Facebook user profiles no longer excluded from search


Users of the social media network can no longer hide their profiles from folks searching for their names, a privacy feature which Facebook says was used only by "a small percentage" of users. It is a privacy setting that controlled "Who can look up your Timeline by name" which is removed. This effectively meant the profile of anyone with an account on the site can now be viewed publicly by others who type the user's name in the Facebook search bar. With the removal of this privacy setting, job applicants may want to better manage what they share on the site, especially since 56 percent of employers checked the profiles of candidates on social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.