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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Gives Harman His Name Back, Apologizes   —  An update to our post last night - Facebook Snatches User's Vanity URL And Sells It To Harman International.  Facebook says they'll be giving Harman Bajwa his /harman vanity URL back shortly: … Here are the Facebook guidelines on trademark squatting.
Jan 23, 2010, 3:30 PM - In context

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Snatches User's Vanity URL And Sells It To Harman International   —  Update: Facebook Gives Harman His Name Back, Apologizes  —  This looks really, really bad.  An avid Facebook user named Harman Bajwa says that his Facebook vanity Url - Facebook.com/Harman - was unceremoniously revoked yesterday …
Jan 23, 2010, 6:00 AM - In context

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook Relents, Lets You Change Your Username   —  Last month, Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out custom usernames for use in vanity URLs that read www.facebook.com/username.  At the time, users were advised to “choose wisely” because the username they selected would be stuck with them for life.
Jul 23, 2009, 12:15 PM - In context

Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Username Registration for Facebook Pages With Under 1,000 Fans Opens Tonight   —  Two weeks ago, Facebook opened up username registration to all users, but only those Pages with over 1,000 fans before May 31.  Tonight, the second wave of vanity URLs are being released to any Page with over 100 fans at 11:59pm ET (8:59pm PT).
Jun 28, 2009, 7:30 PM - In context

Keith / TheNextWeb.com:
First instance of a major advertising campaign using Facebook Vanity URLs   —  Facebook vanity URLs have been around for just over 72 hours but we are already seeing a major brand capitalize on their Facebook URL for an advertising campaign.  Volkswagen (VW) has released a series of TV ads …
Jun 16, 2009, 6:25 AM - In context

Om Malik / GigaOM:
Do Facebook Vanity URLs Equal Kill Twitter Vol. 2?   —  This past Friday, Facebook started issuing vanity URLs to its 200 million-plus community.  It was a big change for the social-networking company that has so far used unique numerical identifications to identify its members.
Jun 14, 2009, 7:00 AM - In context

John C Abell / Epicenter:
Facebook URL Madness: I Got Mine, But So Did Haywood Jablome (Briefly) (Updated)   —  (Updates throughout with changes to URL references)  —  Imagine the odds: No sooner did Facebook swing open the doors to its fire sale of vanity URLs than a geeky frat party ensued, as members reserved prankish …
Jun 13, 2009, 12:45 PM - In context

Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Vanity URLs Will be Available to Pages With Under 1,000 Fans in 2 Weeks   —  The Facebook username landrush starts tonight at 12:01am EDT, and with it comes potentially the best one-time opportunity for businesses to improve their Facebook identity and SEO by getting a good Facebook vanity URL.
Jun 12, 2009, 1:40 PM - In context

Rafe Needleman / CNET News:
Your Facebook business name: Already reserved?   —  Facebook employees and tech journalists aren't the only ones whose names have been reserved ahead of the big Facebook vanity URL land grab that will open up at midnight Eastern time Saturday morning.  The company already has “tens of thousands” …
Jun 12, 2009, 9:35 AM - In context

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Vanity URLs: Journalists Don't Have To Wait In Line   —  Friday night is the Facebook vanity URL landrush (first reported on May 31, announced yesterday officially).  At 9:01 pm PST on Friday, just log into Facebook and grab the name you want before someone else does.
Jun 11, 2009, 4:00 AM - In context
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