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Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by devindotcom »

I almost claimed a custom URL yesterday when I was writing up the YouTube comment change and in the process updating my G+ profile. They wanted my number to claim it, which I believe they already have for 2-factor on Gmail. In the end the whole process with YouTube was so galling that I just deleted my whole account. As OP notes, it's not like Google+ was the first place people would look for me, and it's not a useful resource for me, so why have it at all?

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by cloudwalking »

devindotcom wrote: post #2

I almost claimed a custom URL yesterday when I was writing up the YouTube comment change and in the process updating my G+ profile. They wanted my number to claim it, which I believe they already have for 2-factor on Gmail. In the end the whole process with YouTube was so galling that I just deleted my whole account. As OP notes, it's not like Google+ was the first place people would look for me, and it's not a usefu…

Deleting your account was less galling than using your phone number to confirm your identity? Hm.

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by reidrac »

This is weird. I could suggest a custom URL typing it myself. The form said that it would be reviewed but it got approved straight away.

May be is because I just used Google's suggestion but removing the accent in my surname (I don't like them in an URL, and besides is the same thing I use in LinkedIn).

That was 9 days ago.

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by akkartik »

ye wrote: post #3

I don't understand why they call it "custom". More like "assigned".

You can technically apply to make it anything you want, and the set of allowed names should technically be far larger than the set of disallowed ones. But I'm waiting to see if they'll let me take +akkartik rather than +KartikAgaram, so we'll see.
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