FB GROUP VS PAGES

Essentially, Groups are more like a private club or networking group. Pages are meant to be promoting a certain product/service/brand/celebrity.

Here’s a table drew up that displays some of the differences:

	Page	Group
Purpose	Represent particular person or brand	Collaborative environment for group of people
Restrictions	Public or admin-only	Public, closed (visible but must request to be added) or secret (cannot be found by search or any other means)
Add people	No (can suggest page)	Yes – only those who are Facebook friends of Group members
Facebook Notifications for fans/members	Only if someone comments on/likes the post you have made or commented on.	Default: FB notifications (and potentially email) for all new wall posts (by anyone) – can be changed.
Posting restriction	Posting can be restricted to Page admins only or open to everyone	Posting can be restricted to Group admins only or open to everyone
Wall	Yes	Yes
Post images	Yes	Yes
Comment/Liking ability	Yes	Yes
Create events	Yes	Yes
Applications/tabs	Yes	No
Posts fed to newsfeed	Yes	No
Polls	Yes	Yes
Create shared docs	No	Yes
Group/Page email address	No	Yes – this means the group members have access to a group email address that when used sends content directly to the Group wall.
Chat	No	Yes – through chat bar
View other fans/members	No	Yes
Advertising	Yes	Yes – unless closed group
Vanity URL	Yes – you can choose	No – though it is a logical URL determined by Group name. Eg. www.facebook.com/groups/groupname although sometimes it may have a string of numbers at the end.
Indexed by search engines	Yes	Yes – but not if secret
Notes	Anyone can search, find and join a Page unless it is set to admin-only. Admins have the ability to delete/ban people.	Anyone who is a member can add another member. This can lead to groups getting out of control. However admins are able to delete/ban people from the group.