I chose mgorey for my Facebook vanity URL this morning: www.facebook.com/mgorey.
I wasn’t up at 2am when the personalised addresses became available in Australia, but having a relatively uncommon surname has its advantages.
I now have the same username for Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Skype and Facebook.
I don’t actually use Facebook much. The wall content published there is my Twitter feed. I just check in occasionally to see if I have any messages.
When it comes to vanity URLs, John Abell has an interesting take on it.
He argues people are better off “grabbing the domain name” that best represents them.
“You still probably can find something that works. Do that, stick with it and brand yourself on any social media site you want forever,” Abell says.
I’m lucky to have gorey.com.au. With the domain, email michael @ gorey.com.au and mgorey usernames I think my “personal brand” is pretty consistent and easily found.
My children can also have email accounts with the domain if they want them.
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I normally do a pretty good job of getting “delmer” (as you noticed on Facebook) before anybody else. Unfortunately I got to Twitter too late and another Delmer grabbed it.
The odd names, as you say, can be a plus.