Comments on: Securing your social media namespace [ScreenCast] http://whatthetweet.marketingsavant.com/securing-your-social-media-namespace-screencast/ Be a Social Media Rockstar | August 12, 2009 | St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI Thu, 17 May 2012 17:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dana VanDen Heuvel http://whatthetweet.marketingsavant.com/securing-your-social-media-namespace-screencast/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dana VanDen Heuvel Thu, 28 May 2009 20:06:17 +0000 http://whatthetweet.marketingsavant.com/?p=159#comment-4 Deb, Yes, sort of... the Facebook address with the 'duplicate' handle/namespace will resolves to a URL that has the name in it along with the FB code that is unique to your profile/fan page. For example, if there were another Kavarna in Green Bay, the code at the end of the page would differ. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Bay-WI/Kavarna-Coffeehouse/14324683597 Getting a Facebook vanity URL, such as http://www.facebook.com/coca-cola, is all but impossible for all but the largest brands at this point. Deb,

Yes, sort of… the Facebook address with the ‘duplicate’ handle/namespace will resolves to a URL that has the name in it along with the FB code that is unique to your profile/fan page. For example, if there were another Kavarna in Green Bay, the code at the end of the page would differ.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Bay-WI/Kavarna-Coffeehouse/14324683597

Getting a Facebook vanity URL, such as http://www.facebook.com/coca-cola, is all but impossible for all but the largest brands at this point.

]]> By: Deb Weyker http://whatthetweet.marketingsavant.com/securing-your-social-media-namespace-screencast/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Deb Weyker Wed, 27 May 2009 20:38:07 +0000 http://whatthetweet.marketingsavant.com/?p=159#comment-3 Thanks, Dana, for your insight on securing social media namespace. I found the site namechk.com very helpful. One quick question for you... I noticed that in Facebook, multiple users are able to use the same "handle" or "username". Is this correct? Thanks, Dana, for your insight on securing social media namespace. I found the site namechk.com very helpful. One quick question for you… I noticed that in Facebook, multiple users are able to use the same “handle” or “username”. Is this correct?

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