Get Custom Profile Link For Facebook

I had started using Facebook from this month (Nov. 2009). To be honest my main reason was to promote my blogs but later on i really started enjoying it. One week ago I came to a profile: http://www.facebook.com/malika.theshy. I was wondering how she got profile URL with her name. I asked her but she too was not having any clue about it. But now I know how to get custom profile url for yourself. I will share it with you.

I had changed my profile URL from this http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000437064864 to this http://www.facebook.com/azadshaikh today.

You will able to choose a username on a first-come, first-serve basis for your profile and the Facebook Pages that you administer by visiting

http://www.facebook.com/username/

[contentblock id=13]It will show options based on your actual name in Facebook profile or you can chose any other username. Your username may contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period or full stop (”.”). Once you select a username, you cannot change or transfer it (so, be careful). If you think, “why the hell use this to make Facebook profile public that can be leeched by search engines?” – Well, you can chose cool looking username and still keep away from search engine listing. Using privacy settings.

Grab your Custom URL Facebook username for easy looks, sharing and searchable (if you want that!).

Note: You cannot change the username later, so be sure to grab a good one!

Azad Shaikh

Azad Shaikh

Azad Shaikh is an internet geek at heart. From reviews about computer components to playing X-box one games, Azad takes pleasure in writing about anything and everything about computers. He is a computer engineering graduate and certified ethical hacker. In his leisure time, he reads and explores the internet.

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  1. ya i got it …
    it’s really working………
    good work..
    try to implement such another tricks…
    thanks man…

  2. Hi Azad,

    its worth noting that getting a custom link (“username” in facebook terminology) for a personal profile is easier than getting the same for a “brand page”. The process is the same but the rules for a “page” are slightly different. To get a vanity url for a company page you need to have atleast 1000 fans. I mention this because I have 2-3 company pages and do not yet have enough fans to be eligible. It took me some time to work out why. Regards Peter

    • Hello Peter,
      Facebook had changed the rules regarding custom url for pages. Now it takes only 25 fans to get a custom url for your facebook page. Here the proof checkout Internet Geeks Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/InternetGeeks . I think this change will help every brand promoter on facebook. We are try different things with our fan page and hope to get our fan page completed by this month. The real problem is the brand/logo for our website, i had not yet completed it. Internet Geeks is not just a blog, lots of new features are comming very soon.
      Thanks for reading out post and dropping a comment. If you want any help regarding wordpress then you are welcome anytime.
      Warm Regards
      Azad Shaikh

  3. Hi Azad, thanks for the update – that’s great news – i didnt know that this rule had changed. By the way, really enjoying reading the content on internet geeks. Very informative, helpful and good value. Adding you to my blogroll so others can get the benefit of your work! Warm regards, Peter.

    • Perter thank you very much for adding our blog in your blogroll. We are trying our best for delivering the best information we can. You might had notice that the blog is still not completed, when our blog will get completed i will try to do more useful and informative post.
      I had been reading your blog and i too found your blog very informative and full of wisdom. Why don’t you use feedburner services for delivering posts directly to mails.
      Stay connected. 🙂

  4. Reply
    Facebook Developers January 29, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    Facebook is trying to enagaged more with people and introducing many new features which people really like and quite easy to remember name of any Facebook Page by inserting Brans or Product name. Now everyones getting facebook geek.

    • Totally agree with you. The application are increasing every day. You can find facebook application of all kind. Hope other social media sites learn something from it.

      Thanks for comment. See you on other post.

  5. Hi Azad, thank you for this information, actually I asked this question on another blog and you helped me with the answer. Very much appreciated!:smile:

  6. Hey ..It’s really working…….
    Thanks for posting and sharing this useful information.

  7. goodjob!kepp your progress,nice blog…

  8. A shorter URL for your Facebook profile that you can share with people is:

    http://fb.me/username

    So yours, Azad, is http://fb.me/azadshaikh

  9. Hi, could you please help me?
    I got a custom username, but I do not want it anymore. Please help me, what should I do to get rid of it?

  10. Hey Azad, I have a question! I just cant find the way how to get a unique link for my fanpage. To get a username is easy but this is kind of annoying…pls help, thanks

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