Is this facebook a paid for page please advise

[ClaireH-184886]

Hi i would love to have a commercial facebook page instead of my personal name, i would like to have my company name on facebook like the huffington post but not sure if you have to pay for it or not

here is the huffington facebook page, can anyone let me know if this is a paid for page

http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostUK

[CollinJarman]

Anyone can make Facebook business pages, and they are free of charge.  If you log out of Facebook and look at the bottom of the page, there's a small link that says "Create a Page."  You can click on that to get started.  Good luck!

[AdoptionHelp]

You need a certain number of likes, I believe currently 100, to claim a vanity URL like the HuffPo has. And now you must pay to reach all of your page fans, only the most engaged will see your updates without paying facebook. However as mentioned by Collin creating the page itself is free.

[KeriMorgret]

One of the answers on this thread may help you too. http://www.seomoz.org/q/has-anyone-used-facebook-to-promote-their-website

[emediaSEO]

You need 25 likes to change your vanity URL. Make sure you use the one you want because once you pick it you can't change it.

You also don't need to log out of your own Facebook to create a business page.  You can create one that will be attached to your personal account and you can switch back and forth between the two.  If you go to any business page (such as that Huffington Post page) there is a button in the top right area that says create a page and you can just follow directions from there.

[ClaireH-184886]

thanks for all the info. Will start making a page.

[ClaireH-184886]

hi this is one of my facebook page that i have done a while back http://www.facebook.com/pages/Weight-Loss/120509311333479  i have over 300 likes, does this mean i can have a vanity url and if so what should i call it and what could i do to improve the page.

[emediaSEO]

You should be able to pick a vanity URL if you go into your basic information settings and go to Username.  I would call it something that is descriptive of your business but as short as you can get. /Weight-Loss or /WeightLoss or something like that.

I would also recommend adding a cover photo.https://www.facebook.com/help/search/?q=cover+photo