Manish Choudhury

Have you noticed that some users have Facebook profile URLs like http://facebook.com/manishc whle most people have URLs with a bunch of numbers like http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000824186403&ref=ts

Now you can get your own Facebook URL. It’s quite easy. All you need is a cellphone. Facebook requires you to activate your cellphone for the Facebook Mobile service, before you can create a profile URL. If you haven’t already activated your Facebook mobile service, you can do so by following the steps below or if you have already activated your Facebook mobile service, you can skip ahead to step 9.

1. Log on to Facebook
2. Go to your Account settings
   
3. Go to the Mobile tab
   
4. Click on “Register for Facebook Text Messages”
   
5. A dialog box will pop up. Select your country and your cellphone network provider and click the “Next” button
   
6. Follow the instructions on the screen and send a text message containing the letter “f” (without the quotes to the number shown on your screen. Click the “Next” button.
   
7. An activation code will be sent to your cellphone.
   
8. Select the options for your Facebook mobile.
9. After activating your phone you can go to http://facebook.com/username and create your own Facebook profile URL.
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