31May2009
Get Ready to Claim Your Facebook Vanity URL
TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook users will soon be able to pick their own vanity URLs, which is pretty big news if you're a business using the site for marketing or community-related purposes.
Another way to create easy-to-remember Facebook URLs is to create a subdomain on your own web and redirect it to your Facebook page.
For example, for Warrior Epic, our recently launched online action RPG, we created:
Even if you do get the vanity URL of your choice in the upcoming Facebook landrush, it may not be a bad idea to create your own social networking subdomains anyway. It keeps these URLs simple, consistent, and memorable.
Posted on: May 31, 2009 | 12 Comments
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12 Comments Posted
Creating your own social networking subdomains seems like a great idea! Thanks for sharing this with us.
1. Posted by Farid Hadi on June 01, 2009
Thanks for sharing!..
Sounds like a nice idea.
2. Posted by web design leeds on June 01, 2009
Much better, another easy way for people to remember content now and enable them to easy find your facebook account when they return.
3. Posted by Claire on June 02, 2009
Its about time they implemented this strategy, especially for all of those companies using Facebook as a marketing tool.
4. Posted by DB-Elements on June 06, 2009
Thanks for the info!
5. Posted by Zoltan on June 09, 2009
About time! Will be a great tool for businesses. Thanks for the info.
6. Posted by Web Design East Sussex on June 11, 2009
Well I got facebook.com/christianwatson so I'm happy!
7. Posted by Christian Watson on June 19, 2009
What a great idea, the social bookmark site page link. I feel a little silly I did not think of that! Thanks for the heads up on the Facebook URLs too!
8. Posted by affordable small business website on June 24, 2009
Well I personally think that these vanity urls are not very useful. But its good that these companies allow users to do this. It gives a personal touch for users.
9. Posted by Affordable Web Designs on June 27, 2009
About time they did this. Thanks for the heads up!
10. Posted by Website Design on July 07, 2009
Really great idea! Thanks for sharing.
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11. Posted by Leon Dudovich on July 09, 2009
Great idea - creating subdomains now...
12. Posted by Ceri Balston on August 13, 2009