Webifiable

Do you want a more memorable Facebook URL than http://www.facebook.com/pages/pagename/123456789? Fortunately, that’s easy to take care of! Let’s take a look at the two simple steps to customize your Facebook page’s address.

Back in September of 2009, Facebook introduced the concept of usernames. Instead of having some long, unintelligible URL for your Facebook profile or page, you could claim your username and get a simple, easy to remember URL.

So how do you claim your username for your page?

1. Get at least 25 people to like your page

Invite your friends on Facebook to like your page. In the right sidebar is a menu option that lets you suggest your page to your friends. Just click on that menu option, check the friends you want to suggest your page to, and Facebook will send them a message suggesting they like your page.

Once you’ve hit the magic number of 25 people liking your page, you’ll be eligible to create a username for your page.

2. Visit facebook.com/username

Go to Facebook’s Username page. Although they do have a link to it buried somewhere on your settings page, it’s much easier to simply visit http://facebook.com/username.

As long as you do have 25 people liking your page, your page name will appear in a dropdown menu on the Username page. Select your page, and then you can enter a username. Facebook will check if that username is available, and then give you a legal warning if it is.

Remember to pick something that will be easy for you and others to remember and to type in. Also keep in mind that once you select a username, you are stuck with it. And that’s all there is to getting an easy to remember URL for your Facebook page!