Facebook Users to Personalize Their Profile Page’s URL

Armaan Bhati — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:08:54 +0000

I was really waiting for this feature to to be added in orkut and facebook. As Myspace was using it for such a long time, and it is so convenient. Well Orkut did disappoints me every-time, but facebook lived up to its expectations.

If u didn’t get what i mean then keep reading.

Most of the users on Facebook are mostly real and they also use there personal identity as an individual on Facebook, the one place, though, where your identity wasn’t reflected was in the Web address for your profile or the Facebook Pages you administer. The URL was just a randomly assigned number like “id=592952074.” That soon will change.

The new URL’s will make it easier for you to connect, with your family and friends. From now on you’ll see something like this.

Your new Facebook URL becomes your personal destination on web, people can search on on Facebook as well as other popular search engines such as google. Your username will have the same privacy setting as your profile name in Search, and you can always edit your search privacy settings here.

If you search for someone on google here’s what it’ll look like.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, you’ll be able to choose a username on a first-come, first-serve basis for your profile and the Facebook Pages that you administer by visiting www.facebook.com/username/. You’ll also see a notice on your home page with instructions for obtaining your username at that time. It would look something like this.

You can choose your names in basic text form, and you can only choose one single username for your profile and for each of the Pages that you administer. Your username must contain a minimum of five characters and only include alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9), or a period or full stop (“.”). While usernames are currently available only for Romanized text, Facebook’s engineers are thinking of providing Non-Romanized in later future.

Think carefully about the username you choose. Once it’s been selected, you won’t be able to 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.

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To see FAQ go here where you can find answers to common questions.

If administer a page on Facebook for details go here

If you want to ensure you keep the rights for a trademark or other protected name, contact Facebook here.

- Vikram

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Facebook Users to Personalize Their Profile Page’s URL