Facebook has made a huge change and now is allowing you to create a  user name. Until now if you wanted to send someone to your profile there really was no easy way to tell them how to get there other than searching for you.  What this change means is your friends will be able to find you at your own URL like http://facebook.com/yourusername.

I would advise most people to go secure their real name as their user name ASAP. There are hundreds of millions of users on Facebook and unless you have a really unusual name there are probably other members with the same name who will want to use it. If you wait you will be left with a user name like yourname1967 etc.

Likewise, if you prefer to use something other than your real name all the short popular phrases will be gone quickly too.

Facebook is not allowing you to change your user name once you select one so put pick one you know you will want to keep.

Here is how to get your username.

- Log into your Facebook account

- once logged in go to to www.Facebook.com/username

- check to see if if the user name of your choice is available and select it. It must be at least 5 characters long and consist of alphanumeric characters. Periods are allowed.

While you’re there add me as a friend!