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Facebook Username Vanity URLs


This has been brewing for quite a few days now, but when you next log in to facebook you’ll see that it’s official: We’re going to get usernames:

So what does this mean?

Well, vanity – yes – you could now be or or any other nauseatingly myspace-esque usernames.

But the real benefit in my mind lies in hijacking facebook’s google ranking – just think; you could soon be or and google will rank your facebook profile highly in the search results. Set your public profile up so that casual surfers get a little bio about your business and an invitation to “friend me to discuss your requirements” and you’ve got a powerful way to reach new customers in a secure, comfortable setting.

Google ranks facebook.com very highly in search results, and if you can snap up a few decent keywords then all of a sudden your profile goes from a great social tool to being a great business tool.

So that’s my take on it. Sure it’d be great to be , but I think I’d rather be :0)

So at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, go to and stake out your territory – but think carefully, at the moment the is that there’ll be no way to change your name.

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  1. #1 by Del on June 10, 2009 - 3:20 am

    It’s going to be a big moment, and many marketer’s will abuse the privilege of having a username.

    I really hope i can get the one i want ;-)

    I’m going to create a new account and use up “smitholi” just to annoy Ollie ;-)

  2. #2 by Trung on June 11, 2009 - 9:50 am

    I will get the best-web-developer one hehe

  3. #3 by on June 12, 2009 - 8:46 pm

    Thanks for the info!

    I got my name as the username.

    You don’t need 1,000 Fans to get your own username.

    Your Facebook account must be registered before June 9 as the only criteria.

    Mike

  4. #4 by SHady on November 16, 2009 - 10:58 pm

    how about Obama sucks ….that should be a good one-

  5. #5 by on December 31, 2009 - 11:22 am

    hahahahahahaha

  6. #6 by on October 18, 2010 - 2:22 am

    iwant to hack because is cheating me

  7. #7 by on October 18, 2010 - 2:22 am

    i want to hack because is cheating me

  8. #8 by MJ uZer on September 14, 2011 - 7:17 am

    now i want to learn about hacking anything i want…
    teach me…

  9. #9 by mrdavidlee on September 15, 2011 - 5:59 am

    It’s a cool . IOwant tomake toomuch money hacking through

  10. #10 by sam on June 2, 2012 - 3:02 pm

    i want to hack my enemy facebook id. please give me some advice

  11. #11 by Gary Edwards on August 5, 2012 - 7:18 pm

    Good question Terrance, my fan page doesn’t appear anywhere in the search engines. Is there something I need to do or I guess I should try promote my main site instead?

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