December 7, 2008

We answer questions from Internet Marketers all the time… One of the most persistant ones is “How do I back up the content on FaceBook?”.  So being the techno geeks we are, we explored some documentation about a great plugin for Firefox named ScrapBook.  We downloaded it, tested it, and gave it a real workout. And you know what? This works for every social website we surfed!

ScrapBook is a great way to keep all that data you have on any number of sites organized with a local backup copy that your backup to internet can automatically archive for you. With one program! It just saves it. No command lines, fancy plugins or holding your tongue just right. If bad things happen to one of your sites, you’ve got the content.

How you say? We did it like this.

A First, go to the ScrapBook download page (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427). Just click the green Install Now button and then restart Firefox when it tells you to.

B Once Firefox has restarted, you’re ready to use ScrapBook.

C Go to a website you’d like to save with ScrapBook. Once you’re there, on the menu, select Capture Page As.

D Now, with “Capture Page As”, you can pick the depth of links you’d like to save. This is a important! This is how all the links on your page get automatically backed up. You wouldn’t be able to copy those extra pages if the depth is set to zero. If it was set to 1, you’d be able to. However, if it was set to 2, you’d be able to click links on the second page and so on.

E After picking the options you want, click Capture. A copy is now saved! Now, go to the ScrapBook menu and click Show in Sidebar. The captured pages are listed in plain view.

So this is what we’ve got so far? You now have a local copy of all the content on your LinkedIn, etc. page. So if anything goes south, your covered. But like they say on TV… “But Not only this, we have more”.

If you have a internet backup product like OPENRSM on your computer just make sure that it’s configuration has your personal files selected for backup. This way all your computers essential files are backed up and your social website content is too. And Firefox runs on windows, Mac, and Linux all the same.  Not only will your computer have a full remote archive, but your social websites will be too.

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