To begin, I am going to convey to you that there are two valid reasons to make the change:
- For a matter of aesthetics and practicality when disseminating it.
- Due to technological change of Facebook itself.
We are going to develop each point, explaining why it should be done.
Change the Facebook url for aesthetics and dissemination
Usually when you create a page on Facebook or fanpage, Facebook It assigns them a generic url which has a shape similar to this:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tu-Empresa/128503372715437
It turns out that it is a quite complicated web address when it comes to telling an interested party what our channel on the social network is, I even think we will never be able to memorize what the url of our fanpage is.
Al By renaming it we could obtain something similar to the following url:
http://www.facebook.com/TuEmpresa
Imagine if you included this url in brochures, radio advertisements, or said it verbally to someone interested, logically it is much easier to memorize it, and even type it. Surely those interested will arrive more easily and if they like your content, they will be able to attract more followers.
Technological change of Facebook
At the beginning of 2015, Facebook made some technological improvements in its widgets, or in its "social plugins" as they call them. One of the most popular is the Like Box, which allows you to display the activity of your fanpage on your website. For most of these widgets, and in order to configure them correctly, Facebook now requests the updated url. If your idea is to incorporate one of these social plugins to your websites at some point, you should do so.
How to change the Facebook URL
Let's go step by step:
- Enter Facebook with your personal profile.
- You must open a new window in your browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and enter the following address: www.facebook.com/username
- A page similar to the one you see in the photo will appear, where, if you have more than one page associated with your profile, you must choose which page you want to change the web address to.
- When selecting, a field will appear to write the desired web address.
- Once you have written the URL, you must click on the "Check" button Availability", if available, the change will have been made, otherwise you will have to look for alternatives.
Requirements and Warnings
- Keep in mind that in order to make the change of web address you must have at least 25 followers on your fanpage.
- Unlimited changes cannot be made, in theory a maximum of three changes can be made, so choose very carefully what your new address will be. web.
Well I hope this tutorial helps you and see you next time.
