Facebook vanity URL

3 Alternatives to Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL’s

Did you get the Facebook Fan Page vanity URL you wanted?  Or, is your Fan Page one of the many that doesn’t meet the minimum requirement of 100 fans?  There are other ways to get a shorter, customized URL for your Fan Page.  I posted 3 alternatives to a Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL in [...]

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How To Shorten Facebook URL’s

The original Facebook URL’s for a personal profile or a fan page are quite long making it hard to verbally tell someone how to get to your Facebook profile/page.   These Facebook URL’s are also too long to put on a business card or in online profiles where you want to provide a link. Facebook just [...]

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Vanity URL Update: Facebook Increases Fan Page Minimum Twice in 2 Days!

OMG, I can’t believe this.  Facebook once again increased the minimum number of fans required to claim a Fan Page Vanity URL.  They keep bouncing around.  Originally there was a 1,000 fan minimum.  Facebook said that minimum would be lifted on June 28th. On June 27th, I noticed that Facebook had added a minimum requirement [...]

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NEW Minimum for Claiming Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL

I’ve been regularly checking the Facebook website for additional information on when users can claim a vanity URL for their Fan Page.  Their website still says “June 28, 2009″ but does NOT indicate a time of day.  When Facebook started allowing users to create a vanity URL for their personal profile, it started at 12:01 [...]

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Claim a Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL (No Fan Minimum!)

UPDATE:  As of September 2009, there is a 25 Fan minimum to claim your Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL.  Read more & find out how to claim yours at www.HowToUseFacebookForBusiness.com. June 13, 2009:  Facebook has announced that the current 1,000 Fan minimum requirement for obtaining a Facebook Fan Page vanity URL will be lifted as [...]

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Claim Your Facebook Vanity URL (UserName)

Today Facebook officially announced that they are going to make usernames available as of 12:01 am EDT Saturday, June 13th.  Usernames will be available for Personal Profiles and for Fan Pages that had a minimum of 1000 fans as of 5/31/09. What this means is that you will be able to have a URL for [...]

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