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Reserve Your Facebook Username!

Reserve Your Facebook Username!


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We just learned that Facebook is going to be launching a new system within the week that will let you reserve a Facebook username for your account. So now instead of being identified as user 123456789 you can be identified as “your.name” or “YourName” – or even “coolguy123″!

Here is the illustration they gave:
Old URL

New URL

No doubt, this will also help your public profile get found in the search engines because, as you know, SEO is all about targeting keywords!

But Wait… That’s Not All!

You can also reserve custom usernames for your Facebook PAGES. This is particularly useful for businesses on Facebook. You can then print this custom (easy-to-remember) url on your business cards, website, marketing materials, you name it. PLUS it will help your page get found more easily in the search engines by choosing relevant keywords for your Facebook username.

When Is This Happening?

Early bird gets the worm, so make sure you reserve your Facebook username as soon as you can! They are making this available at 12:01 am EDT on Saturday, June 13, 2009.

Things To Keep In Mind…

  • Usernames are PERMANENT and cannot be changed (so double check your spelling)
  • You can use letters, numbers and a period to create your custom Facebook username
  • If you want to reserve a popular Facebook username (ie. John.Smith), reserve early!
  • Trademarks and Copyrights can be protected or reported
  • You must be an administrator and have over 1,000 fans of your Facebook page in order to reserve a username

Get More Info On Facebook Usernames


Don’t have a Facebook page? We can help set one up for you! Give Sarah Lamansky a call to discuss the details: Toll Free – (888) 395-9035

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15 Responses to “Reserve Your Facebook Username!”

  1. Internet Millions Says:
    October 28th, 2009 at 4:19 am

    Home based business and internet promoted by Jeff Paul marketing are running the grass-root level micro economics. Some times I feel it’s a blessing.

  2. sticker printing Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    I really get annoyed sometimes when giving my profile page name to any other website for making a network site portfolio, others like twitter, bebo etc easily manageable but every time i have to login to facebook to copy my profile page name and then paste it, but from this update, i think i can easy my life

  3. Destiny Says:
    December 10th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    NOTE: Now Facebook requires that you have just 25 fans in order to reserve a username for your Facebook page.

  4. folders printing Says:
    December 16th, 2009 at 12:08 am

    this is good to have some restrictions on using a feature and for reserving a username, the restriction for having 25 fans is not a bad deal at all.

  5. Valentine Poems Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 7:40 am

    Yah its fact that Now Facebook requires that you have just 25 fans in order to reserve a username for your Facebook page.

  6. Plastic Folders Says:
    February 5th, 2010 at 9:23 am

    Thanks for this opportunity. Thanks facebook to update you policy.

  7. tungstenweddingbands Says:
    March 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    Great post, because I had forgotten all about this. I remember seeing the notice a while back, though. Thanks to the comment above, too, that let us know you did NOT have to have 1k fans… as I wasn't going to bother. But I tried and it worked!

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    March 18th, 2010 at 9:52 am

    Thanks for this Information

  9. Cheap Wicked Tickets Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 9:58 am

    I love facebook. thanks for this information

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    September 14th, 2010 at 2:29 am

    Thanks for the great post. I just started my blog a few days ago and am scouring the web for all the advice I can get so that I can be successful from the start.

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    October 1st, 2010 at 10:20 am

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  14. David Clark Headsets Says:
    November 25th, 2010 at 7:05 am

    We will find out soon, but I like it the way it is, makes it easier to find people.

  15. scraps para orkut Says:
    January 14th, 2011 at 6:14 am

    I have my name as the username.

    You do not need 1,000 fans for their user name.

    Your Facebook account must be registered before June 9 as the sole criterion.

    Mike

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