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Re:Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL by jamesbritt on Friday November 08, 2013 @04:53PM (#6699398)
Sweet. But how does this work? I'm not the only James Britt on g+, but profiles.google.com/jamesbritt goes to my profile page.
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Re:Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL by CCs on Friday November 08, 2013 @05:07PM (#6699457)
It uses your gmail id. This "profile.google.com/<emailid>" is there before the Buzz time, long before Google+.
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Re:Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL by jamesbritt on Saturday November 09, 2013 @12:34PM (#6702309)
Interesting.

Some data points:

I have a few gmail accounts. One is for james.g.britt, but profiles.google.com/jamesgbritt does not resolve to the g+ page for that email address.

I also have a g+ page for [email protected] (via google apps)

profiles.google.com/neurogami takes me to the g+ page for that e-mail address.

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