Comments on: Why You Don't Need A Facebook Vanity URL

By: rachel from the blog

rachel from the blog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:54:27 +0000

Matt! It’s ingenious! I was frustrated because of the ridiculous timing of the release of the vanity URL’s (seriously…FRIDAY NIGHT!?…I’m supposed to be sitting at my computer watching Facebook on FRIDAY NIGHT?). I missed my first, second and third choice URL’s but now it doesn’t matter. Thank you for the tips…you’re a genius (but I think you knew that).

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:06:48 +0000

Matt, cool idea, although I did pick up my name on FB with MY LAST NAME ONLY. Sometimes it’s good to have an obscure last name. That said, I’m going to give this a try.

By: diamondTearz » Facebook Vanity URLs: The morning after

diamondTearz » Facebook Vanity URLs: The morning after — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:50:29 +0000

[...] Why You don’t need a facebook vanity URL- Some alternative approaches to getting the benefits of the facebook vanity URL- even if you didin’t get the one you want. [...]

By: diamondTearz

diamondTearz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:47:49 +0000

Brilliant stuff!! What if I got my facebook vanity URL- are there any other benefits to this approach? I guess tracking-like you said. Are there others? I’m planning to fit this into my spare time somehow this week!

By: Brandi

Brandi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:07:18 +0000

I didn’t get my first (or second) choice URL, I love the point of view and ideas here! Thanks!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:29:44 +0000

As usual, another useful tip. I hadn’t thought about this and usually count on my “fans” and friends to just type in “Mobo Media” in the search bar. This cuts down the guess work for new friends and drives traffic through my site. Thanks for the tip!

By: ez

ez — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:10:43 +0000

Back in 2002, when I took over running a university web site, I removed hundreds of pages like this. Browsers poorly handled the back button in these cases, angering users. Instead, I used Apache redirects to provide the browsers the HTTP 302 code to redirect them which were handled more smoothly. Of course, the person who took over from me spent a year purging all those with something else.

By: D@S

D@S — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:50:49 +0000

ojala no levante nunca mas… jojojoj

By: Wendy Van Parys

Wendy Van Parys — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:20:23 +0000

Thanks for pointing out that there are alternatives to the Facebook stampede, Matt – especially useful if you have a business page with fewer than 1000 followers, which won’t be permitted to grab a Facebook short URL this time around.

Many folks in the coding community do advise against using an html meta tag refresh redirect because search engines get annoyed with it. Here’s Steven Hargrove on 301 redirects: http://bit.ly/wLpL

I opted to use a php 301 redirect to set up a short link from my domain to my Facebook business page, found that I also needed to add a line of code to the .htaccess file in the root directory (your ISP can advise if this is needed).

By: brent(inWorship)

brent(inWorship) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:37:54 +0000

Nice! I know what I’m going to do this weekend!