What is Instagram?
Instagram is a social networking platform that allows sharing photos and videos. Users can share images publicly, privately or to pre-approved followers. It provides users with several photo editing options and filters.
How to create and access an Instagram profile
Instagram profiles can be accessed on mobile phones via the Instagram app or via instagram.com.
Instagram offers Places Pages and regular Instagram profiles. Places Pages are created automatically by users adding location tags to their posts.
Do we create Instagram Profiles on your behalf?
Instagram Profiles can be connected to Facebook pages and Twitter accounts so that photos or videos can be shared on multiple channels by the user. Profiles are free of charge.
While we do not create Instagram Profiles, you can quickly do it yourself here.
What is the difference between an Instagram Profile and an Instagram Places Page for our platform?
You can connect your location with an Instagram Profile in order to publish posts. You can read more about how to connect to Instagram here.
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The URL for an Instagram Profile looks like this: https://www.instagram.com/*profilename*, for example: https://www.instagram.com/uberall_berlin
Instagram Places Pages collect all photos uploaded to Instagram where this particular location was tagged (= photos/videos taken at the same location with a geo tag based on those existing on Facebook). They only show the tagged pictures/videos and a small map with the name and the address of the business. We don't connect our platform directly to the places pages, as they are created automatically by users adding location tags to their Instagram posts.
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The URL for an Instagram Places Page looks like this: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/*number*, for example: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1234567890123
- Here is our own guide on Instagram Places Pages.
- Have a look here to learn more about Instagram Places Pages.
- Have a look here to learn more about adding or changing a location tag to an existing Instagram post.
Why does Instagram show in sync when in reality it's not?
Instagram is not a direct connection, we submit data through Facebook, and thus we cannot sync check on Instagram. If the listing is up to date on Facebook the Instagram badge will also appear as up to date.
Facebook doesn't create/update Instagram pages immediately, often there might be a delay of up to a couple of months. This is due to Instagram importing page data in batches and sporadically.