I have been waiting for this day! Facebook is opening up so that you can claim vanity URLs this week. Previously this was only for big brands but now you can have your own simple, elegant, branded URL for your Facebook Page (businesses) or profile (personal).

The blog post says: “We expect to offer even more ways to use your Facebook username in the future.” More details please!

Here’s the old style URL (tough to remember and share) and what it could look like after Saturday:

“Your username will have the same privacy setting as your profile name in Search, and you can always edit your search privacy settings here.”
This is how it will look in Google:
The frenzy starts at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, first-come, first-serve basis. for your profile and the Facebook Pages that you administer. Go to www.facebook.com/username/. “You’ll also see a notice on your home page with instructions for obtaining your username at that time.”

Start thinking about this now – what usernames you’ll choose. You can’t change or transfer it. If you signed up for a Facebook Page after May 31 or a user profile after today at 3 p.m. EDT, you may not be able to sign up for a username immediately because of steps we’ve taken to prevent abuse or “squatting” on names.

Questions? here’s their FAQ, if you’re an administrator of Facebook Pages, get more details here. If you want to learn how to use many of the features of Facebook, check out this guide to Facebook.

Make sure that you do this and you claim your name before someone else does.

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One Response to “Claim your Facebook Vanity URL on Saturday!!”

  1. Orlando Vacation Homes Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 8:35 am

    Thanks for the heads-up on this. We were able to grab what we consider to be a premium name.

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