Oct 10
15
Play with Facebook URL!
Do you have a Facebook Username for your profile? It’s well known that when you select a username for your facebook Profile, it also modifies your profile URL. If your username is on facebook is MaxPowel, then your profile in Facebook just can be founded without searching by a direct URL http://www.facebook.com/MaxPowel! Not only that, you can set username from your fan pages (that minimum have +25 fans) and application pages. This is known as facebook Vanity URL and this is one thing that brought Facebook one step closer to Social Micro-Blogging site Twitter.
Well, Facebook never explained how did this URL thing really work or they have kept few secrets. But while using Facebook, I’ve discovered something that may interest you.
Do you have any Gmail address? In Gmail, if your username is username@gmail.com, then you also own u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com (can be hundred of emails actually by positioning dots [.] in between the characters) and email on those address will forward the emails on your actual address username@gmail.com. And you know, Facebook also supports something just like that!
For example: URL of facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg‘s fan page is http://www.facebook.com/markzuckerberg
But when you visit http://www.facebook.com/m.a.r.k.z.u.c.k.e.r.b.e.r.g (Please don’t mind to use your imagination on using dots between the words) you’ll be also forwarded to actual page! Not only that, but Facebook’s url shortening service (that’s still not for public use) http://fb.me also supports this urls! Like http://fb.me/m.a.r.k.z.u.c.k.e.r.b.e.r.g or http://fb.me/markzuckerberg
And Facebook username settings option actually block the use of your username with dots probabilities by someone else after you’ve setted your username! Like my username on Facebook is “SPYLUV” and “S.P.Y.L.U.V” and all other dot probabilities are blocked on Facebook username registration just after I’ve used it!
So what do you think? Will you be interested in using your short URL http://fb.me/username on your personal address card to link your Facebook Profile? Leave a comment..
