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How do I figure out my LinkedIn Profile URL?I've been just getting up to speed with LinkedIn as a professional networking tool and am trying to figure out whether I can use a shortened URL in my email signature that would take people to my LinkedIn Profile page. Is that possible? If so, how do I figure out the page address? While LinkedIn is a good tool for networking, like any other utility, it has some weaknesses along with its many strengths. One of these weaknesses is that it doesn't offer you a straightforward way of figuring out what you're asking about, a simple and succinct way to send people to your own LinkedIn Profile. Fortunately, there is a solution if you're willing to do a bit of URL detective work. Here's what you need to do: First, log in to LinkedIn and click on the My Profile tab. You'll see this on the top left:  Click on the "View your profile as others see it" link and make sure that your profile looks good, reflects your current professional situation and experience, etc. Ready for the rest of the world to see it? Good. Look at the URL address in your Web browser (if you need to, use View --> Address Bar or similar to ensure you can see the URL in your browser) and you will see something like: https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=11147
The critical element here is the key, which is a unique numeric identifier for your account on LinkedIn. Mine, as you can see, is 11147. Now, a little bit of URL construction. The standard LinkedIn external profile address is https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/
to which you simply need append your key. That's now your official, short, LinkedIn Profile address that you can add to your email signature, highlight on your Web site, or even include on your business card if you'd like. Mine, for example, is: https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/11147 Not too hard after all, you just need a bit of insider information! Thanks to Richard Upton for his informative article on this subject!
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Dave, I just started using LinkedIn. I keep getting an error message when I am in the Invite new contacts screen and try to import my Outlook addresses I get an error message that says, "There was an error loading your windows address book". Any ideas on how to correct that? Thanks Posted by: Lynn Hobbs at January 9, 2007 2:14 PMI have set up a myspace for a company and we can made a url but can seem to find it online or look it up? we type it exactly but it says that its not found? I know they say thats theres no way to change it once you have picked one but is there any way around this and how come we cant seem to look up our web site on myspace? Posted by: shannon at August 21, 2008 2:19 PMGreat post Dave! I have one question though... If this method works for linking to a profile, can you show us how to link straight to a group as well?? Posted by: Tyler at September 18, 2009 10:03 AMGetting a decent personal URL on LinkedIn is now very easy. Just go into the editing option for your profile and against the not-so-friendly URL that is automatically allocated by LinkedIn when you start off the process you have an option to change it to a user-friendly one, for exampe to include your name. Really easy, and I'd say vital! Posted by: Andy Williams at November 28, 2009 4:23 PMGreat Post Dave :) Posted by: uugan at September 7, 2010 3:10 PMJust go to Edit Linkedin >My Profile > Your Public Profile URL Bingo! that's your linked public profile, save it Posted by: Sudip Das at November 9, 2010 2:15 AMsuper! - thanks for the pointer everyone! Posted by: sam at August 31, 2011 9:34 AMHi Dave, I have used this method, but people have told me that if they are not in my network, nothing shows up, not even a public profile. Is there a way to avoid this so that it automatically goes to one or the other? Thanks, I have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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