Comments on: Facebook Launch Vanity URLs http://www.counterpointmatters.com/socialmedia/facebook-socialmedia-2/facebook-launch-vanity-urls/ Local online marketing for small businesses from Jo Dodds of http://www.counterpointmatters.com I teach, coach and support small business owners to set up their own search engine friendly websites using WordPress and to use Social Media to better market themselves online. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jo Dodds http://www.counterpointmatters.com/socialmedia/facebook-socialmedia-2/facebook-launch-vanity-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Jo Dodds Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:19:12 +0000 http://www.counterpointmatters.com/?p=518#comment-243 Hi Steffen<br><br>If you have a fan page with more than 100 fans Facebook have recently<br>opened vanity URLs for those pages; not only does your url become less<br>ugly, it can really help with SEO for your business name, if that's<br>relevant.<br><br>You need to go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/username" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/username</a> and follow the instructions<br>(you will first have to verify through a text message that will be sent<br>to you).<br><br>You can't change the url once it's set, so do make sure you choose the<br>right one, and spell it correctly!<br><br>Hope that helps Hi Steffen

If you have a fan page with more than 100 fans Facebook have recently
opened vanity URLs for those pages; not only does your url become less
ugly, it can really help with SEO for your business name, if that's
relevant.

You need to go to http://www.facebook.com/username and follow the instructions
(you will first have to verify through a text message that will be sent
to you).

You can't change the url once it's set, so do make sure you choose the
right one, and spell it correctly!

Hope that helps

]]> By: Steffen http://www.counterpointmatters.com/socialmedia/facebook-socialmedia-2/facebook-launch-vanity-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Steffen Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:29:49 +0000 http://www.counterpointmatters.com/?p=518#comment-242 Is it also possible to claim an vanity URL for a business account? Currently our address is ugly: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/braintool/72935993245" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/braintool/7293599...</a>. We use url forwarding via <a href="http://facebook.braintool.com" rel="nofollow">facebook.braintool.com</a>. But it would be even better to get also a vanity URL for the pages area. Do you know if this is also possible? Is it also possible to claim an vanity URL for a business account? Currently our address is ugly: http://www.facebook.com/pages/braintool/7293599.... We use url forwarding via facebook.braintool.com. But it would be even better to get also a vanity URL for the pages area. Do you know if this is also possible?

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