Facebook Getting Serious About Vanity URLs
Fri, Mar 13th, 2009 |
Facebook is getting wise to something MySpace has known from the start - users love vanity URLs. When you tell someone your MySpace page, you just say myspace.com/[user/brand/band/etc.]. On Facebook it has always been more difficult.
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