Web Presence Tip – Use a single Username for All Your Accounts

Having the same username across websites, and especially social media websites, has several advantages. People who know you in one place can find you in others, you don’t have to remember different usernames for different websites, and you can easily tell others how to find you (“look me up on Digg, delicious and FriendFeed under eyalsela”).

CheckUserNames is a service that can help you choose this single username. CheckUserNames goes through tens of social media websites to check if the username you chose ia available [Update 4/1/2009: Namechk is a similar service, you can also use it].

It’s a good idea to use CheckUserNames and register to the leading websites, even if you are not planning to use them right away – just in case you will in the future (this lesson I had to learn the hard way, as my username was already taken in some of them…)