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I always just assumed Google had a Facebook page (was never really that interested to check it out before today). I guess my question is this, did Google not have a Facebook page until now because it did not feel it needed one or was it done out of spite that Facebook may become the king of data soon?

If Google was spiteful, it had many reasons for that including when Facebook snubbed Google for Microsoft (Microsoft is now an investor and runs external searches within Facebook with Bing). There is a great piece in Wired on this called - Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet - and Keep Google Out.


You can check out Google's new page here - Google on Facebook