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Don’t Forget Your Fan Page Vanity URL!

Posted on March 2, 2010 by in Use the Web

ScribblesYou’ve created a Facebook fan page for your business. It’s beautiful until you get a look at the URL at the top of your browser. It’s long and somewhat gibberish. Go on over to: www.facebook.com/username/ and give your fan page an understandable username. You need to already have 25 fans to get a vanity URL.

Rather than having a URL like: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SilverSpring-MD/Chaos-To-Clarity/166942438444

You can have on like: http://www.facebook.com/chaos.to.clarity

Why bother? A vanity URL is a lot easier to remember and type. Using the same username of your page also reinforces your branding.

Does your Facebook fan page have a vanity URL?

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Tracey Holinka, MS blogs about social networking, social media, web design, and web development. She also designs and produces a range of how to videos and presentations about the Social Web. She is a Senior Web Designer/Developer and a WordPress Expert.
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