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Facebook Has Changed Again!!

by pmbrent
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For short period Facebook allowed users to change the vanity URL "without" the 25 Likes, but that has changed back to the old ways of needing 25 likes to change your "vanity URL" for customization. Just a heads up...
#changed #facebook
  • Profile picture of the author jaggyjay
    Thanks for the heads up. Could be they were just testing to see what results would follow. Hmmm.... I'm betting they'll continue to do short "tests" like that out of the blue.
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  • Profile picture of the author officer_iron
    Very interesting. I didn't even notice that they were allowing it without the 25 likes. How long was this going on?
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    • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
      Originally Posted by officer_iron View Post

      Very interesting. I didn't even notice that they were allowing it without the 25 likes. How long was this going on?
      Since around September till this month I guess...
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  • Profile picture of the author tahoecale
    I though it was always like that. when wasn't it?
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    • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
      Originally Posted by tahoecale View Post

      I though it was always like that. when wasn't it?
      For a couple of months, I changed one profile without needing the likes but recently tried and needed them.
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  • Profile picture of the author purehatred
    Thanks for the heads up
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  • Profile picture of the author Zesh
    I was not even aware of these two rule changes..

    I do know you need 25 likes to get a vanity URL...

    Either way, cheers for heads up.
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  • Profile picture of the author khaiyong
    I guess you could ask a couple of your friends to "like" your page or advertise a little to get your vanity url
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    • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
      Originally Posted by khaiyong View Post

      I guess you could ask a couple of your friends to "like" your page or advertise a little to get your vanity url
      You could do that or buy your likes like I did...I used Fiverr and got 600+ likes for $5, it also helps the SEO of your page too (sidenote)
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  • Profile picture of the author AceOfShirts
    I was able to get a vanity URL on a page about a month ago when I first created it with no likes. I created another page less than a week later and was unable to do it.

    I'm surprised you were able to do it for so long. I don't know why they make you wait anyway. You can fiverr 25 likes pretty quick. It's just stopping people from advertising their FaceBook Pages. I don't put the links out on my Pages until I get the Vanity URL.
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    • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
      Originally Posted by Ace Of Shirts View Post

      I was able to get a vanity URL on a page about a month ago when I first created it with no likes. I created another page less than a week later and was unable to do it.

      I'm surprised you were able to do it for so long. I don't know why they make you wait anyway. You can fiverr 25 likes pretty quick. It's just stopping people from advertising their FaceBook Pages. I don't put the links out on my Pages until I get the Vanity URL.
      It's funny because I did the exact same thing...
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  • Profile picture of the author scraig
    Facebook is always testing and changing. Lets hope they don't make to many changes a la Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author crystal2
    Yeah, they are likely to test the functioning..thanks for clarifying.
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    • Profile picture of the author Nate D
      Ok so I never joined facebook. But I probably should since it could possibly help with some of my IM and direct marketing. So is facebook going to get old like myspace - and will people switch again? Or will it be around forever?
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      • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
        Originally Posted by Crop Circle View Post

        Ok so I never joined facebook. But I probably should since it could possibly help with some of my IM and direct marketing. So is facebook going to get old like myspace - and will people switch again? Or will it be around forever?
        I don't think it will be like MySpace becuase they have over 750+ Million users right now, I don't know about forever but they'll be around for awhile.
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        • Profile picture of the author JustMakeItWork
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          • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
            Originally Posted by JustMakeItWork View Post

            Yeah. No chance. Facebook has crossed that line that MySpace never was able to cross, and that is being part of everyday culture. Myspace for the most part was a very popular way to spend one's free time, with everyday use potential for the minority. Facebook has become somewhat of a necessity for a large part of the population, whether that is for social purposes or business marketing purposes. Facebook will be there regardless of what comes along next in my humble opinion
            I agree with you as well
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  • Profile picture of the author EricHall
    I have never seen it be any other way than 25. Facebook does change to much to keep up with them. Makes it hard to use the site regularly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Seth Bias
    Just buy 200-300 likes from fiverr.com. Get your vanity url fast and look like your page has traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author GeoMasters
    Fiverr likes! How's that working for you guys? Does it help you get traffic in FB?
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  • Profile picture of the author Prog3nie
    If you're planning on having a vanity URL for facebook, there's software here on the warrior which automates "likes" to your fanpage.
    When you get to the proverbial 25 likes, you can always assign the likes to another fanpage.

    That software (WSO) is called Social Exposure system.

    Obviously the majority of likes are from users creating fake accounts on FB simply to garner likes too...
    However, some users are legit, but bottom line, you can get 25+ likes pretty fast using this method.

    Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author pmbrent
      Originally Posted by Prog3nie View Post

      If you're planning on having a vanity URL for facebook, there's software here on the warrior which automates "likes" to your fanpage.
      When you get to the proverbial 25 likes, you can always assign the likes to another fanpage.

      That software (WSO) is called Social Exposure system.

      Obviously the majority of likes are from users creating fake accounts on FB simply to garner likes too...
      However, some users are legit, but bottom line, you can get 25+ likes pretty fast using this method.

      Good luck.
      Interesting strategy, are you able to assign the likes without that software? Either way that a pretty nice technique instead of constantly getting new likes you can just add them to another page...
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  • Profile picture of the author eminc
    Originally Posted by pmbrent View Post

    For short period Facebook allowed users to change the vanity URL "without" the 25 Likes, but that has changed back to the old ways of needing 25 likes to change your "vanity URL" for customization. Just a heads up...
    Not only this, but facebook is constantly changing its API also. I just looked at the Developer's roadmap some days back for a Facebook Application, and it looks like they are deprecating FBML, which I used couple of months back for Like and Comment boxes.

    Good thing is for the programming part, Facebook has a Roadmap page by which you can figure out what exactly is going to change and when. I hope they have something for these kind of changes too.

    Mohit
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  • Profile picture of the author seoglobalexperts004
    haha.... Facebook and Ladies.... really unpredictable..... you never know when it will change......:you tried to understand them and sudden you see changes... so can't say anything.....
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