Facebook Policies & Promotion Guidelines

Below you’ll find info on important Facebook policies covering Facebook accounts, profile usage, fan page promotion guidelines, running a contest on Facebook & more. If you don’t understand and follow Facebook’s policies, you run the risk of having your Facebook account or Facebook fan page disabled (sometimes without warning) by Facebook. Read the posts in this section so that doesn’t happen to you!

Rumors About Facebook Privacy Settings & Search Engine Indexing

Facebook updated their Privacy Policy on December 9.  I’ve now started seeing this type of post making its rounds on Facebook and it is NOT completely true and it misleads people: As of today, Facebook will automatically index all your info on Google, which allows everyone to view it.  To change this option, go to [...]

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WARNING: New Facebook Promotions Guidelines May Get Your Account or Fan Page Disabled

Do you run contests, competitions or sweepstakes from your Facebook profile or fan page?  If you do, you’d better read this!  If you violate Facebook’s Promotions Guidelines, you run the risk of having your Facebook account or Fan Pages disabled. I’ve gone over Facebook’s Promotions Guidelines (revised November 4, 2009) several times trying to decipher [...]

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Facebook’s Guidelines On Promoting Your Fan Page Outside Of Facebook

Facebook has published guidelines that you must follow when promoting your Facebook Fan Page outside of Facebook.  The guidelines cover: Use of the Facebook name Use of Facebook icons, logos, visuals, screen shots, badges, etc… Use of the registered trademark symbol (and legal copy to use) When a Trademark License Agreement is necessary As stated [...]

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