When someone owns his or her name online, he or she is in most cases taking out the guesswork from the people who search for him or her. Social networks have phenomenal indexation by major search engines, but there are many people with similar names making the process of finding someone even on a popular social network difficult at times.
Facebook made headlines early this summer when it enabled its users to customize the URL of their profiles. Facebook’s competitors such as Myspace and Twitter have been doing that for years but the fact that Mark Zuckerberg’s social networking creation has become as big as it has turned the process into a rush for prime real estate.
When the process began, URLs such as www.facebook.com/pokerbook were available free of charge for registered users and that apparently is worth some serious money. Other than obvious popular internet names that often have to do with online gambling and foreign exchange schemes, why are vanity URLs so crucial?
Real estate professionals often remind us that location is the most important thing .When it comes to web presence this is the case as well. The fact that you own wwww.YourName.com means that no one else could be taking advantage of that particular domain for his or her gain. In many cases, it is worthwhile to own such a domain even if you do not have a specific purpose for it. Owning wwww.YourName.com may be necessary down the road and the only way to guarantee that this domain will still be available for your use is to get a hold of it right from the start.
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