{"id":68,"date":"2013-11-13T12:52:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T12:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.haartyhanks.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:23:38","slug":"google-plus-introduce-custom-url-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haartyhanks.com\/blog\/google-plus-introduce-custom-url-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Plus Introduce Custom URL Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you visit a page on Facebook or Twitter the URL will contain that person\u2019s name, however if you look up a person on Google+ instead of their name you will be greeted with a group of letters and numbers that represent that person or company. However this is slowly changing as Google is introducing \u2018Vanity URLs\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Google first started testing custom URLs back in the middle of August 2012. About a week later, the company started notifying individuals and brands with verified accounts, but then it largely stopped expanding the feature. Now that\u2019s finally changing.<\/p>\n<p>If your profile meets the following criteria, Google+ will let you claim a custom URL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Has a profile photo, and<\/li>\n<li>Has at least 10 followers, and<\/li>\n<li>Has an account that\u2019s at least 30 days old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That should cover most active Google+ profiles. Users will be notified on the profile page when it&#8217;s their turn to set a custom URL, which should happen sometime this week. By setting up a custom URL, your profile&#8217;s address will no longer have the string of numbers after the slash. 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