What I am doing is posting on my other blog and then pressing the retweet and like buttons to get them to twitter and facebook.  You can also manually post links or press the like button over here to at least get the headline on your wall.

Sep 23, 2010 10:43 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Brigita, yes, I got the same error today as well...did you also notice your blog posts not importing to fb as well?

Sep 23, 2010 10:43 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Renee, I didn't know if I hit thelike button it will show the headline on my wall...interesting....

Sep 23, 2010 10:46 AM
David Mires
Sotheby's International Realty - Santa Barbara, CA
Realtor, Santa Barbara

Did you ever get it worked out?  I am having the same problems . . .

Dave

Jan 11, 2011 07:38 AM