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By: Kiprop Kiprotich

Kiprop Kiprotich — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:59:00 +0000

This is a valuable source of information! I have claimed my name in most accounts.

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By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:14:00 +0000

Thanks for the feedback!

By: Alwain

Alwain — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:36:00 +0000

Great advice, especially about the Linkedin headline. Just changed mine :)

By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:18:38 +0000

John,

Interesting point. While I am no SEO expert, I will point out that the
aesthetic benefits of the vanity URL (within email, on biz cards, on
resumes) likely far outweigh any slight optimization boost. The search
engine bots are important, but so are real people!

Thanks for reading, and thanks for the thoughtful comment.

By: John at Productfirst

John at Productfirst — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:08:31 +0000

Great advice... but one anomaly seems to be that Google likes first name hyphen last name more than: firstnamelastname. So if you go/http://linkedin.com/pub/ryan-rancatore/16/6/7abc/7d47
Rather than http://linkedin.com/in/ryanrancatore
You will get higher up the list??
Any suggestions as you can’t seem to go back from Vanity url to pub.

By: Raphael Coccia

Raphael Coccia — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:33:39 +0000

Ryan

You pointed out some great and easy tips for people to do.

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By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:45:40 +0000

Lindsey,

Thanks for stopping by. I had snuck in a quick mention of Facebook vanity URLs way at the bottom – it is a bit hidden. Thank you for keeping me on my toes though!