The recession will close sites with no revenue model. UserNameCheck.com was useful to find and adopt a moniker one could use across all the social media sites to identify yourself. I’ve always advised using your real name, provided it’s not Lynn Smith, so it becomes “branded” as you. I’ve monopolized pkitano. Without UserNameCheck, newbies to the social media will have a harder time figuring out a good name.
Sadly, usernamecheck closed last week. I created a usernamecheck clone called http://myuserna.me in order to keep the dream alive. Stop by and give me some feedback. I’m going to add many more sites to check in the coming weeks.
Patrick Kitano is founding Principal of Brand into Media, a unique strategy group working with corporations and organizations to develop social and media-based strategies that engage hyperlocal communities.
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Greg, pardons, the spam filter caught your comment because you're using a hotmail account. Another new site came up called http://checkusernames.com that works well too.
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