Tip A Day #18
Lots of people ask me how to get a short URL specifically for their Google+ account. Here’s how…
Requirements:
A Google+ account
Step 1
Open your Google+ profile page. Look at the URL for a long string of numbers, like this:
https://plus.google.com/103493459351957813291/posts
Step 2
Copy just the numbers.
Step 3
Go to gplus.to. Enter a nickname. Paste in the numbers you copied. Click “Add”.
Now you have your short URL!
gplus.to/calilewis
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You can also buy a domain like http://sethgoldstein.me and have that forward to your Google+ page. Or if you have your own server you can run the opensource short url program YOURLS. This will still involve getting a small url to use with it but it works great! I use YOURLs for all my clients.
I’ve lost track of my gplus.to shortened Google+ url. How do I pull that shortened url up (so I can safely file it away) and use it?
I have always wondered about how to do this. Thanks for this tip!