So is it really necessary to have a Facebook username that is actually your own name?
That question will be debated on thousands of blogs and probably produce thousands of different answers. Those that argue that it is not important will be heavily weighted with those that were too slow to actually secure their name.
Those that argue that it is important will be weighted with those that were quick enough or lucky enough to secure their name.
We are sure that whilst it would be nice to have your own name as a username, your world will not collapse if you didn’t get it. After all your brand success will be determined by who you are and not by a Facebook URL.
The main advantage as we see it is your name may be mentioned in some offline discussion and participants may later look for your facebook page by typing www.facebook.com/yourname and if your username is your name they’ll find you.
But then that’s probably not going to happen too often because they’ll more than likely Google you and find you at your website via your domain.
You do have a your domain don’t you?
Well known blogger Chris Brogan has started the Vanity URL debate rolling with his post Whats Not In a Name , we’re not sure if Chris was just too slow to secure his name but he registered dotchrisbrogan to prove the point that the name is not important. The debate will be fascinating to follow.
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