Comments on: Facebook Suggesting Dots ( “.” ) in New Username Profile URLs – Bad or Good for SEO? http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/ SEO, Social Media and Web Marketing ... Clairefied Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:55:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: claire http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-4052 claire Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:55:08 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-4052 Hi Mercedes, I've heard of other people with this same problem! Best bet is to keep bugging and as a last resort, create a new profile and username... and let your fans know to find you at the new location. Hi Mercedes,
I’ve heard of other people with this same problem! Best bet is to keep bugging and as a last resort, create a new profile and username… and let your fans know to find you at the new location.

]]> By: Mercedes http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-4049 Mercedes Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:57:06 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-4049 I'm not sure if anyone can help or has the same issue, but because facebook does not make a username unique if it has periods in it, it is still allowing multiple usernames to be created that are the SAME. I created a username for our business page, which facebook will not let us change, and when users type in the URL facebook.com/williamfwhite it is NOT going to our page, but to some guy's personal page. We are screwed! I've tried emailing every address I can think of, posted questions, emailed facebook about this bug (the check availability feature should have known that williamfwhite was not available because of the other user's username 'william.f.white." I’m not sure if anyone can help or has the same issue, but because facebook does not make a username unique if it has periods in it, it is still allowing multiple usernames to be created that are the SAME. I created a username for our business page, which facebook will not let us change, and when users type in the URL facebook.com/williamfwhite it is NOT going to our page, but to some guy’s personal page. We are screwed! I’ve tried emailing every address I can think of, posted questions, emailed facebook about this bug (the check availability feature should have known that williamfwhite was not available because of the other user’s username ‘william.f.white.”

]]> By: George Kao http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2835 George Kao Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:14:55 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-2835 Facebook is now allowing 1 change of usernames. Go to: https://register.facebook.com/editaccount.php ..and click "change" next to Username. I'm wondering the same question whether the dot is better for SEO. (Even though facebook.com/georgekao and facebook.com/george.kao will both go to the same profile, facebook will default to the one you set.) I imagine using the dot makes it much easier for search engines to know they are separate words...so it should be better for SEO, right? Facebook is now allowing 1 change of usernames. Go to:
https://register.facebook.com/editaccount.php
..and click “change” next to Username.

I’m wondering the same question whether the dot is better for SEO. (Even though facebook.com/georgekao and facebook.com/george.kao will both go to the same profile, facebook will default to the one you set.)

I imagine using the dot makes it much easier for search engines to know they are separate words…so it should be better for SEO, right?

]]> By: Michelle B http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2464 Michelle B Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:41:47 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-2464 As far as I can tell, they won't be able to get one with dashes or dots - they'll have to start adding numbers or something if they still want their names to be included in the URL. : ) As far as I can tell, they won’t be able to get one with dashes or dots – they’ll have to start adding numbers or something if they still want their names to be included in the URL. : )

]]> By: claire http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2395 claire Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:38:51 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-2395 Thanks for sharing your crazy find, Michelle! So, I guess this means that if any of the other Claire Hawley's in the world (there's at least 3 more) decide to use a friendly-url username, they're out of luck.... it'll still go to me? Thanks for sharing your crazy find, Michelle! So, I guess this means that if any of the other Claire Hawley’s in the world (there’s at least 3 more) decide to use a friendly-url username, they’re out of luck…. it’ll still go to me?

]]> By: Michelle B http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 Michelle B Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:13:44 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-2237 Facebook sure picked a weird way to implement its username system. It skips right over any hyphens or dots you may have put in your username; in other words, they're purely aesthetic. It doesn't matter whether or not you type in http://www.facebook.com/clairehawley will take you to the same page as if you were to type in http://www.facebook.com/c....la---...ir.eha---wl...e..y----...--.-.-- As far as I can tell, this is a specific to Facebook sort of deal; I tried removing the hyphens from this URL and got the infamous 404 error. So it doesn't matter that you didn't get http://www.facebook.com/claire.hawley - technically, neither did anyone else. You can type in the dot if it makes you feel better, or if you want to give that address to other people, go right ahead. As far as SEO goes, search engines seem to like to display users whose display names match their usernames first (as far as I can tell). Why? More content of the found page matches your search terms. Facebook sure picked a weird way to implement its username system. It skips right over any hyphens or dots you may have put in your username; in other words, they’re purely aesthetic. It doesn’t matter whether or not you type in http://www.facebook.com/clairehawley will take you to the same page as if you were to type in http://www.facebook.com/c….la—…ir.eha—wl…e..y—-…–.-.–
As far as I can tell, this is a specific to Facebook sort of deal; I tried removing the hyphens from this URL and got the infamous 404 error.

So it doesn’t matter that you didn’t get http://www.facebook.com/claire.hawley – technically, neither did anyone else. You can type in the dot if it makes you feel better, or if you want to give that address to other people, go right ahead.

As far as SEO goes, search engines seem to like to display users whose display names match their usernames first (as far as I can tell). Why? More content of the found page matches your search terms.

]]> By: danielle http://www.clairefy.com/facebook-suggesting-dots-in-urls-is-this-bad-or-good-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 danielle Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:38:05 +0000 http://www.clairefy.com/?p=44#comment-2152 i did the same as you, no dashes or dots. did u see the comment in that thread where the guy says google might not be the dominant search engine soon bc look at where altavista is ? :D so much has changed since 2006. i did the same as you, no dashes or dots.

did u see the comment in that thread where the guy says google might not be the dominant search engine soon bc look at where altavista is ? :D so much has changed since 2006.

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