Import Facebook to Google+
If you have been longing for ways to invite all the friends that you have on Facebook to Google+ so that you can be able to share things with your friends on Google+, then this information is good for you because you will be able to learn new tricks on how you can do it here below.
Requirements You need to have before starting:
- Your Google+ account: If you don’t have this, then get an invitation here.
- Yahoo Mail Account, you can also get that one from mail.yahoo.com free or login to your account from yahoomail.com.
- Facebook account: That’s where you will be importing your friend from to the Google plus platform.
Please note that you can’t import friends from Facebook directly to the Google+ social networking site because of the leadership role that is between the two social site and I think that’s why they haven’t integrate it into their service (both Facebook and Google Inc.)
So, let us continue the steps below.
I have told you ealier on that you can’t import from facebook to google plus and that’s why we will be using yahoo to import your contact from facebook and then send them back to google plus because Google and Yahoo links together while facebook and Yahoo too links together and it is only Google and Facebook that finds it difficult to link their account together easily.
Formula to Understand How Facebook, Google, Yahoo link:
Yahoo>>Facebook = Yes
Google>>Yahoo = Yes
Google>>Facebook = No
In think you understand the logic above, then move to the next step below.
Go to your yahoomail account page and from there click on contacts and after that select Import Contacts.
Now, from Import Contacts page choose Facebook to import. If you are already Logged In to Facebook, its directly import contacts from your Facebook profile. If not, you have to Log In to do next.
How to Import your Facebook friends to your Yahoo Contacts and then to Google+?
Now Login into your Google+ Account. Then choose the option that says ‘Circles’ and then ‘Find People’ and then from the options, click “Yahoo” to import contacts.
Now, you have to authorize Yahoo to import your contacts from the source. By agreeing to what is on the page your, all Yahoo contact will be added on Google+.
That’s it. I hope this will help you. You can create a new circle named ‘Facebook Friends’ or anything else. Enjoy and stay connected with your friends.
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