Did You Get Your Facebook Vanity URL? What is it?
The Facebook Name Rush
You probably should register it now as the rush continues.
The process was actually painless as the page counted down to 12:01 est.. Suggested names appear with a field to enter your own version, and then checks to make sure it’s available. It’s being reported that 200,000 vanity names were registered within the first three minutes, so you had probably hop to it, and let us know what you got!
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This article published on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 11:28 pm | Contact the editor
Topics: Social Media
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- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Hi Ben – I went crazy with mine facebook.com/BrandieYoung … (LaniAR was already taken by the time I regis… http://cli.gs/LTn3de
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Got my keyword facebook.com/augustagahomes
“KingoftheWorld” was taken, dangit!
Navy Chief, Navy Pride http://cli.gs/qqtGeG
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Got my keyword facebook.com/augustagahomes
"KingoftheWorld" was taken, dangit!
Navy Chief, Navy Pride http://cli.gs/qqtGeG
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Went with the obvious facebook.com/jeffweir
Considered getting /touthetriad but decided that I could jus… http://cli.gs/2bP6j0
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW facebook.com/dphamilton to match twitter.com/dphamilton http://cli.gs/r2ZphU
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Hi there world! http://cli.gs/RMHB65
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Sure did facebook.com/akaPeanut http://cli.gs/4Hq8rN
- AgentGenius:
#AGNOW I had to settle for LSanderson
http://cli.gs/7RJWLY - AgentGenius:
#AGNOW Woot! Hug it out friends.
Facebook.com/KenBrand
Twitter.com/KenBrand
Vimeo.com/KenBrand
Youtube… http://cli.gs/p2jbA0
Benn Rosales
Conal Campbell
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Lani Rosales
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Charlene Jimenez
I did!
Facebook.com/houstonrealestate
I got Facebook.com/mizzle … who da thunk?
heck yeah! facebook.com/LaniAR because (a) my name is only four characters (too short for FB registration requirements) and (b) to stay consistent with my twitter username.
facebook.com/NYpierre same at twitter.com!
Woo Hoo – Got mine! facebook.com/KimHughes – was a little concerned it would be taken before I got to it – pretty common name. But, I was ready and got it!
In the name of consistency across all networks, I went with my standard facebook.com/rhukill
500k vanity URLs registered in 15 minutes. Mine is facebook.com/abelcruiz
Yes! I can be found at facebook.com/VirtuAllin – Hurry, grab yours quickly as some Twitterati and more well known names are getting snatched up quickly.
14 minutes might have made a difference–but was at dinner with clients.
Did not get my simple name, so settled on Facebook.com/TheRobertaMurphy
Was hoping to keep everything consistent across social networking platforms. But 200+ million users makes that tough!
Congrats on the HoustonRealEstate win–and to Mizzle and Lani, whose names I would recognize anywhere.
Yes! I got mine… it’s facebook.com/cwaterhouse
(I know I’m surprised it was available)
Since I live in Austin, Texas I decided on facebook.com/austintexas
Yup! Facebook.com/kfarwell (to be consistent w/ my other social networks – Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, del.icio.us, etc.).
I registered facebok.com/razmus.
I read on the facebook terms that they would not let you use a “generic” name like “real estate”, but have already seen many of these types of names registered. I wish I would have tried out a few of my preferred nicknames first!
The thing about having a popular first and last name is its hard to the usernames I want. My first choice would have been my first and last name but I’m happy with the one I ended up with.
facebook.com/JenWilson
Got mine! facebook.com/kaybell
Let’s do this facebook.com/jasonsandquist
Yes – I snagged facebook.com/GinaKayLandis. Thought about just using ginakay, but…. well…. didn’t…!
I am the Queenie. facebook.com/ileenieweenie
facebook.com/chicagorealestate
well my name was taken so I registered atlantarealtor
I scored the name “Joseph”.
I set my alarm on my cell phone to remind me registration was near. I was watching the clock count down. When it reached 30 seconds until registration time, I hit the refresh button because sometimes pages will change before the automatic refresh. So about 25 seconds before the clock finished counting for everyone, I was already at the registration page. It gave me four options and ‘Joseph’ was the fourth. I clicked it and it gave me a confirmation… and all this happened before the actual countdown ended. I guess I got lucky.
Joseph Kitchens
Hutto, Texas
facebook.com/joseph
Paul – Nice snag.
I went traditional: facebook.com/carsoncoots
Stuck with my horse theme: facebook.com/flhorsesnhouses
facebook.me/missycaulk
Big shocker, huh?
I got it too, facebook.com/karibattaglia.
is there any SEO value in play here with facebook.com/cityrealestate ?
Jason, it’s a good question, and I can’t wait to see the Google/Facebook handling of that organic result.
facebook.com/andreaschulle (just like twitter…gotta have consistency!)
all the other Jen Wojcik’s are gonna be mad
Guess they just can’t hang… facebook.com/JenWojcik
As if I need to add to my vanity. facebook.com/dukelong
lol Jen they’ll get over it
facebook.com/stevetrang. Decided against doing temperealtor or temperealestate.
I could have gotten my whole name, but it is way too long so I went with facebook.com/michelle.de
If your going to do it, go big time: NHrealestate, New Hampshire was already taken.
From a consumer stand point so your found via SEO algorithms, your name won’t work, its the product your selling or marketing.
Think outside the box, think like any other web surfer. What would I put in google search?
Just my 2 cents.
Paul
Hi Ben – I went crazy with mine facebook.com/BrandieYoung … (LaniAR was already taken by the time I registered… grrr)
Got my keyword facebook.com/augustagahomes
“KingoftheWorld” was taken, dangit!
Navy Chief, Navy Pride
Went with the obvious facebook.com/jeffweir
Considered getting /touthetriad but decided that I could just as easily do that in the future with a fan page.
~ jeff
I got /deanouellette…. I will tell you what, with such a popular name it wasnt easy… First time in a long time that I was glad my name wasnt something easy like… Jay Thompson
facebook.com/dphamilton to match twitter.com/dphamilton
Hi there world!
Sure did facebook.com/akaPeanut
I had to settle for LSanderson
Woot! Hug it out friends.
Facebook.com/KenBrand
Twitter.com/KenBrand
Vimeo.com/KenBrand
Youtubecom/KenBrand
google.com/profiles/ken.brand