edward spurlock

If you’re like me, you’ve signed up for Facebook, but you don’t use it every day. I signed up for Facebook and have 34 Friends, but I’ve gone months without updating my status. That’s why I was not aware that Facebook is now allowing users to select permanent usernames that can be used as a “friendly” URL to one’s Facebook page.

For example, you can now view my Facebook page as http://www.facebook.com/edwardspurlock, instead of something like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=[some huge number].This is a great thing for people who use Facebook and put their Facebook links on their business cards. Of course, if you’re one of those people, you probably grabbed your Facebook URL last Friday (June 12).

If you haven’t already claimed your preferred username or other vanity URL on Facebook, I would advise doing it now. Log in to Facebook and you should have a link to choose your username in the upper left-hand corner — or just go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ and attempt to select your username there.

You may feel that Facebook is not that important to your online presence — but if you change your mind in the future, it might be too late to claim the username you want. So do it now!

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