Google+ vanity URL maker

by neave • 15 years ago

24 19 15 years ago

spindritf• 15 years ago

Nice, though I'm assuming that Google will provide some sort of vanity URLs like fb did.

kelnos• 15 years ago

It's odd, because pre-G+, you could set your profile URL (as well as your Picasa albums URL). Now that G+ is active, that capability seems to be gone.

ktsmith• 15 years ago

There's at least one google engineer in my extended circles that was surprised the ability to edit the URL in the profile editor was gone. The instructions on how to edit the url are still there but the element is missing from the new layout. So he's "looking into it."

kenkam2• 15 years ago

It didn't work for me, it just redirected me to Google Turkey (http://gplus.to/kenkam --> http://www.google.com.tr/)

wccrawford• 15 years ago

In case you didn't know, that link does work for some people. (Me, for instance. I ended up at your profile.)

It might be a regional thing. Or they might have fixed a bug.

drivebyacct2• 15 years ago

I can't bring myself to honestly post "+1", but my vanity URL does the same thing sadly.

esrauch• 15 years ago

The link works for me too.

kenkam2• 15 years ago

It works now! :D

1010011010• 15 years ago

gplus.to seems to have nothing to do with Google, other than someone set up a g+-specific url shortener.

doghouselabs• 15 years ago

and they're quietly collecting people's google id's.

LiveTheDream• 15 years ago

Google IDs are not private information.

sp332• 15 years ago

For people who don't have invites yet, is it possible to determine what your Google+ ID will be and reserve a nick ahead of time?

reaganing• 15 years ago

I was surprised to see that Google+ doesn't have usable profile URLs like Twitter and Facebook, so this is great workaround for a nice simple URL to share. That long string of numbers does not look good.

courtewing• 15 years ago

I'm sure this is a feature they will roll out, but it isn't exactly a must-have for an MVP. Facebook didn't add their friendly URLs for many years.

heyrhett• 15 years ago

I kinda wish I could undo it now.

krst• 15 years ago

sucks reading about google plus when you can't get an invite to g+

guylhem• 15 years ago

send me your email...

clark-kent• 15 years ago

I would like one, my email is on my HN profile.

Google+ vanity URL maker

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