I created a Facebook fan page and it was listed in the search engines in fews days.
Here is one. I noticed a ton of links with different sub domains. Not sure of the benift though.
http://sr-rs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7914331753
I made my profile public and I think that helps. No reason to force folks to be your friend in order to view your page unless it's just to boost your friend count.