Facebook FanPage Special URL

You can find my FanPage on its special URL here.

At midnight, Eastern Time Zone, Facebook allowed those with Fan Pages of at least 100 fans to choose their own URL. Previously, only those with 1,000 fans could choose a special URL, which was offered at the same time as personal URL pages.

At that time a few weeks ago, the help pages at Facebook indicated that on June 29th, those with at least 25 fans would be able to obtain a special URL. However, very close to the 29th of June, Facebook must have changed its decision and only allowed those with over 100 fans to have a special URL on the 29th. Wow! Some people were NOT happy! People were publishing and posting requesting for others to become a fan just so they could get a URL!



I was unable to obtain a special URL for my church's fan page. However, Facebook did indicate that it would be available in the future, so I am understanding that they are slowing phasing in the ability so as to make it an easier load on their servers.

I continue to be happy that I made the switch from a group to a Fan Page. When I post on the wall, it appears in all of the fan's homepage stream. Even if the stream is too fast, one can see recent wall posts to their fan pages by clicking on the link to sort the stream in the left-hand sidebar of their page.

It's awesome because I cannot communicate with others easily by them "liking" the post or posting a comment under the wall post.

I encourage my fans to post things they find to my Fan Page wall! It's not just for me! Let's share together! I'm not sure how to get my fans to start doing this, but I'm trying!

In addition, when I have special announcements, I can alert the fans through an "Update to Fans," which is much less intrusive than the only option available in groups (being e-mail).

Also, I have in the sidebar of my FanPage other digital scrabpooking FanPages so that you can find your favorites. If you have a FanPage that is not listed, please let me know.

I debated on what URL to choose, whether to use "hummiesworld" or "digitalscrapbooking" or "photoshopelements." I decided that for new people to find me, it would be better to have the name of the hobby rather than the name of my site which has nothing to do with the name of the hobby. I was excited to be able to grab that URL.