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on FACEBOOK.. your probably on a Search Engine...
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Mancunian
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in Techie Stuff
... for everyone to see.
If you knew this...sorry... but I didnt'
I have an unusual name and popped it into Google. Low and behold my details came up from Facebook with a selection information - including my friends and there pictures and details of who I am a fan of.
I was amazed!
If your on Facebook and are concerned simply login and in the middle top right, next to your username there is a settings tab
from there
Privacy Settings
from there,,heres a paste of the screen:-
Search Results
Use these tickboxes to control what people can see about you, and how people can contact you after finding you in search.
People who find me in a search can see:
x My profile picture
x My friend list
x A link to add me as a friend
x A link to send me a message
x Pages I am a fan of
x Public Search Listing
Use this setting to control whether your search result is available outside Facebook.
Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing (see preview)
obviously have a think and set them all as you like!
best wishes
If you knew this...sorry... but I didnt'
I have an unusual name and popped it into Google. Low and behold my details came up from Facebook with a selection information - including my friends and there pictures and details of who I am a fan of.
I was amazed!
If your on Facebook and are concerned simply login and in the middle top right, next to your username there is a settings tab
from there
Privacy Settings
from there,,heres a paste of the screen:-
Search Results
Use these tickboxes to control what people can see about you, and how people can contact you after finding you in search.
People who find me in a search can see:
x My profile picture
x My friend list
x A link to add me as a friend
x A link to send me a message
x Pages I am a fan of
x Public Search Listing
Use this setting to control whether your search result is available outside Facebook.
Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing (see preview)
obviously have a think and set them all as you like!
best wishes
PLAY GOOD!
trolls and abusers will simply be added to my ignore list - you can do it too! its under USER CP
forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile.php?do=IGNORElist
trolls and abusers will simply be added to my ignore list - you can do it too! its under USER CP
forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile.php?do=IGNORElist
Did you know this? 63 votes
No! WOW thats shocking
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No! but not bothered
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Yes
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Who Cares?
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Welcome to the internet ageIt's taken me years of experience to get this cynical0
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Yep, all clear and laid out in the Facebook privacy settings, have all my security settings high, with only friends having access to anything I put up, including photos (remember photos albums have their own security settings) - I keep it very secure, I only let friends of friends see me in a search (if they don't already know me), but not my friends list, photo nor any other detail.0
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havent facebook set everything to private by default now, for new users?Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)0 -
brightonman123 wrote: »havent facebook set everything to private by default now, for new users?
no, thats what I would have thought! The submitting to Search engines amazes me,,, never heard of that before (getting old hehe)
AND, I have been registered for years and I'm sure these weren't there when I started.PLAY GOOD!
trolls and abusers will simply be added to my ignore list - you can do it too! its under USER CP
forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile.php?do=IGNORElist0 -
cheers just changed my setting by clicking the 3rd facebook link that was me ! It give you the chance to edit settings if you click it.0
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I think facebook, flickr etc need to pull their cyber socks up!Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)0 -
What you type on these boards will be indexed by Google too... Handy IF you're aware that it happens. You should assume (unless told otherwise) that everything you post on the Internet is public, searchable, and unretractable UNLESS you are told otherwise!0
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and if you have a wish list on Amazon that could also be on Google.I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.0
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and if you have a wish list on Amazon that could also be on Google.
do u mean that the search engines might find it when they are 'trawling the web'
OR
(like Facebook) they physically submit a version of you details to search engines?PLAY GOOD!
trolls and abusers will simply be added to my ignore list - you can do it too! its under USER CP
forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile.php?do=IGNORElist0 -
Thanks for that, just changed mine!0
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