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Posts Tagged ‘URL’

Facebook kicks st00pid numbers, allows unique names

But if you actually want to secure your unique name, you gotta be quick, because:

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.

That’s what the official blog says – and what’s even more important: once you chose your unique username, it’s here to stay – no change of mind later on. And it’s first come, first serve – so be quick! Read the rest of this entry »

Social media triX: turn subdomains into profile URLs

Profil-Redirects mit SubdomainsA couple of social networks offer nice, human readable profile URLs, but most still don’t. And since nobody is going to remember a link like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=717807375, it’s a good idea to use a redirect: this way, Facebook and other URLs are much easier to remember in an offline talk for example. If you’re running your own site using your own domain, it’s very easy to set up a subdomain which points to your profile. facebook.datadirt.net opens my fb-profile page – here’s a quick checklist on how to do that. Read the rest of this entry »