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Rules for Facebook Page Usernames

IMPORTANT!!! Once you have claimed a username by clicking the “Confirm” button, it is not possible to edit it, or to transfer your username to a different account on Facebook. Additionally, when an account is removed from the site, its username will not be made available to other users for security reasons.

Now with the important stuff out of the way here is a short overview of the Facebook’s Questions and Answers about usernames for pages. It is a good idea to get a username to promote your page with a short URL (facebook.com/mypage). You can use it in your marketing, website, business cards, etc. Now, there are some rules and guidelines:

• You have to be an administrator of a Facebook Page to choose your username at facebook.com/username. You can manage the usernames of all your pages in the same place.
   
• All Pages created after May 31, 2009 or that had less than 1,000 fans on that day are eligible to claim usernames if they have more than 25 fans.
   
• Your username should be straightforward and easy to remember.
   
• Create a username that is as close as possible to your public figure or business name (e.g. AshtonKutcher, PizzaHut).
   
• Generic words such as “flowers” or “pizza” are not available as usernames.
   
• If you own the rights to a given name, make it your username so that others cannot obtain it.
   
• Usernames can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (”.”).
   
• Usernames are not transferable.
   
• Only one username is allowed per Page.
   
• Your username must adhere to Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
   
• If someone’s username infringes your rights, fill out the username infringement form. For other reports of intellectual property infringement please go to: How to Report Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement.
   

How to claim your username?

Go to facebook.com/username and follow these steps.

The Most Loyal Traffic Comes from Facebook

In Facebook you see links that your friends have shared with you and this should make these links more relevant to you. Other links come from pages and groups that you have joined indicating you positive attitude towards those brands, causes, people, etc. This was confirmed by a recent study.

Facebook and Digg are driving the most repeat readers according to a study conducted by online ad network Chitika. The study was based on 33 million unique users across Chitikas publisher network in September. It compared the number of visitors coming from major traffic sources Digg, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Twitter, to the number of times those visitors came back to the referred site. Visitors that went to a site four or more times in one week were considered loyal users.

via The Most Loyal Traffic Comes from Facebook | WebProNews.