Facebook Launches Vanity URLs
Before when a user registers for an account on Facebook, whether it be for a Regular Profile or a Fan Page, Facebook automatically assigns a random number to the profile url,
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789
but now, it can be changed to a username of your choice like this,
http://www.facebook.com/yourname
Why get them? Because it will be easier for people to remember your profile address.
But if you own a Fan Page, it must have been created before 5/31/09 and have at least 1,000 fans before you can get a vanity url for it.
Faceboook employees and key journalists were given the first shot to get vanity urls of their choice. Facebook officially announced the availability of vanity urls to the public only on June 13, 2009
To claim yours, visit http://www.facebook.com/username/.
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June 25th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Cool naman. Friendster also have that pero Facebook is much much cooler nowadays. ^_^
June 27th, 2009 at 9:55 am
yup meron na ako. saya ko nga eh. http://facebook.com/jenifferantonio add mo ko te…
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:49 am
mabago na nga ang url ko sa facebook! hehe.
July 12th, 2009 at 1:22 am
buti na reserve ko kaagad yung gusto kong URL
Wais facebook, nung nag create ako new account to reserve mo URLs, di na pwede. Tapos nabasa ko nalang na bawal pala mag URL name squatting. hehe 
July 13th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
yup. nakapagpalit na ako ng url ko. nagkagulo talaga mga tao jan eh sa paguunahan ng names! hehehe. buti na lang, walang nakakuha nung napili ko…
July 17th, 2009 at 11:25 am
@Snow, oonga, meron ka na vanity url? inaad ka ni jennifer. hehe
@walongbote, uy nice, meron ka na din!
@Ax, anong url mo?
@jehzlau, haha! ganun? anong url ba kinuha mo na bawal?
@Jerick Mac, mahirap lalo pag common yung names. hehe