Top 10 Stories of 2011: #7 How to get a Twitter username that is already taken

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More people have been warming to Twitter over the past year, but when they go to sign up for an account, they often find the Twitter username they want (much like a domain name) is already taken.  The number seven story in this year's Top 10 is How to get a Twitter username, that's already … [Read more...]

TweetClaims: Dropcatching-like Twitter service helps find @Speak for user

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TweetClaims, the service that has found available Twitter user names like @beer, @autos, @now, @launch, and @chat, has helped yet another client find a desirable username: @speak. According to a message retweeted on the @TweetClaims Twitter feed, @speak was registered after it became available … [Read more...]

How to get a Twitter username that’s already taken (Hint: It’s easy, I got mine)

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A big hat tip to Robert Borhi of DomainReport.ca who wrote an article that led me to pursue getting the Twitter username @fusible, after I had been using the Twitter username @fusiblenetwork for a couple years now. The post caught my attention because it mentioned TweetClaims, a service I had … [Read more...]

Dropcatching Twitter usernames like @Beer, and more than 3,000 others

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When I was writing about sex.com (the world's most expensive domain name) being back on Twitter, I stumbled across a Twitter username pseudo-dropcatching service called TweetClaims that has had some success at helping people get some of the most sought after Twitter web addresses like … [Read more...]