Comments on: Facebook + Search = Big Move http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook_search_big_move Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mike Mothner http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php#comment-9695 Mike Mothner Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:23:19 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php#comment-9695 <p>I believe that this is another tactic, and should turn out to be a very effective one, by Facebook to expand its member base even more. By giving people who had never come to Facebook before, or who are not currently registered, the opportunity to search for people on Facebook, allow these non-members to discover their friends who are on Facebook. Most likely they will then choose to become a member of this ever-growing social network. I think another important factor here is the privacy settings that Facebook has in place for public search listings, so as to not lose current users who fear a lack of privacy. These settings allow current users to preserve their privacy if they choose to do so and therefore this change will not result in a drop in users. </p> I believe that this is another tactic, and should turn out to be a very effective one, by Facebook to expand its member base even more. By giving people who had never come to Facebook before, or who are not currently registered, the opportunity to search for people on Facebook, allow these non-members to discover their friends who are on Facebook. Most likely they will then choose to become a member of this ever-growing social network. I think another important factor here is the privacy settings that Facebook has in place for public search listings, so as to not lose current users who fear a lack of privacy. These settings allow current users to preserve their privacy if they choose to do so and therefore this change will not result in a drop in users.

]]> By: Tom http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php#comment-9694 Tom Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:36 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php#comment-9694 <p>Hmm - nice spin, I've been blogging about this for a while and it never occurred to me that they might one-box the facebook listings... That'd be pretty neat.</p> Hmm – nice spin, I’ve been blogging about this for a while and it never occurred to me that they might one-box the facebook listings… That’d be pretty neat.

]]> By: DavidDalka http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php#comment-9693 DavidDalka Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:43:56 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/09/facebook_search_big_move.php#comment-9693 <p>This is *not* new news. </p> <p><a href="http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/</a></p> This is *not* new news.

http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/05/facebook-spamming-your-identity-in-search-results-to-drive-their-traffic-part-2/

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