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Social networking giant Facebook has made most of its users’ profiles potentially open to the public. The addition of a profile search bar to the homepage of the site now allows anyone to browse users’ profiles.

They don’t stop there though. Within the next month Facebook will allow search engine spiders to index their profiles, meaning your Facebook profile could be found not only by someone using their new search box, but you could also be found via Google, MSN, Yahoo and the rest of the major search engines.

This will undoubtedly cause huge controversy amongst the Facebook community. But this is something Facebook seem to enjoy. It was only yesterday I saw an article on Facebook’s “F**k Islam” group and the 50,000 or more people who have joined a group to protest its being.

However, if you're already a registered Facebook user, you do have the option to alter your privacy settings. Read more on the Facebook blog.

With 30 million active users, Facebook seem to be doing something right. But it will be interesting to see how these changes go down with the community.

About the author

Darren is an online marketing executive. He joined Coast Digital in 2006. He works with several big clients including Slendertone and Wiltshire Farm Foods. The majority of his work is on affiliate programs but he also has his own PPC and SEO clients, including Symantec and LapSafe.

Darren brings great enthusiasm to his work and really enjoys working on SEO projects. He finds nothing more rewarding than getting a website to the top spot in the search engine results.

He is a Google Advertising Professional and a DC-Storm Champion.

Darren graduated with a first class honours degree in Computer Science from the University of Essex. Coast Digital is his first job.