Facebook Releases Usernames

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Admin

The rumors around the Facebook water cooler were all true and last night the games began as Facebook users could start claiming their very own vanity URLs. Choosing a username was first reserved for businesses and partners of Facebook with more than 1000 fans, but the doors were opened to Joe Public and as of midnight, the regular folks can claim a username that will become the URL for their Facebook profile. Once again Facebook listened to its users and heard the high demand for the vanity URL request. The introduction of vanity URLs will make connecting on Facebook easier …

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Best Open-Source Social Network Platform

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Admin

I had written a blog post about branding your business through building a Ning community. For the beginner-level website owner, this is still a great option. Recently another option emerged which is by far the best free option for building a community. BuddyPress.org. This is a plugin for the well known WordPress blog platform that turns your blog into a full social networking platform. Studio98 was recently hired by a client to build a Home Staging Community for them, we did this with BuddyPress. The system is 100% customizable (open source) and coded well for search engine optimization. The plugin …

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