Comments on: Facebook Spamming Your Identity in Search Results to Drive Their Traffic – Part 2 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/ Digital Strategy Solutions, Change Management Leadership, Business Speaker, Payments Technology Convergence Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Three Recent Changes That Could Rock the SEO/SEM WorldSearch Engine Optimization Blog - SEO News and Opinionhttp://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33260 » Three Recent Changes That Could Rock the SEO/SEM WorldSearch Engine Optimization Blog - SEO News and Opinion Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/#comment-33260 [...] is not a new phenomenon. LinkedIn profiles have been referenced by Google for almost a year and, as David Dalka and Danny Sullivan both point out, Facebook profiles started appearing in search results as early [...] [...] is not a new phenomenon. LinkedIn profiles have been referenced by Google for almost a year and, as David Dalka and Danny Sullivan both point out, Facebook profiles started appearing in search results as early [...]

]]> By: David Dalkahttp://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33242 David Dalka Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:41:59 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/#comment-33242 Hi Nick, Back in May, when doing my monthly Google of my name - this showed up in the search results - when searching as an outside person. This was sudden and with no announcement. However, the profile showing up in public search results on other search engines is a far worse offense and this was done without notice. Nick, I'm stating that the landing page I hit on my name when not logged in is the same as this one - it's the same thing. Do I know if the search box worked on Facebook then explicitly for certain? No. Do I think these two initiatives are related? Yes. Maybe wrong was too strong a word (sorry about that :) ), it's just certainly not new, except they are now publicizing it because they want to drive their traffic explicitly. Last time, it was implicitly. The event in May was a larger breach of trust. We'll never know for sure if this was fully live as a beta feature back then. Hi Nick,

Back in May, when doing my monthly Google of my name – this showed up in the search results – when searching as an outside person. This was sudden and with no announcement.

However, the profile showing up in public search results on other search engines is a far worse offense and this was done without notice. Nick, I’m stating that the landing page I hit on my name when not logged in is the same as this one – it’s the same thing. Do I know if the search box worked on Facebook then explicitly for certain? No. Do I think these two initiatives are related? Yes.

Maybe wrong was too strong a word (sorry about that :) ), it’s just certainly not new, except they are now publicizing it because they want to drive their traffic explicitly. Last time, it was implicitly. The event in May was a larger breach of trust. We’ll never know for sure if this was fully live as a beta feature back then.

]]> By: Rhea Drysdalehttp://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33239 Rhea Drysdale Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:18:51 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/#comment-33239 I agree with Pete, it was a very simple process. I'm sure it was less so before the update though. I agree with Pete, it was a very simple process. I’m sure it was less so before the update though.

]]> By: David Dalkahttp://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33238 David Dalka Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:14:39 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/#comment-33238 Hi Pete, Nice to see you are alive. I'm saying they should have made this communication back in May, nothing more. Additionally, many people who should know better are stating that this is new. As Danny Sullivan also said, it's not. Of course if you prefer the PR fluff piece out there today, that is your right. Hi Pete,

Nice to see you are alive. I’m saying they should have made this communication back in May, nothing more. Additionally, many people who should know better are stating that this is new. As Danny Sullivan also said, it’s not.

Of course if you prefer the PR fluff piece out there today, that is your right.

]]> By: Nick O'Neillhttp://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33237 Nick O'Neill Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:13:43 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/#comment-33237 The search feature is new for outside people. That is it. I'm not quite sure why you suggest that we got this wrong. I mentioned the public facing profile months ago as well. The public profile is not new, but the public search definitely is. The search feature is new for outside people. That is it. I’m not quite sure why you suggest that we got this wrong. I mentioned the public facing profile months ago as well.

The public profile is not new, but the public search definitely is.

]]> By: Pete Prestipinohttp://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33236 Pete Prestipino Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:09:19 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/#comment-33236 Dave, you are being an alarmist. It took me a whopping fifteen seconds to "CLICK THE PRIVACY LINK" and change my settings. You are right in that listings have been searchable at Facebook since May but that's not the real story - they are now (or will be in a month) crawlable by SE's. Dave, you are being an alarmist. It took me a whopping fifteen seconds to “CLICK THE PRIVACY LINK” and change my settings. You are right in that listings have been searchable at Facebook since May but that’s not the real story – they are now (or will be in a month) crawlable by SE’s.

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