{"id":739,"date":"2011-11-03T12:08:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T16:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2011-11-03T12:08:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T16:08:18","slug":"how-to-create-a-vanity-url-for-your-linkedin-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/careerdev\/how-to-create-a-vanity-url-for-your-linkedin-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Create a Vanity URL for your LinkedIn Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Getting Your Vanity URL on LinkedIn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A vanity URL is a domain name that points\u00a0to something to which it is related and indicated in the name of the URL. \u00a0For example,\u00a0<a title=\"View public profile\" name=\"webProfileURL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robertstarks\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robertstarks<\/a> is the URL of my personal LinkedIn profile. \u00a0If you have a LinkedIn account and don&#8217;t know if you have a vanity URL, you can view your profile and check the URL displayed next to &#8220;public profile.&#8221; \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t claimed your LinkedIn vanity URL, you&#8217;ll likely see a string of random numbers and\/or letters making it very difficult to remember and not something you would want to put on your resume or business card. \u00a0To get a vanity URL, simply log in to your LinkedIn account. \u00a0Once signed in, in the upper right corner, hover the mouse over your name and you&#8217;ll get a drop down menu with two options including &#8220;settings,&#8221; and &#8220;sign out.&#8221; \u00a0Click on &#8220;settings,&#8221; and you&#8217;ll be taken to your account settings page. \u00a0Click on &#8220;Edit your public profile.&#8221; \u00a0Finally, click on &#8220;Customize your public profile URL.&#8221; \u00a0You can then create your vanity URL by simply typing the name you want and saving. \u00a0It&#8217;s that easy.<\/p>\n<p>You may also want to read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/uGry40\" target=\"_blank\">HOW TO: Properly Name Your Resume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/pkUFv3\" target=\"_blank\">HOW TO: Get Your Own Personal Infographic Webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/p9YixJ\" target=\"_blank\">10 Ways to Find a Job on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mOuwsL\" target=\"_blank\">HOW TO: Get a Vanity URL for Your Google Plus Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/rbRFCC\" target=\"_blank\">How and When to Discuss Salary During the Interview Process <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This image shows you the steps outlined for those new to LinkedIn or who prefer a visual.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-776\" title=\"How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn\" src=\"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn.jpg 822w, http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn-300x264.jpg 300w, http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn-768x676.jpg 768w, http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/How-to-get-a-vanity-url-for-LinkedIn-810x713.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Your Vanity URL on LinkedIn A vanity URL is a domain name that points\u00a0to something to which it is related and indicated in the name of the URL. \u00a0For example,\u00a0http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robertstarks is the URL of my personal LinkedIn profile. \u00a0If you have a LinkedIn account and don&#8217;t know if you have a vanity URL, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,419],"tags":[513,486,514,512,515,420,487,489,485,488],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-careerdev","category-socialmedia","tag-customize-linkedin-address","tag-how-to-create-a-vanity-url-for-linkedin","tag-how-to-customize-linkedin","tag-how-to-customize-your-linkedin-url","tag-how-to-edit-linkedin-profile","tag-linkedin","tag-personal-url","tag-purl","tag-vanity-url","tag-www-linkedin-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careertipster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}