Facebook just announced that it will begin allowing users to select personalized usernames. Presently, all Facebook profile pages utilize a URL containing a randomly assigned number such as: www.facebook.com/people/John_Smith/123456789.

With this change, Facebook users will now be able to create personalized URLs with the following format: http://www.facebook.com/username. Facebook is encouraging its users to create usernames that are as close as possible to their personal names or business names.

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