Google To Index Facebook Comments As Search Results
If youre finding it tough to stay off of Facebook, you may soon find it even harder to keep your words off of Google. The Internets most popular and powerful search engine will soon expand its search index to include user comments on Facebook as part of Googles traditional search results. While private users will still be protected, any comments made on Facebook forms on other websites or public pages within the social networking site will be indexed and open for all the world to see. This could have dramatic effects on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and obviously the results you see from the search engine giant. Will page rank on sites still matter? Facebook has a page rank of 10 out 10, so will the comments be indexed higher than a sites content if they use Facebook as the comment system?
The controversial change comes as Google looks to expand its reach to any user content currently hiding from its all-seeing search robots usually in comment systems like the one used on Facebook and other popular sites. Developers are concerned that the new effort could disrupt confidence for users who may feel uncomfortable leaving comments on their respective websites without revealing them to Google and the rest of the Web community.
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