Even if you hate Facebook, there are some very compelling reasons to have an account. Like, for instance, the fact that most of your friends probably have accounts. It’s tempting to have an account simply so you can see what they’ve been up to and view their photos. But, how can you join Facebook without getting involved? It’s possible.

What we’re aiming to do here is create a Facebook account with minimal information and minimal interaction: Read-only mode. It’s an account used just to look at what other people are up to, not for your own sharing. Even if you don’t intend to create a read-only mode account, read on to see if there are any parts of your Facebook account that are currently more exposed than you’d like.

If you’re looking to make a read-only Facebook account, it may be tempting to use a fake name and birthday with a throw-away email account. While you may get away with this for a while, Facebook also might one day delete your account without warning. My opinion is that it’s best to stick to Facebook’s terms, but to give minimal information outside of that. Also, use an email address you won’t lose access to.

Keep in mind that your name, gender and profile picture will be public no matter what you do. So, perhaps upload a picture of a nice tree as a profile pic to keep your image generic.

When you create your account, Facebook will ask you to sync your email address book with Facebook. If you want privacy and minimal contact, don’t do this. It will be used to suggest friendships to both you and your friends.

Although it’s possible to not enter any information to your timeline, some things are there already, like your email address and birthday. You also generate information for the timeline when you like Pages, updates or photos, and make comments. You may not intend to do any of these things just now, but one day you might. Content is also generated when your friends tag you or write on your Timeline.

There are a number of steps to ensuring your account is really locked down. For starters, head to Privacy Shortcuts > See More Settings. Work through every item and lock things down to “Only Me” or the most private option possible. For instance, “Who can see my stuff?” can be locked down to “Only Me”, while “Who can look me up?” can be locked to “Friends”.

To stop your friends writing on your timeline and tagging you, click on the Timeline And Tagging Settings tab. Change everything to the most limited setting. For instance, “Who can post on your timeline?” can be locked to “Only Me”, and all options to “Review tags” should be ON. If the option for “Who sees tag suggestions when photos that look like you are uploaded?” is available to you, limit that as well.

In your settings, click on the Follower Settings tab and ensure Following is turned off (if it is, the headline would be “Turn On Follow”). This will ensure you are not followed by anyone hoping you’ll one day give them some content.

Despite your best intentions, you may find yourself “Liking” content on Facebook, such as photos and comments. These “Likes” are public by default, so you need to change that. Head to your timeline and click on your “About” tab, or head straight to your “Likes“.

Click on the little pencil, choose “Edit Privacy” and then change each item to “Only Me”. You’ll also want to do similar for the rest of the sections, such as Movies, Books, TV Shows, Places, Friends, Photos, Games, Music, Groups, plus each and every little section listed under “About”, including Basic Information, Contact Information, Living, Work & Education. For some of the sections like “Events” and “Groups” you are given the option to “Hide Section”. Do this if you want to keep them private.

If you just want to read what other people have to say, Facebook chat is probably not something you want left on. You can turn it off completely, or you could limit your chat settings to just a few people using their names or a Facebook friends list.

You may be creating a read-only Facebook account specifically to use certain apps, or you may be against them. However, if you are using apps, make sure all of them are set so that any updates they make are restricted to the “Only Me” privacy setting. This can be done when you first authorize the app to access your Facebook account.

Getting Information Out Of Facebook

If you also don’t intend to use Facebook regularly, you might like to use a few tricks to get Facebook information out of its domain and into the real world. For instance, getting Facebook birthdays and Facebook events into your Google Calendar, reading your friends’ updates using your RSS reader, and more.

Deleting Or Hiding Previous Posts

If you have already been using your account socially, you may have a bunch of updates and likes that you want to get rid of. Check out your Activity log to delete everything one-by-one. Otherwise, just limit all your past posts to “Only Me”.

About Read-Only Mode

Yes, this whole idea of read-only mode is not exactly easy. It’s surprising just how many obstacles Facebook has put in the way, despite streamlining their privacy settings. In addition to everything mentioned above, keep in mind that if you’ve had a Facebook account in the past, simple things like the same phone number can provide Facebook with plenty of information, so don’t be surprised if you start getting friends suggestions from your past despite not including any personal information.

Are you planning on having your Facebook account set to read-only mode? Do you think it’s worth it, or is it better to just not have an account at all?

LinkedIn has been the goto social network for finding a job as of late, and honestly, why shouldn’t it be? It has a great deal of wonderful resources and tools aimed at job-seekers and employers alike to help them both on their journeys, and is a great tool for job-finding, especially if you can make your profile irresistible. However, LinkedIn isn’t the only way you can find a job.

There are other social networks out there perfect for helping you finding the perfect job. Some of them are well-hidden, and some are the usual suspects. The point is that you don’t have to limit yourself, and yes, there are plenty of places out there willing to accept your resumé, especially if you style it right.

Below are five other social networks you can use that could very well help you land that dream job. Take a look at them, use them to the best of your ability, and bring home the bacon.

Pinterest

Pinterest isn’t just for posting pictures of disgustingly melted crayons and overly-expensive clothing. In fact, it’s a great way for some people to display their portfolio and expertise, too.

Personally, I’ve found that Pinterest ideally works for freelancers and prospective job-seekers who are in some sort of visual field. Most importantly, such users can pin their own work from their portfolio sites onto the boards, which in turn link back to said site. Photographs, images, art, videos — all of these can be properly pinned to introduce yourself in a friendly, social manner.

Don’t think you should limit your Pinterest usage to showing your own work, though. For instance, designers and stylists can easily develop various boards that show their taste by pinning images, clothing, and other things that they like. This can help potential clients and employers get a feel for the individual’s taste.

Facebook

We recently published an entire article on the benefits of using Facebook when it comes to finding a job. I will highlight the important parts from that article, but do check it out for more information on how you can use Facebook to find a job.

There are the obvious things: clean up your profile, post a status asking your friends about jobs, participate in discussions on workplace Facebook Pages; you know them, already. However, the two key Facebook features I would like to point out are the Facebook Marketplace and the Social Jobs Partnership app.

Powered by Oodle, the Marketplace functions a bit like any other classified ads site — there’s even a specialized jobs section. From my experience, I thought it was rather useful. For instance, you can search for positions within your area and up to however many miles you are willing to commute, and even better, you can see a limited portion of the job-poster’s Facebook profile or Page. This adds an extra level of accountability that other sites do not have.

As for the Social Jobs app, it does virtually the same thing as the jobs section of the marketplace, but it’s a bit more optimized for more intensive job-seeking. For instance, you can browse specific career categories and insert certain keywords which pull data from job resources such as Monster, Branchout, Jobvite, and more.

Plaxo

Plaxo solves the problem that most other social media sites haven’t been able to: people are always changing their contact info. You know how it is.

One day you think you have this awesome email address, and then the next, you realize that choosing xMYLITTLEPONY3000x as your username probably wasn’t the best decision you’ve ever made.

The site is a bit like a virtual Rolodex in that you can keep all of your contacts (if they choose to join the site) in one place. However, whenever they update their information, it gets updated on your contact list, too. This means you never have to deal with outdated email addresses, phone numbers, or websites, but it also means that you have to rely on people to update Plaxo.

How can this help you find a job? Well, it mainly has to do with networking, truth be told. By building up your network, you have the potential to connect with many people throughout the course of your career. Sure, you may have met John Doe at an event two years ago and received his business card, but is he working for the same company now? With Plaxo, his contact information can change as his life changes.

Furthermore, Plaxo integrates with SimplyHired, an already existing job board that provides access to hundreds of job openings.  By building your Plaxo profile, you simultaneously build your profile to use with SimplyHired — pretty nifty.

Twitter

Like Facebook, we’ve covered Twitter in detail when it comes to your job search. Not to be too repetitive, I thought it would be best to go over some of the high points.

Obviously, you should make sure that your Twitter account represents yourself in the most professional manner possible. Of course, this really only pertains to what exactly your profession is. Some fields are a bit more light-hearted than others while some are a little more tight-collared. Just be careful with what you Tweet.

In the above article, several Twitter accounts are listed which promote useful job openings. These are perfect to follow:

• @SparkHire
• @ResumeInterview
• @CareerHelper
• @linkedIn
• @Glassdoor

Furthermore, hashtags are important when it comes to preparing for your career. By keeping an eye on topics that pertain to your field, you can stay in the know when it comes to meeting employers. There’s also the chance of actually finding jobs through them. Here’s a list of hashtags worth keeping an eye on.

• #hiring
• #hfchat
• #HR
• #jobhuntchat
• #jobopening
• #jobposting
• #jobsearch
• #joblisting
• #tweetmyjobs
• #employment
• #recruiting

Jobster

Admittedly, Jobster seems to be relatively unheard of, but it packs a few serious tools that can help you rise above the competition. Right off the bat, you should understand that Jobster is indeed a social network, and you can actually import your data from LinkedIn to set up a profile.

Jobster offers a variety of different ways to showcase who you are to potential employers, but admittedly, as of late, LinkedIn seems to offer nearly the same set of resources as this site. Skill tagging, site links, and network building are all the basic elements of LinkedIn, and are all found here on Jobster.

However, Jobster offers a few interesting options LinkedIn doesn’t. For instance, you can actually upload a video resumé to the site itself, and there’s a rather clear-cut method for job searching and job posting. The site is very straight-forward — no hoops to jump through, really. Based on my experience, it felt a great deal like using LinkedIn, but at the same time, a little watered-down.

I still would recommend considering Jobster, but I wouldn’t call it a necessity. Regardless, it’s just another tool to put your name out there.

Conclusion

That’s about it for our social networks for finding jobs, dear readers. Hopefully, this article helped enhance your journey. Getting your name out there in any possible manner is always a good idea, but don’t leave LinkedIn just yet. In fact, you should use our free LinkedIn guide to make even better use of it.

Of course, we always love your feedback. Have you made use of these social networks when trying to find a job? What other social networks have you used? Would you not use these for any reason? Share your thoughts below!

Stop using your mouse like a sucker. Get more out of Facebook and Twitter by learning their keyboard shortcuts.

It’s something longtime computer users have known for years: keyboard shortcuts make everything faster. It’s true for text editing, it’s true for using accent marks and it’s true for Gmail users.

But it turns out these time-saving gestures can also help you with your time wasting, by turning you into the ultimate Facebook and Twitter ninja. Think about it: what if you could browse your Facebook news feed, like posts and leave comments all without touching your mouse? Or explore your Twitter timeline, mark favorites, leave replies and retweet posts the same way? Keep reading if you want to get the most out of Twitter and Facebook, because I’m going to explain the best keyboard shortcuts for both sites.

Before we get into any other keyboard shortcuts, we need to cover the absolute basics: browsing by individual posts. Facebook and Twitter share a keyboard shortcut for this which is favored by sites all over the web: “J” for down, “K” for up. That’s right, you can browse Facebook and Twitter one post at a time, all without moving your right hand from the home position.

Why not simply use the arrow keys? Because those just scroll up and down and don’t conventionality skip between posts. Anyway: open up either site, right now, and try it. When you do you’ll see a line to the left of the selected post on Facebook:

It’s subtle, but you’ll get used to looking for it.

The currently selected tweet is even more obvious on on Twitter, thanks to the blue highlight:

You can use these shortcuts on the home page of either service, but also while browsing the pages of individual users. It’s important to get used to using “J” and “K” to scroll if you want to take advantage of any keyboard shortcuts that pertain to the currently selected post/tweet.

Speaking of: let’s get to those.

You now know how to navigate Facebook or Twitter using only the “J” and “K” keys. Let’s get to actually interacting with the posts you’re scrolling to – but note these shortcuts will only work if you’re using J/K to flip between posts (this sites which post/tweet you intend to interact with).

The first thing to learn: replying. Whether you’re leaving a comment on Facebook or sending a response on Twitter, the keyboard shortcut for replying is a single button. Facebook users can press “C” to leave a comment.

Twitter users, meanwhile, need only press “R” to send a @reply to any tweet:

Not in the mood to actually, like, type a reply? Facebook users can simply press “L” to Like a selected post. Leaving a trail of raised thumbs has never been simpler: just J/K through your timeline and press “L” when you see something you like. You don’t even need to move your hand.

Twitter users have two choices: “F” to favorite a tweet and “T” to retweet. You’ll see this take affect instantly:

Already you can explore, reply to, and otherwise interact with posts faster than ever before. Start using Facebook and Twitter this way and you’ll wonder how you ever did otherwise.

The keyboard shortcut for posting on Twitter is simple: just press “N” and the post window will show up:

Facebook doesn’t have a dedicated shortcut for this, but if you use J/K to browse to the “Update Status” box you’ll see it’s selected:

Hit “Enter” and you’ll be in the post box, ready to submit your inane rants to the world. Use responsibly.

Here’s where things get weird for Facebook users. You can use two keys, combined with a number, to jump between different Facebook pages – like the Home screen, or your personal timeline. What are these keys? It depends on your operating system and browser. Here’s Facebook’s list:

Internet Explorer for PC: Alt + #, then EnterFirefox for PC: Shift + Alt + #Safari for Mac: Ctrl + Opt + #Firefox for Mac: Ctrl + Opt + #Chrome: Ctrl + Opt + #

So what are these numbers? You can read Facebook’s official list, if you want, but to me the most useful things to know are that “1? gets you to the Facebook home page, “2? gets you to your personal timeline and “4? gets you to incoming messages.

Twitter makes things a little easier, in that the keyboard shortcuts for jumping from page to page are the same in every browser. You need only press “G” (for “Go”), followed by a one-letter shortcut for where you want to go. “G” followed by “C”, for example, will take you to the “Connect” page.

“G” followed by “H” will take you back home; “G” followed by “D” will take you to the discover page. It’s pretty easy to understand, and kind of makes you wonder what Facebook is thinking with its number system. Knowing both of these, however, is useful for any social networking enthusiast – with them you can explore the sites quickly.

As I mentioned before, Facebook offers a complete list of Facebook keyboard shortcuts. Twitter makes things simpler – to see a full list of keyboard shortcuts you need only hit “?” while using the service:

Or, if you prefer, you can check out this social media shortcut inforgraphic. It outlines all the shortcuts above, along with some for Google Plus and YouTube. We’ve also got cheat sheets for Twitter or Facebook shortcuts, if you want to download a PDF outlining everything. Print them for a one-page summary.

I haven’t outlined all the keyboard shortcuts here – just the ones I think are most useful. Think I missed something? Please, leave your favorites in the comments below. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Image Credits: Notebook keyboard Via Shutterstock

Pinterest launched a new feature on Thursday that will help users take a step towards actually purchasing the items they see: price alerts.

Pinterest has long served the Internet community’s place for virtual window-shopping. Typically, users pin items that they hope to have but may never even buy at all. Coming shortly after the release of Pinterest’s “pin price” feature which allows users to see the current price of their pinned items, the new price alerts help users keep up with price changes for items that they have set their sights on.

Users can activate price alerts simply by pinning items to one of their boards, and they will be notified via email when the price has dropped. To avoid unintentional spamming, representatives have already announced that various prices will be consolidated into as few emails as possible for the benefit of the user. If the email frequency is still too high, the user can customize it in their settings.

Pinterest hopes to add value to the pins on their site, and by teaming up with major and independent retailers, the new price alert system makes Pinterest stand out in the world of online commerce.

The new price drop feature also pits Pinterest against other sites such as Wanelo and Wantworthy which have already taken a stab at the consumer market.

How do you feel about the new Pinterest price alerts? Will you make use of them? Do you believe that the email notifications will be too much, or do you look forward to them? Let us know what you think in the comments.

Source: Pinterest via TechCrunch

Twitter has just improved the way we search on the microblog by giving us additional filters and what it calls “a social context”. The new search is a smart makeover, with suggested results revealing the relationship between the user and the other suggested accounts in the results. Twitter calls it “social context”. Photos and accounts have also been brought in as search filters in the other significant changes.  With the search improvements, users get to enjoy the same experience on their desktop and searching Twitter on mobiles.

Search is becoming more visual all around, and it is moving away from being text-only into the realms of social connectivity and multimedia. Twitter can’t be left too far behind in the game. First, when you type a query, Twitter will show you which of the other connections you follow, also follow the suggested accounts in the search result. Recent results and saved searches have been incorporated along with the social context which you can spy even as you type in your query. With a click you can see the top tweets, all tweets, and tweets from those you follow on the results page. It is a much cleaner way to dissect the tweets than before.

Photos have been given a tab all of their own. Think of it as a filter and it almost makes you think of Google Image Search. Clicking on People shows you the accounts behind the top tweets. You can choose to follow (or un-follow) users here. Twitter announced the changes with… a tweet.

Search update on http://t.co/eNvqKTup1d: See photos & accounts in results + recent searches & social context as you type your query.

— Twitter (@twitter) August 1, 2013

The announcement was surprisingly low-key because after last year’s overhaul of Twitter Search, this is another step in a richer direction.

Have you tried it out yet? Tell us how you find the update.

Source: Searchengineland.com

 

In an effort to inject Facebook into more public conversations, the company on Wednesday introduced embeddable posts that will let blogs and news organizations include status updates, videos and photos in stories.

The posts work in the same way as embeds from Twitter and YouTube. Once your account is enabled, you will have the option to "Embed post." That will produce a code you can cut and paste into a blog entry or HTML file.

For a post to be embeddable, it must be set to public. In its announcement, Facebook used a status update from the British Monarchy about the recent royal birth as an example:

 

Though an estimated 72% of Facebook users set their posts to private, the company has lately been looking to tap its public posts for added commentary and color on topical issues.

With this in mind, Facebook introduced hashtags in June so users and journalists could track conversations on Facebook about various issues. The new embeds can also include hashtags, which readers can click on to see those discussions.

The intent of such efforts is to provide more inventory to advertisers looking to reach people during live events, like the Super Bowl or the Oscars. Until now, Twitter has offered the lion's share of such ad opportunities, but with 1.1 billion users, 28% of Facebook audience offers a viable alternative.

Remember the mass scare on Facebook a while back where almost everyone changed their status to “I want to stay connected to you PRIVATELY, but you need to uncheck this that and the other”? It has come around again, but this time it’s a meme about Facebook’s “Graphic App”. And guess what? It’s yet another completely pointless pile of rubbish tips that won’t protect anyone from anything. The first giveaway is in the supposed “Graphic App”, which doesn’t actually exist. From there on it just gets more and more silly.

The “Graphic App” Update Spiel

Here’s what it says:

Hello to all of you who are on my list of contacts of Facebook. I would like to ask a favour of you. You may not know that Facebook has changed its privacy configuration once again. Thanks to the new “Graphic app”, any person in Facebook anywhere in the world can see our photos, our “likes” and our “comments”. During the next two weeks, I am going to keep this message posted and I ask you to do the following and comment “DONE”. Those of my friends who do not maintain my information in private will be eliminated from my list of friends, because I want the information I share with you, my friends, to remain among my friends and not be available to the whole world. I want to be able to publish photos of my friends and family without strangers being able to see them which is what happens now when you choose “like” or “comment”. Unfortunately we cannot change this configuration because Facebook has made it like this. So, please, place your cursor over my photo that appears in this box (without clicking) and a window will open. Now move the cursor to the word “Friends”, again without clicking and then on “Settings”. Uncheck “Life Events” and “Comments and Like”. This way my activity with my family and friends will no longer be made public. Now, copy and paste this text on your own wall (do not “share” it!). Once I see it published on your page, I will un-check the same for you. Thanks so much!

Debunking The Spiel

Yes, this is a hoax — another Facebook Myth. It may have been started with good intentions, but in reality it just makes people think that they’re safe when they aren’t. That, and it makes friends jump through a bunch of useless hoops to supposedly protect a friend and maintain their friendship. Let’s walk you through what’s actually going on here.

There is no such thing as the “Graphic App”. They most likely mean to refer to Facebook Graph Search, which has recently been opened up to everyone using the US dictionary. Graph Search makes it easy to search for things that are available for you to view on Facebook. For instance, you could search for “Photos of my friends liked by my friends” in order to view a good collection of the best photos of your friends. This may involve viewing photos uploaded by people you don’t know, but only if that person’s privacy settings allow it.

What Are You Actually Doing By Following These Steps?

The spiel tells you to hover over their photo, then hover over “Friends” and “Settings”, then uncheck “Life Events” and “Comments and Like”. These settings are actually used to change what you see from said friend. So, if I follow these instructions, I will no longer see “Comments and Likes” or “Life Events” from this friend. I’ll still see the other things they post, but I’ve essentially told Facebook that I don’t want to see those particular things from this person. This is what you should do if you are sick of seeing your friend posting about their new job, adding dozens of “Me too” comments or liking everything they see. And yes, you do see these things if you’re watching the ticker feed.

What Are These People Trying To Stop, Exactly?

What these instructions don’t do is what they claim to do. These instructions will not stop strangers from seeing the things your friend shared that their friends liked. To be a little less confusing, consider the following scenario:

Fred is worried about his Facebook privacy, as he heard that strangers might be able to see his life events, comments and likes. If Fred hasn’t locked down his privacy settings and isn’t careful about where he comments and what he likes, this may be true. If Fred comments on or likes a public update by Bill, the comment or like may be seen by anyone who has liked Bill’s update, commented on Bill’s update or is friends with Bill. They may see this in their ticker feed, on their home page, on Bill’s Timeline or in the results of a search. Fred should protect his privacy by refraining from commenting on or liking public posts.

Instead, Fred re-posts this fancy spiel about the “Graphic App” and hopes that all his friends follow the instructions, then mumbles to himself about Facebook wanting to expose all of his private data. He hopes he won’t have to un-friend all of his friends in two weeks when he finds they haven’t followed these instructions.

What Should You Do Instead?

For starters, lock down your profile to be “Friends-only” using Facebook’s privacy settings. You can even change all your old posts to follow suit if you like. This step is as much for your privacy as it is for your friends’ (as you’ll see in the next step).

Next, talk to your friends about privacy settings and see if you can convince them to limit their profiles to “Friends-Only”. If they do this, this means that when you comment or like something of theirs it will be viewable to only your friends and their friends.

Read more about Facebook Graph Search and the best Graph Search privacy tips you can make use of. In particular, untag yourself from public photos or photos you don’t like. Check your timeline to see what things you’ve liked in the past and how public those likes are. Everything can be adjusted.

Finally, don’t like or post comments on public updates if you have a problem with people seeing that you’ve done this. Check before you comment on or like something. A public post will have an image of a globe on it. But keep in mind that even friends-locked posts can be made public later if the poster changes their settings. Always be prepared for these things to become more public down the track.

Have you seen a lot of these “Graphic App” updates? Were you tempted to re-post it?

Facebook Login Page Help And Troubleshooting

Facebook is currently probably the most popular social networking website on the Internet. With a user base growth of 50 million in the last three months it is without doubt now ranking at the top with its 300 million users. Facebook login problems are as common as those on other websites. This does not only fall into the forgotten username or password category but also phishing problems which every major web service has to cope with. The standard Face book login page is located on the homepage. There Facebook account owners can log into their Facebook profile by clicking on the login button, and new users can register an account at the social networking site. A mobile page is available as well as a Facebook lite website. The former for mobile users, the latter for users with slow Internet connections.

Login Facebook

The following paragraphs act as a guide for people who have troubles connecting to Facebook.com, who have lost or cannot remember their username, password and email, who have their accounts hacked or who experience other error messages while trying to log into Facebook.

Additional information are available at the following pages:

Facebook Login Page
Analysing Facebook Login Problems

A forgot your password link is available on all three pages in case the login password cannot be remembered correctly. The Facebook login username is usually the email address that was used in the signup. Facebook users who want to get rid of all the problems related to logging into the social networking site including forgotten passwords or phishing threats should use a password manager like Last Pass, which is available for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, for their login. This password manager remembers the username and password, will automatically fill them into the forms at the homepage and even perform the Facebook log in automatically.

Members who are experiencing other problems that are related to the login page or screen might want to try clearing their web browser cache. Another possibility is to use a different web browser if one is available to see if the login problem exists on that web browser as well which would suggest that it is not a browser setting that is responsible for the Facbook login problems the user experiences.

Video Instructions to log into Facebook, Facebook homepage

 

Facebook Login Tips

• Never follow links that allegedly lead to the Facebook login , always enter the url directly in your web browser to go there.
• Always check the website before you start entering your log in information
• Use a password manager like Last Pass to aid in the login process.
• Select a secure password with at least eight digits and a number.
• Do not hand out your username or password to anyone.
• Change your password the second you suspect the account could be compromised

Facebook Log in Help

If you have lost or cannot remember your Facebook password, go to: Reset Password page and follow the guide there to restore it.

 If you do not have access to the email address you signed up with, go to: My login email address is invalid or expired at Facebook to recover it.

 

 If your Facebook account has been hacked, go to: Security, my Facebook account has been hacked.

If you have forgotten your login email address you can try login in with your Facebook account username if you have defined one. You might also ask your friends to look at your profile and retrieve the email address for your. If all else fails go here.

Additional Facebook login information and security tips are available at the Login Helper website.

The troubleshooting guide has shown that face book account holders can face several difficulties when connecting to the social networking site. Some problems are related to technical problems, a blank page or errors on the page for instance, while others are Facebook account related, usually that information such as the email address, username or password are not accepted.

Users who have resolved their log in problems at the site are encouraged to leave a comment to help other users who are experiencing the same login issues.

Updates

January 26, 2011 – Facebook recently announced a new security related option in the user’s account settings that can be used to enable HTTPS on the whole site. HTTPS, a secure encrypted connection between the local computer and the Facebook website, ensures that no one in the same computer network can listen to that traffic. The change has been announced here

Facebook users need to open their Account Settings page where they can check the Secure Browsing checkbox to enable HTTPS for the account.

October 12, 2010 – Facebook has launched two new security features. First, the social networking site has launched one time passwords that can be used to log into Facebook with passwords that are only valid for one time. It works by configuring a mobile phone number in the Facebook account settings and then sending otp to 32665 on your mobile phone if you are in the US. Facebook will reply with a one-time password for the login.

The second addition is the ability to log out remotely. If you have forgotten to log out of Facebook you can do that now even if you are not near the device you logged in with. This is handled under Account Security section of your Account Settings page.

Stay tuned for additional Facebook login and security updates.

February 14, 2012 – You can harden your Facebook account under Security Settings. Here is a quick rundown of what’s available there:

• Security Question – This helps Facebook identify you when you try to contact the support for instance.
• Secure Browsing – Here you can enable https for all connections where the feature is available.
• Login notifications – Receive emails whenever someone logs into your Facebook account.
• Login Approvals – This enables two factor authentication on Facebook. You basically get a code send to your mobile phone whenever someone tries to log in from an unrecognized device.
• App Passwords – This are helpful if you have enabled Facebook login approvals. Some apps do not support the feature and you create special passwords for them here to use them.
• Recognized devices – Displays a list of devices that have connected to Facebook recently.
• Active Sessions – All Facebook sessions that are active.

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