Find Out Where Your Favorite Username is Available with NameChk

If you're like me, you like to use the same username in as many places as you can. Those of us with common usernames likely rush to new services to make sure we get the usernames we want. With NameChk, you can find out where your username is still available--and grab it before someone else does.
NameChk is very similar to UsenameCheck.com, which is no longer available. NameChk doesn't search quite as many services as the latter did, but it does support more popular ones, including Facebook, Livejournal, Twitter, Blogger, eBay, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more.

In fact, NameChk supports over 70 services, and it doesn't just check to see if your username is taken; it'll also check services that work using vanity URLs to see if the URL you're looking for is available as well. For example, on sites such as Livejournal and Posterous, where the URL for your blog is related to your username, NameChk tells you whether you can get the name you're looking for.



To use NameChk, type the username you'd like to use in the search bar at the top and click the Chk button. The service touches each supported service and lets you know instantly whether your username is available or taken. Available services are shown in green, and taken ones are shown in red.

If your name is taken, the link to the service takes you directly to the user profile or vanity URL that's using your preferred username. This way you can see if it's you and you just forgot, or if there's someone else out there who's masquerading as you. If it's not you and the name is available, the link just takes you to the service's home page so you can sign up.

It might sound silly, but for people who make a name for themselves on the Web or use their profiles and accounts to brand themselves it's critical to know that you're actually in control of your name. For the rest of us, it's just good to know that we own our own favorite usernames.

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