Comments on: Facebook Pages, Groups and Profiles Explained

By: William

William — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:11:39 +0000

Good article, but I believe somewhat dated now as FB has changed the definitions of “Group” quite a bit in October. Also, one major difference between Group and the Profiles / Pages, is that photos can not be put in albums in Groups. Disappointing.

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By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:32:20 +0000

Thanks!

Would it be advisable to post one's poems etc. on the note section of the fan page?

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Facebook pages, groups, and profiles — Janet Clarey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:30:58 +0000

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By: Stephanie Hobbs

Stephanie Hobbs — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:08:16 +0000

Brian, go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php and you should see options to create a page. Just make sure you choose a good category, as that can’t be changed later.

Good article, but I, too, question the information about page updates not displaying in the news feed. Does that apply in the new design? My page updates display sometimes and not others, but that could be a hiccup from the rollout of the new interface. Anyone else have problems?

By: Brian with Arctic Llama, LLC

Brian with Arctic Llama, LLC — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:25:06 +0000

VERY nice explanation. I've gone round and round on this about whether to do groups, or pages, or elaborate lists off of my profile to segregate business from personal and so on. Thank you. It seems like Facebook doesn't want to explain too much because it doesn't want to get locked into anything that might interfere with its plans to "improve" while it tries to justify going public.

Now, I just need to figure out how to CREATE a page. I can find how to become a fan of one, but creating one is another story.

By: Maryrose Lyons

Maryrose Lyons — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:53:00 +0000

Facebook makes you links a profile to a page - but when you comment on other pages the link takes users back to the profile.

Do you know of any way around this? So that if I comment as XXX Brand, it will link to their page and not to my personal profile?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:50:19 +0000

Michelle, this topic is covered here – http://www.digitalmintsolutions.com/how-to-create-a-vanity-url-for-your-facebook-fan-page/ . Facebook states that you need at least 25 fans.

By: @jaypet

@jaypet — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:56:10 +0000

you need to get 100+ fans, or if you are a legitimate brand- you can email facebook directly and request the one you want..

By: michelle simmons

michelle simmons — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:05:50 +0000

how do you obtain a url for your facbook fan page?

By: Farhat

Farhat — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:20:44 +0000

Very informative - and very well written! Far far superior than Facebook's own explanations on the topic!

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:03:10 +0000

“On Pages, you can communicate with your Fans via status updates, but your updates no longer automatically appear in their main News Feed like they used to –instead they must click on your Page to see your updates.”

This is not true. When a status update is posted to a page, it shows up in the live feed of your fans and will show up in the news feeds of your fans if it becomes a popular story (either by being liked or commented on enough).

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By: Bjørn Veen

Bjørn Veen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:32:06 +0000

No apps-installment on pages cost me a work day. I’ve set up a Facebookpage for the library I work, and pondered a bit about what to use it for. The I discovered apps for Flickr and del.icio.us, which we also use, and thought this would be a good place to show our other web2.0 prescenses. But no. Hopefully this will be available one day.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjesdal_folkebibliotek/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Algard-Norway/Gjesdal-folkebibliotek/177823660950

Bjørn