Have you checked your privacy settings on Facebook? Well, you should. It turns out that Facebook submits your public profile to search engines like Google. No biggie if you really want to be found by your old friends, but annoying to me. BTW: they don’t submit profiles of minors (phew).
How to remove your profile from Google
- Login to Facebook
- Go to Settings > Privacy > Search
- Uncheck the box “Create a public search listing…”
This might take a month because of Google’s cache feature, but search engines will remove your profile from their index eventually.
Also, while you’re poking around in your privacy settings, go to Settings > Privacy > Profile to adjust the information that strangers see. Be sure to view both of the two tabs Basic and Contact Information. For example, I changed all the drop-down menu choices to Only Friends. That way only people I confirm as a Friend can see my stuff.
Doing this will prevent the “scare” of adding your phone, address, email, photos, etc. to your profile. It’s pretty awesome to be able to go to Facebook to get my friend’s mailing address for holiday cards.
Hey, I don't want this picture. What gives?