FaceBook + Indexing = $$
I happened to read an article today that is saying FaceBook is opening it’s public groups, wall posts, and discussion topics to get indexed by the search engines….Wow. FaceBook among other social media networks have been huge on security, so this is a bit of a surprise, but dollar signs are a huge motivator. Interestingly Twitter announced they would put a no-follow on links within it’s tweets etc., so the battle goes on. I am not sure if link juice will be passed on within FaceBook groups and posts, but still, all of the info you have been writing over the past year or two will soon be showing up in search results!
Why did they do this?
Simple, money. Think about it, if they can allow their pages to get indexed, this means more traffic, which will provide a higher monetization than it already has. Remember FaceBook has it’s own advertising platform…This is huge for them! You realize that FaceBook is one of the highest visited social media sites today? You think they are making money now, wait until all that juicy content gets indexed….
So my conclusion is that if you have a FB account, start adding, and enjoy a flood of traffic depending on the amount of content you have. If you do not have a FB account, GET ONE! Add to it, build it, create friends, this is only going to get bigger!
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