Aug 29, 2013 | 2 minute read

Facebook Verified Pages

Facebook just announced the release of Verified Pages. According to Facebook Verified Pages are intended to “help people find the authentic accounts of celebrities and other high-profile people and businesses on Facebook.”

You can tell a Facebook page is “Verified” when you see the small, blue check mark adjacent to the name on the timeline. You can also find the check mark denoting a verified page on search results and across all locations on Facebook. The verified check mark is intended to be an easy way to identify verified pages. As you can see in image to the right, when you enter Coca-Cola in the search bar seven related profiles appear. However, only three have been verified by Facebook as official Coca-Cola pages.

While Facebook did not share how they verified pages, they did say they checked “profiles or Pages to help you be sure that they are who they claim to be.” Facebook will also not share their process for choosing those pages they will add to the list of verified profiles. You can’t request page verfication, you must wait to be notified by Facebook when they believe your page is ready to be verified.