HOW TO CREATE YOUR PERSONAL FACEBOOK URL (For Personal and Business Pages) Have you ever noticed the URL that shows up when you are on your Facebook page, the one with all of the numbers? Would you like to get rid of the numbers and have a URL something like www.facebook.com/yourusername Since Facebook profiles and pages are indexed on search engines, it is important to have a URL that is meaningful and also easy to remember. To change your URL, login to Facebook and go to www.facebook.com/username. Personal Pages If you only have a personal page you will see the following screen: Enter your desired username (at least 5 characters) and click on the Check Availability button to see if anyone else has used this name. If the name has not been used, you must then confirm that you want to set your username. Warning: Once you choose a username and save it, you cannot change it again. How To Change Your Facebook URL (201202) -1- rinaldi computer solutions www.rinaldicomputersolutions.com (416) 254-0481 HOW TO CREATE YOUR PERSONAL FACEBOOK URL (For Personal and Business Pages) Company Pages If you also have a company page you will see a slightly different screen: The first box is for your personal page. As you can see in the above example, the username is already set. If it wasn’t set you would follow the steps for Personal Pages. In the second box, the page names of all your company names will be listed. Select the company page for which you would like to change the username. Enter your desired username (at least 5 characters) and click on the Check Availability button to see if anyone else has used this name. If the name has not been used, you must then confirm that you want to set your username. Warning: Once you choose a username and save it, you cannot change it again. Once complete you will have a nice Facebook URL which you can add to your website and give out to your clients. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions about this topic or any other Windows application. How To Change Your Facebook URL (201202) -2- rinaldi computer solutions www.rinaldicomputersolutions.com (416) 254-0481
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