# Facebook groups and events just got more important

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/09/facebook-groups-and-events-just-got-more-important/
- Published: 2008-09-09T16:25:55+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

According to Nick O’Neill’s “allfacebook – the unofficial facebook blog”, Facebook
has now given Google access to index the content in its users’ groups and events
sections, or at least those that users have set as ‘public’.

Charities that are already using these elements of Facebook to promote their work
and activities might therefore see an improvement to their rankings in searches 
on Google, or at least find greater traffic coming to their Facebook pages.

Conversely, charities that do not use Facebook to promote themselves or their events
might be at a comparative disadvantage.

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www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/facebook-grants-google-access-to-groups-and-events/

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