Facebook Vanity URL Username Attracts 3 Million Users Within 12 hours

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The vanity URL could prove to be the first step by Facebook to launch a Twitter like service fairly soon. Google as well launched a similar feature back in April, which was known as Google Profile service. Everyone therefore, seems to be particularly aware of Twitter's impact and gearing up to the challenge.

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