How to create your own vanity URL

Google+ creates long numeric user ID’s and has – at least at present – no way to select your own vanity URL (like your name or nick).

That opens up for services like gplus.to which offers you to create a nick or vanity URL for your Google+ account.

If you have a domain of your own and can modify your htaccess-file then it’s easy to create your own personal vanity URL’s. You simply add code like this:

Redirect 301 /me/gplus	https://plus.google.com/google+idhere
Redirect 301 /me/facebook	http://www.facebook.com/bengt.wendel
Redirect 301 /me/twitter	http://twitter.com/BengtWendel

The code above gives me short links like these:
Google+: http://bengtwendel.com/me/gplus
Twitter: http://bengtwendel.com/me/twitter
Facebook: http://bengtwendel.com/me/facebook

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