Google and Facebook have inked a deal to include the popular social network’s posts in its searches.
That means your rankings in Google could get a lot better – especially if you are plugged in to Facebook.
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Got a Fan Page? Integrate your blog feed into the wall posts. Get on the Networked Blogs application.
Integrate Twitter with Facebook. That way, every Tweet goes to Facebook – and then goes to Google.
Post! Every picture, post, note, response to comments and your scores for Word Challenge and Movie quizzes will be cataloged in Google.
As great as this is, it also means you need to watch your privacy settings. Be sure to allocate your friends into categories and set your privacy settings according to what you want them to see.
If you have a day job, you might want to avoid publishing your scores to games like Word Challenge – especially during work hours.
Hey Christina!
If you go to the upper right-hand corner of FB, look for the Privacy Settings control. Click on that. You can control what people see. I also had to go into Application Settings to delete some applications, or change who saw them. For example, I deleted Twitter so people would not see my updates twice on both networks.
I also avoid applications like the family ones or anything that shares too much about personal life that applies to credit ratings etc. There is one that shows your family tree. Someone could easily find your Mom – who will typically use her maiden name in her handle to find friends from HS – get her maiden name, then find your telephone number and employers on your FB profile. How much more do you need to open a new credit account? I also do not use fan pages or groups related to my personal finances. I think it is great that banks are on FB, but still, if you only have one bank in your network, that tells who you bank with. Be sure to remove tags of photos that are not flattering.
This is a great post on FB privacy:
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
Good luck!
Thanks for the tip, Angela! I hadn’t heard about this. Now I’m wondering what steps I should be taking in regards to privacy… Not sure what to do now!
Great post! thanks!
This sounds great! I’ve got a blog, I’m on facebook, I have a fan page, but can’t find the info on facebook to get this going. Or maybe I already have and just don’t know it. More details please.