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Get Ready, Facebook Pretty URLs Are Coming!

By June 12th, 2009 Internet Marketing, Personal, Social Media No Comments
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Facebook recently announced on a blog post that they’ll be implementing vanity URLs starting this Saturday at midnight. So get ready, because this means that millions of users will be racing to get a pretty URL.

By “pretty URL” I mean a web address that is easy to remember instead of the ugly string most of us have now. That’s big news for companies and individuals who are using Facebook for more than sharing pictures with their friends.

This will be possible in a couple of days.

This will be possible in a couple of days.

For whatever reason, Facebook has been reluctant to join the vanity URL party like most social networks. And now that they have, they’re doing it with a very short leash – perhaps a bit too short.

Take your time and think very carefully before registering your new personalized URL. Why? because if you go for facebook.com/hottie69* or you misspell your company name, you won’t be able to change it.

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