Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ?

innocent07 · 12-05-2008, 06:00 AM

On facebook, how do you make a personal URL link for your facebook account?

-ie, How do you make a facebook url link like this.. www.facebook.com/MYNAME.com (MYNAME being anything you wish)

instead of http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5433452162

(^^ made up examples)

For example like this one Barack Obama | Facebook

How do you personlise your facebook url from the number of your profile to a url name?

dogisland · 12-05-2008, 06:06 AM

Go to settings / privacy settings.

and you'll see

"Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing (see preview)"

Click on the preview and you'll get the URL.

Michael Taylor · 12-05-2008, 06:37 AM

That only allows a minimal version of your profile to be searchable by non-members. Your only option is to use the "personal" URL in the form of facebook.com/people/Fred-Garvin/34985756.

I think Obama must have paid for that URL or they simply offered it to him. I don't see any option for mere mortals to get a simple facebook URL like that.

John McCain's and Sarah Palin's names also end up at their campaign page. No results for georgebush, billgates, or richardbranson.

innocent07 · 12-05-2008, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogisland

Go to settings / privacy settings.

and you'll see

"Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing (see preview)"

Click on the preview and you'll get the URL.

Thanks, but that url is somthing like http://www.facebook.com/privacy/?ref=mb#/people/MY-NAME/5433452162

I was woundering can it be turned into www.facebook.com/MYNAME.com(MYNAME being anything you wish)

??

Michael Taylor · 12-06-2008, 11:54 AM

No, apparently it cannot.

LonNaylor · 12-06-2008, 12:48 PM

This doesn't strictly answer the question but might be a good start...

If anyone knows how, it is probably Mari Smith.

Her Facebook blog has tons of excellent info. One post on creating a Fan page for your business I found particularly helpful:

Why Facebook? Social Networking for Fun and Profits! by Mari Smith Blog Archive How To Create and Promote Your Facebook Fan Page

Mari is a wonderful, smart lady and very approachable with something like this.

Just a thought...

LonNaylor · 12-06-2008, 12:49 PM

This doesn't strictly answer the question but might be a good start...

If anyone knows how, it is probably Mari Smith.

Her Facebook blog has tons of excellent info. One post on creating a Fan page for your business I found particularly helpful:

Why Facebook? Social Networking for Fun and Profits! by Mari Smith Blog Archive How To Create and Promote Your Facebook Fan Page

Mari is a wonderful, smart lady and very approachable with something like this.

Just a thought...

nicholasb · 12-07-2008, 01:12 AM

you can do a redirect from your server, or register the domain

HJ-Andrew · 01-13-2010, 11:30 PM

Lon that was a good article you linked, very helpful, thanks.

Sean A McAlister · 01-13-2010, 11:41 PM

How does this thread have over 16,000 views and only 7 comments

Edit....now its 10...was only 5 when I first saw it....granted it was started
in December of 2008...but still!

LilBlackDress · 01-13-2010, 11:41 PM

Is this what you are looking for? (Please note in the example you give of BarackObama there is no .com after his name in the actual URL as there is in your example. The actual URL is http://www.Facebook.com/BarackObama)

~ Log in to Facebook

~ Once logged in go to www.Facebook.com/username

~ Pick the user name of your choice. Must be at least 5 characters long. Facebook will make suggestions for you.

For a full "how to" visit: How to Get a User Name on Facebook - Info Barrel

Istvan Horvath · 01-13-2010, 11:44 PM

There was a time last year (even mentioned in this forum) when you could register your own name for FB url:

HTML Code:

http://www.facebook.com/IstvanHorvath

Istvan Horvath | Facebook

Not any name you wanted, just your own.

SeanSupplee · 01-13-2010, 11:45 PM

Very cool dident know it was possible before and I know a lot of people do ask that. before i was linking it just from my domain like www.domain.com/facebook seems to work good as well

12-05-2008, 06:00 AM	#1
innocent07 Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 879 Thanks: 17 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? On facebook, how do you make a personal URL link for your facebook account? -ie, How do you make a facebook url link like this.. www.facebook.com/MYNAME.com (MYNAME being anything you wish) instead of http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5433452162 (^^ made up examples) For example like this one Barack Obama \| Facebook How do you personlise your facebook url from the number of your profile to a url name?

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dogisland HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canary wharf, London. Posts: 163 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking	Re: Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? Go to settings / privacy settings. and you'll see "Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing (see preview)" Click on the preview and you'll get the URL.

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Michael Taylor Denizen of Azeroth War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 342 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 400 Thanked 65 Times in 50 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? That only allows a minimal version of your profile to be searchable by non-members. Your only option is to use the "personal" URL in the form of facebook.com/people/Fred-Garvin/34985756. I think Obama must have paid for that URL or they simply offered it to him. I don't see any option for mere mortals to get a simple facebook URL like that. John McCain's and Sarah Palin's names also end up at their campaign page. No results for georgebush, billgates, or richardbranson.
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Michael Taylor Denizen of Azeroth War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 342 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 400 Thanked 65 Times in 50 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? No, apparently it cannot.
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LonNaylor HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 423 Thanks: 31 Thanked 49 Times in 24 Posts Social Networking	Re: Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? This doesn't strictly answer the question but might be a good start... If anyone knows how, it is probably Mari Smith. Her Facebook blog has tons of excellent info. One post on creating a Fan page for your business I found particularly helpful: Why Facebook? Social Networking for Fun and Profits! by Mari Smith Blog Archive How To Create and Promote Your Facebook Fan Page Mari is a wonderful, smart lady and very approachable with something like this. Just a thought...
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LilBlackDress Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 669 Thanks: 35 Thanked 60 Times in 44 Posts	Re: Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? Is this what you are looking for? (Please note in the example you give of BarackObama there is no .com after his name in the actual URL as there is in your example. The actual URL is http://www.Facebook.com/BarackObama) ~ Log in to Facebook ~ Once logged in go to www.Facebook.com/username ~ Pick the user name of your choice. Must be at least 5 characters long. Facebook will make suggestions for you. For a full "how to" visit: How to Get a User Name on Facebook - Info Barrel

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Istvan Horvath Baby Boomer War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,020 Thanks: 170 Thanked 268 Times in 201 Posts Social Networking	Re: Facebook - how do you make a personal facebook URL ? There was a time last year (even mentioned in this forum) when you could register your own name for FB url: HTML Code: http://www.facebook.com/IstvanHorvath Istvan Horvath \| Facebook Not any name you wanted, just your own.
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