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LinkedIn Tip - “Hey, Baby. What's Your URL?”

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What’s Your URL?&# Each LinkedIn profile is given a default URL, which is a combination of the LinkedIn domain and a bunch of numbers.? Click on “Edit&# to change the URL to include your name. Those with a common name may find that their desired LinkedIn URL is already taken by another member of the same name.

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URGENT: Facebook Rush Tonight - Claim Your Name

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PDT), there will be an unprecedented rush to the Facebook website as millions of users try to be the first to claim their desired Facebook username. Right now, to direct your friends and family to your Facebook page, you must share the current URL, which likely includes a string of random characters and numbers.

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The CS guide to avoiding Twitter (and any) Phishing Scams

Josh S Peters

Look at the url on this one: videos.dskjkiuw.com does that really look like a trustworthy URL with the garbled mess in the center? If it isn’t a shortened URL and contains a string of letters like that, chances are it’s no good. The links usually hold some clues as well.

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LinkedIn Lets You Show Off Your Best Assets | Almost Savvy

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What’s Your URL?&# Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook! I encourage you to think again. Ready to rev-up your profile? LinkedIn Tip – Got Street Cred? LinkedIn Tip – Mom Was Right, Manners Matter LinkedIn Tip – “Hey, Baby.

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How Not to Use Twitter for Business (FroYo Edition) | Almost Savvy

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However, their Twitter account had only been linked to their Facebook fan page, meaning that all of their posts on Facebook were automatically broadcast to Twitter. Please Enjoy This Spam How Facebook Hurt My Feelings Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop 17 Tweets ? There is a huge difference.

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Getting Ready for LeWeb, Need Your Ideas

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How will services like foursquare*, twitter*, facebook*, paypal* fit in to the mobile real time web? [* = Le Web 09 participant] Just a few thoughts Irene, I may have more later. Firefox users, get the plugin ‘Long URL Please’ to show the complete URL before you click. Napoleon Napoleon?s s last blog.

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HOW TO: Build your own link shortener | Shuaism

Josh S Peters

This is incredibly useful when using messaging systems with limited space or characters like Twitter or Facebook status updates. It will even autotweet out your new blog entries with the shortened URL and predetermined hashtags as soon as you post a blog. is what's caused me to keep using my own as the primary vs bit.ly

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