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Articles posted on 2009-05-14

Is your username available?
9:33pm Thursday 14 May 2009
Tags: username social networks username availability namechk social networking sites brand identity brand management

It is becoming more difficult to maintain the same username across a growing list of social networking sites. In such a situation where you are unable to obtain the desired username, you will have to settle for your 2nd preference which may hurt your identity and social network presence.By entering only a username, NameChk can instantly show you if your desired/branded username is available at various social networking sites. read more...


URL Shortening
9:08pm Thursday 14 May 2009
Tags: tr.im tinyurl url shortening twitter bit.ly url url redirection

Popular URL shortening service http://tr.im was offline for a number of hours today. Millions of URL links were broken and users were redirected to a error page (image below). It begs the question - should you host/manage your own URL shortening service or rely on a 3rd party? read more...