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How to Install & Edit a Facebook App in 5 min
Video demonstrated & narrated by schneems Defining Applications
When you first start your Facebook page, there will be some basic Facebook apps in
the left sidebar. These Facebook apps include Photos, Videos, Links, Events and Notes. Any
other app you install will be a third-party app, which means that someone other than Facebook
made it. Here�s how you get more apps than just the
basic ones provided by Facebook � First you find them and then you install them.
Even though that might sound simple, both of those steps are not very straightforward.
Finding apps on Facebook can be particularly challenging because the Facebook search feature
is notoriously bad. Then steps used to install the app can vary.
Some apps can be installed from within Facebook, others are easier to install by starting on
the app website first. Sometimes it�s even difficult to tell an
Application page from a regular Facebook fan page.
An Application page will still have a Like button, a wall and sometimes its own apps
installed. There are a few key ways to determine that
it is actually an application. The page may have a Go to App button right next to the App button. Underneath the name
of the app at the top, you will
see the App classification. And then on the left sidebar you will see the Add to My Page link.