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Google+ Custom Profile URLs Finally Arrive for the Masses

by | Branding, Google+, Social Media

Google+-UsernamesGoogle+ Custom Profile URLs have finally arrived. They’ve been a long time coming but better late than never!

Now, instead of finding creative ways to make your own custom URL (plus.GrowingSocialBiz.com or gplus.to/GrowingSocialBiz) that fits on business cards and such, Google+ has finally rolled out custom profile URLs for regular folks, not just rock stars and other divas!

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Along with having an account that is in good standing, the requirements for getting a Google+ custom URL are as follows:

For Individuals:

  • 10 or more followers
  • An account is at least 30 days old
  • A profile photo

Eligibility for Local Google+ pages:

Eligibility for Non-local Google+ pages:

Once your URL is set it cannot be changed, except to change the capitalization or accents/diacritics of your custom URL. Consider title casing your name, so that it pops in print, on your email signature information, and from the browser bar. Find out more about the value of title casing your URL here: Title to Help Your Website & Online Networks Standout. (The link will open in a new window.)

To make ‘allowed’ changes to your custom Google+ URL , follow these steps

For personal Google+ profiles:

  1. Sign in to your Google+ account.
  2. Open your ‘Profile’ page from the menu (Home) on the left side of the page (or use the long string or custom URL for your profile to access the profile page, once you’ve signed in to Google+).
  3. Click on the ‘About’ link to open the ‘About’ page of your profile. This is one of the links just below your cover image, on the left, on your ‘Profile’ page.
  4. Scroll down the ‘About’ page and find the ‘Links’ section.
  5. Towards the bottom of the ‘Links’ section, find and click on the ‘Edit’ link.
  6. At the top of the window that opens up you should see ‘Google+ URL’ and just below that a box where you can make changes to your URL.
  7. Make your changes then scroll to the bottom of the window/page and click ‘save’.

For business Google+ pages

  1. Sign in to your Google+ account.
  2. Open your Google+ page, using the long string URL  (plus.google.com/112833858621537433074) or custom URL (plus.google.com/+GrowingSocialBiz)  set for your page. (This is easier than clicking through the steps to get to the page!)
  3. Click on the ‘About’ link to open the ‘About’ section of your Google+ page. This is one of the links just below your cover image, on the left.
  4. Under ‘Contact Information’ at the top of the ‘About’ section, click on ‘Edit details’ at the bottom of the box.
  5. This should open up the area where you can make changes to your URL.

Looking for more information or details? Visit the Google+ Getting Started with Google+ Custom URLs