Comments on: Facebook Makes Their URLs Search-Engine Friendly http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/ Social Media, Tech, and Rants From Jesse Stay, The "Social" Geek Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:22:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-465 Jesse Stay Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-465 <p>Thomas,</p> <p>Facebook only makes the Facebook "Pages" friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook "Page" it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.</p> Thomas,

Facebook only makes the Facebook “Pages” friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook “Page” it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-4344 Jesse Stay Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-4344 <p>Thomas,</p><br><p>Facebook only makes the Facebook "Pages" friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook "Page" it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.</p> Thomas,

Facebook only makes the Facebook “Pages” friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook “Page” it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-5138 Jesse Stay Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-5138 <p>Thomas,</p><br><p>Facebook only makes the Facebook "Pages" friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook "Page" it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.</p> Thomas,

Facebook only makes the Facebook “Pages” friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook “Page” it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-7384 Jesse Stay Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-7384 <p>Thomas,</p><br><p>Facebook only makes the Facebook "Pages" friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook "Page" it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.</p> Thomas,

Facebook only makes the Facebook “Pages” friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook “Page” it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-7786 Jesse Stay Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-7786 <p>Thomas,</p><br><p>Facebook only makes the Facebook "Pages" friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook "Page" it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.</p> Thomas,

Facebook only makes the Facebook “Pages” friendly. Your profile is not affected by this change. For a Facebook “Page” it is done automatically by Facebook - just go to the Page and it shows up with the new URL format.

]]> By: Mari Smith http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-464 Mari Smith Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:22:03 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-464 <p>Thanks for the heads up - I Googled myself and, sure enough, my FB Profile URL now includes my name: www.facebook.com/p/Mari_Smith/566610867. I couldn't find my FB Page though (it's not that active yet).</p> <p>BTW, check out the "Profile To" FB app; this creates a Profile URL of http://profile.to/marismith. I started using that in email siggy files, biz cards, etc.</p> <p>However a friend says the link first goes to the Profile To app and asks the person to install... though there is an "ignore/no thanks" button. My friend said it was confusing so I reverted to the longer URL. Here's the direct link for the Profile To app to check it out for yourself: http://apps.facebook.com/profiles/</p> Thanks for the heads up - I Googled myself and, sure enough, my FB Profile URL now includes my name: http://www.facebook.com/p/Mari_Smith/566610867. I couldn’t find my FB Page though (it’s not that active yet).

BTW, check out the “Profile To” FB app; this creates a Profile URL of http://profile.to/marismith. I started using that in email siggy files, biz cards, etc.

However a friend says the link first goes to the Profile To app and asks the person to install… though there is an “ignore/no thanks” button. My friend said it was confusing so I reverted to the longer URL. Here’s the direct link for the Profile To app to check it out for yourself: http://apps.facebook.com/profiles/

]]> By: Thomas Clifford http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-463 Thomas Clifford Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:17:58 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-463 <p>How do you change the url to be more friendly?</p> <p>I went through my account settings and didn't see anything there.</p> <p>Thanks, Tom</p> How do you change the url to be more friendly?

I went through my account settings and didn’t see anything there.

Thanks,
Tom

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-462 Jesse Stay Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:14:49 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-462 <p>OctalMage, that's a great idea, and as I mentioned, it's a simple thing to do. I would also like to have the option to make more information on my profile public.</p> OctalMage, that’s a great idea, and as I mentioned, it’s a simple thing to do. I would also like to have the option to make more information on my profile public.

]]> By: OctalMage http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-461 OctalMage Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:00:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-461 <p>I hope facebook makes user profile urls cleaner. I wish it was like twitter so I could tell someone I meet, "Yeah just go to facebook.com/user/jasonstallings" or whatever.</p> I hope facebook makes user profile urls cleaner. I wish it was like twitter so I could tell someone I meet, “Yeah just go to facebook.com/user/jasonstallings” or whatever.

]]> By: OctalMage http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-4343 OctalMage Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:00:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/20/facebook-makes-their-urls-search-engine-friendly/#comment-4343 <p>I hope facebook makes user profile urls cleaner. I wish it was like twitter so I could tell someone I meet, "Yeah just go to facebook.com/user/jasonstallings" or whatever.</p> I hope facebook makes user profile urls cleaner. I wish it was like twitter so I could tell someone I meet, “Yeah just go to facebook.com/user/jasonstallings” or whatever.

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