19. Features Page Group Hosting a discussion Yes Yes Discussion form Yes Yes Multimedia Exchange Yes Yes Contact Members Yes (Updates) Yes (PM) Statistics Yes No Event invites Yes No Social ads Yes No Relationships Long-term Short-term Personal Google Indexing Yes No
http://www.searchenginejournal.com Unlike groups, fan pages are visible to unregistered people and are thus indexed (important for reputaion management, for example); Pages are public, groups are about controlled participation (5000) Unlike pages, groups allow to send out “bulk invite” (you can easily invite all your friends to join the group while with pages you will be forced to drop some invites manually). Groups are thus better for viral marketing, meaning that any group member can also send bulk invites to the friends of his . Campaigns. Groups are generally better for hosting a (quick) active discussion and attracting quick attention. Groups are great for organizing on a personal level and for smaller scale interaction around a cause. Pages are better for brands, businesses, bands, movies, or celebrities who want to interact with their fans or customers without having them connected to a personal account, and have a need to exceed Facebook’s 5,000 friend cap. http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php