{"id":13414,"date":"2012-08-13T14:29:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=13414"},"modified":"2012-08-13T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:40:32","slug":"google-rolling-out-vanity-urls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/google-rolling-out-vanity-urls\/","title":{"rendered":"Google+ Rolling Out Vanity URLs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Google has <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/115200251016762857369\/posts\/VuCuiXfPfn2\">announced<\/a> that they are testing the rollout of vanity URLs for Google Plus:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Custom URLs for profiles and pages: a first step<\/strong>Your Google+ profile is a place for you to share your passions with the millions of people who come to Google each day. Whether you&#8217;re a clothing brand showing off your latest fashions (<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+hugoboss\">google.com\/+hugoboss<\/a>), an athlete talking about the game (<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+davidbeckham\">google.com\/+davidbeckham<\/a>), or an actor recalling a favorite role (<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+hughjackman\">google.com\/+hughjackman<\/a>), your Google+ profile helps you connect with the people who share your interests. Today we\u2019re introducing custom URLs to make it even easier for people to find your profile on Google+.<\/p>\n<p>A custom URL is a short, easy to remember web address that links directly to your profile or page on Google+. For instance,\u00a0+<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110937137992985950150\">TOYOTA<\/a>\u00a0 can now use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+toyota\">google.com\/+toyota<\/a>\u00a0to unveil their latest models,\u00a0+<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100000772955143706751\">Britney Spears<\/a>\u00a0 can share her upcoming appearances at<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+britneyspears\">google.com\/+britneyspears<\/a>,\u00a0+<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/116680562533433564478\">Ubisoft<\/a>\u00a0 can share game trailers and videos at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+assassinscreed\">google.com\/+assassinscreed<\/a>, and\u00a0+<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105262277181558986338\">Delta<\/a>\u00a0 can help travellers find great deals at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+delta\">google.com\/+delta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Custom URLs will also be available to people and pages worldwide, so brands like Globo can point readers to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+epoca\">google.com\/+epoca<\/a>, or any of their other Brazilian publications.<\/p>\n<p>At first, we\u2019re introducing custom URLs to a limited number of verified profiles and pages. But over time we plan to offer custom URLs to many more brands and individuals, so please stay tuned!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that they are testing the rollout of vanity URLs for Google Plus: Custom URLs for profiles and pages: a first stepYour Google+ profile is a place for you to share your passions with the millions of people who come to Google each day. Whether you&#8217;re a clothing brand showing off your latest &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13419,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414\/revisions\/13419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}