Facebook seems to have once again quietly made a change to the Page Guidelines for Cover Images!

The 20% rule is now gone from the official Facebook Page Guidelines language and the document shows it was updated July 1, 2013.

The last change had come March 19, 2013, enabling calls to action, website addresses and more, but enforcing a 20% rule on text on the cover image.  Prior to that March update, pages could not have any price or purchase information within the coverage image, nor contact information, references to Facebook features, or calls to action.

All of that is now gone!

The complete Facebook Guidelines can be viewed here:

www.facebook.com/page_guidelines.php

Below is an image of the current and most recent prior Facebook Page Guidelines statement:

What do you think about this change?   Good, bad, more visual overload in cover images?

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