How (and Why) to Create a Custom Friendly URL for Your LinkedIn Profile
Your LinkedIn profile is the digital representation of your professional reputation.
Quick tips :
To change your public profile URL from your desktop:
1) Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
2) Click View profile.
3) Click Edit public profile & URL on the right rail.
4) Under Edit your custom URL in the right rail, click the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.
5) It’ll be an address that looks like www.linkedin.com/in/yourname.
Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.
Click Save.
Here’s how to change your public profile URL on your mobile device:
1) Tap your profile picture.
2) Scroll to the Contact and Personal Info section and tap the Edit icon.
3) On the Edit contact info page, tap on your personal Profile URL. You’ll be redirected to the Public profile settings page.
4) Under the Edit URL section, tap the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.
5) Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.
For More details read below :
Your LinkedIn profile acts as a digital portrayal of your professional identity. It’s a chance to highlight your abilities, accomplishments, and experience. A compelling profile helps you to stand out from the crowd and catch the attention of potential employers. The primary advantage of having a solid LinkedIn profile is that it allows you to develop a professional online presence. The first thing recruiters and potential employers see when they search for your name online is your LinkedIn page. You can establish your professional credibility and develop trust with potential employers by creating a strong LinkedIn profile.
Having a custom public profile URL will help other members and recruiters identify your profile easily and connect with you. Custom public profile URLs are available on a first-come, first serve basis. You can only have one custom public profile URL at a time.
Here’s an easy and essential LinkedIn tip that everyone should do ASAP – create a custom LinkedIn profile URL.
Why? Having one will enable you to use your LinkedIn profile as a branding and lead generation tool.
Your default LinkedIn URL is long and full of numbers and other characters, which is not very user friendly or easily shared with your network. The main point of LinkedIn is giving others the ability to quickly and easily find and connect with you.
Having a custom LinkedIn URL also helps with SEO, on major search engines such as Google and Bing. Setting up a custom URL requires turning on your LinkedIn public profile – this is what search engines scan – which helps you to be found organically.
Setting up a custom LinkedIn profile URL is easy to do – if your name is somewhat common, you may need to play around with it a bit to add in your middle initial or an “esq” or “cpa” because LinkedIn has more than 950 million users, many of whom have already set theirs up – here's how your customized LinkedIn profile URL will look: / yourname
To change your public profile URL from your desktop:
1) Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
2) Click View profile.
3) Click Edit public profile & URL on the right rail.
4) Under Edit your custom URL in the right rail, click the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.
5) It’ll be an address that looks like www.linkedin.com/in/yourname.
Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.
Click Save.
Here’s how to change your public profile URL on your mobile device:
1) Tap your profile picture.
2) Scroll to the Contact and Personal Info section and tap the Edit icon.
3) On the Edit contact info page, tap on your personal Profile URL. You’ll be redirected to the Public profile settings page.
4) Under the Edit URL section, tap the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.
5) Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.
A few things to note:
Your custom URL can have 5-30 letters or numbers. Don’t use spaces, symbols or special characters.
LinkedIn recommends using a variation of your name and/or your professional brand since you’ll share this URL with people, so they can find your LinkedIn profile. Some job applications may also ask you for your LinkedIn profile URL. It’s a good idea to add it to your resume as well.
The customizable part of the URL is case insensitive. This means using JohnSmith, johnsmith, or johnSmith will all point to the same profile.
If the URL you want isn’t available, please select a different one. They can’t make custom URLs available to members upon request.
You can change your URL up to five times within six months. Once you have changed your URL for the fifth time, you won’t be able to change it for another six months. Changing your URL several times may make it hard for people to find you.