{"id":1076,"date":"2009-06-26T07:34:22","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T11:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2009-06-26T07:34:22","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T11:34:22","slug":"facebook-vanity-urls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/06\/26\/facebook-vanity-urls\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Vanity URLs"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s still time, but you should act quickly. You can get an easier URL to remember and share for your Facebook page. Facebook launched the vanity URLs several weeks ago, so many of the best and smallest names are already gone, but there is no time to waste.<\/p>\n

Next time you log into your Facebook account you will probably see a list of URLs that Facebook suggests for you. You can even check some of your own selections. If you are like some of our clients, you clicked this closed and now that you want a vanity URL you cannot find where to get one in the Facebook control panel settings.<\/p>\n

Here’s how to get your vanity URL:<\/p>\n

1. Log into your Facebook account.<\/p>\n

2. Enter this URL in your browser: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/username\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

3. This will bring up the Vanity URL screen and allow you to select your vanity URL.<\/p>\n

So what’s the big deal? Well my vanity URL is www.Facebook.com\/nancy.mccord<\/a> that is a whole lot easier to remember than what it was before with a huge string of numbers and characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s still time, but you should act quickly. You can get an easier URL to remember and share for your Facebook page. Facebook launched the vanity URLs several weeks ago, so many of the best and smallest names are already gone, but there is no time to waste. Next time you log into your Facebook account you will probably see a list of URLs that Facebook suggests for you. You can even check some of your own selections. If you are like some of our clients, you clicked this closed and now that you want a vanity URL you cannot find where to get one in the Facebook control panel settings. Here’s how to get your vanity URL: 1. Log into your Facebook account. 2. Enter this URL in your browser: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/username\/\u00a0 3. This will bring up the Vanity URL screen and allow you to select your vanity URL. So what’s the big deal? Well my vanity URL is www.Facebook.com\/nancy.mccord that is a whole lot easier to remember than what it was before with a huge string of numbers and characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,29],"tags":[449],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facebook","category-bright-idea-tips","tag-facebook"],"yoast_head":"\nFacebook Vanity URLs | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/06\/26\/facebook-vanity-urls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook Vanity URLs | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There’s still time, but you should act quickly. 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