What are Facebook Instant Articles

Facebook Instant Article is a new feature of Facebook designed for mobile users and publishers.

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It can prove to be a boon for Slow Internet areas.

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The advantage of Instant Article is for both publishers (Websites/Blogs) and readers (Reader/User).

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Facebook Instant Article is a web document

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Which is written in Standardize Markup Language (eg, XML). It opens faster than a simple webpage.

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It opens faster than a simple webpage.

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Any wabpage can be convert into Instant articles

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It does not have to be written separately.

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At the same time , all the content is also in an Instant Article.

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A publisher can convert its web content into Instant Articles and post it on Facebook.

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In an Instant Article Mobile, it gets loaded in about 1 second.

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The publisher can customize it according to his web article.

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images credit:-

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