Seeing this for the first time what will come into you mind is, so my data and content on Facebook is going public. In a single search on google someone can now actually see my profile details and Facebook approves it?
The answer to such thought is yes and no. Why?
On October 27th I wrote about Facebook newly introduced search feature. That’s a clear sign that the popular social networking site loves the idea of making things easy for people to sort on the net by turning on their search feature.
While the “no” is because users still have the privilege to denied search access through proper privacy settings that puts you on the pilot sit of your FB account.
A lot of users don’t like this public feature the internet owners are trying to create. But since your complain will not get anywhere near Mark Zurkerberg’s desk, go on an put your setting the way you want it.
Wall Street Journal announced on Monday that Facebook has started permitting Google to crawl and index its mobile app, which means that Google search results on smartphones will display content from Facebook’s app, including public profile information. Only logged-in and private Facebook app sessions content will not be displayed on the search. Click the link below to read how to review your Facebook privacy settings to protect your privacy.
Facebook’s new search feature calls for users to review privacy settings.
