I’ve had a shiny new Google+ account now for a few days and realised I should be adding the link for it to my other social media profiles – about.me, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

The URL is long. It’s http://plus.google.com/ then a string of 21 digits after that. I’m pretty good at remembering numbers usually, but there’s no way I’m ever going to remember that if I want to give it out to people.

Then I found out that you can create a free, short URL for a Google+ account using http://gplus.to. You just need to copy the aforementioned string of numbers and paste them in, along with your choice of nickname. You don’t even need to register an account or give them your email address. Then you get a link that will look like mine: http://gplus.to/kerrmunications. Much easier to remember too!

Hurry up and do it though, as the names will go quickly. Another Claire Kerr – whom I know from Twitter and from our friendly rivalry to each try to beat the other to the top of the Google rankings – had already taken “clairekerr”.