Yes, I believe they will, but I haven’t heard a specific date. I actually like the new timeline profile, but you do have to make sure you have your privacy set if you don’t want all to see every post you have made of Facebook. When you make the switch you get 7 days to get it setup the way you want before it goes live.

I believe their goal is to get everyone to the timeline, but like Dan, I don’t know how soon, but I kinda like the format as well.

All they are really doing is changing the way personal profiles display. It allows more of a “progressive diary” of events in a person’s life.

For example, I like the way you can post a pic from 20 years ago, and slot it into the proper place on the timeline, instead of just throwing it into an album and letting everyone guess where/when it was from.

I took a pic of me from HS, a pic of the car I drove back then, and a song and posted them all into that particular year. Now, when someone scrolls down my timeline, they have a snapshot of what was happening in my world back then.

@trudy @danhoward @michellefontaine @michellefontaine

Yes, @trudy – the Timeline should be rolled out shortly.  You can get it now by going to  http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline and in the lower right corner I believe there is a Get it now button (it doesn’t show for me because I already have it)

@trudy I personally really like the timeline. Initially I was wary since it made me discover how much information Facebook has on me (Began using my personal profile when it was still “theFacebook.com”) but soon I embraced how neat it is to take a walk down memory lane through the timeline. I would recommend following  @andrea-vahl instruction on activating your timeline.

@andrea-vahl do you know anything about how business pages might be affected by timelines? Will there be different capabilities and postings for business?

So timeline will be going live on the 30th March for everyone. Here are some brand pages that have already made the change:

https://www.facebook.com/Tiffany
https://www.facebook.com/cocacola
https://www.facebook.com/benjerry

Have you made the change yet? I am so far still getting things together in order to make the transition. I have to admit, I do quite like Timeline, it can make things a lot more personal and you can include the brand history. You can also rearrange thing so important bits are at the top etc.

One thing I am unsure about though is will there still be a landing tab? Does anyone know of any tutorials in order to make a good landing page/home page for Facebook?

Fiona

Thanks Alexandra!

I just ran across this great article on making the changeshttp://www.hyperarts.com/blog/facebook-timeline-for-fan-pages-frequently-asked-questions/