Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Create a Personalized Facebook URL

In the unlikely event that a mentally impaired acquaintance or politely small talking colleague wanted to find me on Facebook, they'd simply need to check out the following url:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=721480775

Problem is that the Web address of my personal page is not that easy to remember so unless you hang around with MIT Blackjack card counters you probably won't get many visitors.

"But Hills you lanky streak of piss, not so fast," I hear you cry. "What about the Facebook search feature?". Well that's a fair point, but it really depends on who you're looking for and how common their name is.

A quick search on Facebook for "Jonathan Hills" reveals three pages of people who have all been bestowed with the same name. More common names such as "Paul Smith" bring up pages and pages of results. So in order to find the "Paul Smith" that I'm looking for, I'd need to sift through hundreds of Pauls while squinting at each thumbnail photograph in a vain attempt to recognize somebody I may not have seen for 15 years.

One solution is to try SocialToo. Simply visit the site, create an account and SocialTool will allow you to create a personalized url for your Facebook page. The url takes the form of http://username.socialtoo.com where username is the name you define when creating your SocialToo account.

So, for example, the url to my Facebook page is http://lankybrit76.socialtoo.com
It's short, easy to remember and typing it in to a Web browser takes a user straight to my Facebook page. So think of it as a vanity url for your Facebook profile - something that a lot of people will find attractive.

Aside from the personalized url SocialToo also includes numerous additional features such as automating the following process on Twitter.

So act fast to secure your username on SocialToo and give it a closer look.

1 comments:

Gabriel - diseƱo de paginas web said...

Well not really know you could change the url of facebook. Or rather customize the url. Please explain ...

Sorry my English is not very good:) I hope you understand the comment.


Gabriel