As Facebook has evolved, so have its profile pages. Beyond adding new fields the current format is now the Facebook Timeline which was unveiled in September 2011.  Nicholas Felton and Sam Lessin were the brains behind Facebook Timeline.

The Facebook Timeline on a page and profile look very similar.  Many personality-driven brands also have a Facebook “fan” page that is also their name. Searching for people on Facebook has actually become more difficult, not easier because most people often can’t tell the difference between a page and a profile. 

I joined Facebook in the summer of 2008.  Here’s one of my first messages from Mari Smith in August 2008 (that was before we could tag a friend directly in a Facebook post):

Sherrie Rose Facebook June 2009

Custom username links were allowed on Facebook on June 12, 2009.

Here it is:    www.facebook.com/sherrierose

This was exciting stuff back in 2009! With a direct link, now it is easy to find  me on Facebook!

Sherrie Rose Facebook August 2012

The battle for student attention by Facebook was made popular in the movie The Social Network.  In August 2005, the domain facebook.com was purchased for a reported $200,000 and thefacebook was officially called Facebook. Here is another example of the history of Facebook profile layouts starting with 2005.

According to an internal Facebook September 2005 survey, approximately 85% of the students in the supported colleges had a Facebook account, with 60% of them logging in daily.   The following year, September 2006, Facebook opened registration for non-college students.

Today there are 955,000,000 users all around the globe.   Facebook itself estimates that as many as 8.7 percent of its 955 million worldwide active accounts are in fact duplicates or fakes, accounting for some 83 million “users.”

Facebook stock opened at $38 on May 17 and hit a low of $19.82 in heavy trading on August 2nd, 2012.

#LikesUP for Facebook Profiles

P.S.  Although the look and feel of your Facebook profile, has changed, your history has not. You’ll find instructions to download your profile history data in your Account Settings page. Once you’ve logged into your Facebook account click Account and then choose Account Settings from the drop-down menu.