Adjust Your Facebook Privacy Settings to Drive More Site Traffic

While doing my usual early-morning Facebook perusal today, I noticed a small but very cool change: they’ve moved the “website” section of my personal info to what I like to call the “pertinent information” box on the left side of my profile, underneath my profile picture.

Give Links More Prominent Profile Placement

Why am I so excited? Because now you can see links to my blog and Twitter links as soon as you land on my Facebook profile, instead of having to click over to the “Info” tab and scroll down. This also means that these links are visible the entire time you view my Profile, regardless of the Tab you click on.

Groundbreaking news, no, but kind of a big deal for people that are using Facebook for some serious networking or looking to get more traffic to whatever site(s) they are pimping on Facebook. It would also be a big help if you’re (incorrectly) using a Facebook Profile instead of a Facebook Page for marketing a brand or business, but I won’t go there.

It seems that when Facebook rolled out their new Privacy Settings, checking “Everyone” for certain information will move it over to this more prominent placement. To put your website links in this lefthand box, go to Privacy Settings>Contact Information and select “Everyone” from the dropdown menu for “Website.” I also allow “Everyone” to see “About Me” and “Personal Information.”