Re: Google+ Custom URL

The G+ team has noted our request. At this time they are not offering
alternative URLs, so we will have to wait until they do before we'll know
whether our request is granted. G+ doesn't know when this will be. But
we're not the only organization with this type of request, and someone is
tracking these, so I believe we will get our URL eventually. In the
mean-time, we can either accept the suggested vanity URL or ignore it until
our request is processed.
~Scott




On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Scott Rowe <scottrowe@google.com> wrote:

> I have contacted the G+ Developer Relations team to see if we can make
> this happen. Stay tuned.
> ~Scott
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Jonathan Garbee <
> jonathan.garbee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hm, interesting. Maybe pages are treated differently than people then in
>> what they are allowed to do. Let me see if I can find a Google Group for G+
>> and post there or see if anyone else has brought it up.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Nic da Costa <njr.dacosta@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Garbee
>>>
>>> I got the email yesterday morning, and the modal that comes up is the
>>> same one if you manage the page and select to accept it.
>>>
>>> The modal has an option to "change URL" but this changes your existing
>>> url ( *the one with all the numbers *) to the pre allocated one. There
>>> used to be an option that would allow you to request a new name, but this
>>> seems to have been removed.
>>>
>>> If we could get a contact on the team, that would be rather useful.
>>>
>>> // Nic
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31 October 2013 10:24, Jonathan Garbee <jonathan.garbee@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got an email from the Google+ Team saying I was able to get a custom
>>>> URL. From clicking the link in the email it brought up a modal that had a
>>>> link to let me chose something other than the reserved name. So perhaps
>>>> whomever got the email (Doug I'd assume is the original owner) will have
>>>> the ability to request a custom URL.
>>>>
>>>> However, if we already have a custom URL assigned, then we may need to
>>>> figure out if there is some way we could get a contact in the G+ Team to
>>>> get a manual change.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Nic da Costa <njr.dacosta@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just logged in to try and change it, it seems that we can not change
>>>>> the custom URL that has been preassigned to us. The option of requesting a
>>>>> new URL has been removed.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am busy going through the support page [1] to see if there is any
>>>>> mention of how to do this, but it doesn't seem to be.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will keep digging around but if anyone knows anything about this or
>>>>> might be able to help, it would be much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2676340?hl=en
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> // Nic
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31 October 2013 07:44, Peter Lubbers <peterlubbers@google.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds good to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Nic da Costa <njr.dacosta@gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Awesome, thanks Doug. I do think that would be the better choice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So can i go ahead and try and get +WebPlatform for our custom URL?
>>>>>>> Any objections?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> // Nic
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 30 October 2013 08:06, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey, Nic–
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 10/30/13 1:48 AM, Nic da Costa wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey Everyone
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As most of you may already know, last night Google rolled out some
>>>>>>>>> updates to Google+, one of which is Custom URLS for all Accounts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Which means that our Web Platform page can now get a custom URL
>>>>>>>>> for ease
>>>>>>>>> of navigation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The current suggestion based on the page name is +WebPlatformOrg (
>>>>>>>>> google.com/+WebplatformOrg <http://google.com/+WebplatformOrg> )
>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> this can be changed.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What should the URL be? Just +WebPlatform? or +WebPlatformDocs?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any and all suggestions and thoughts welcome.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I like +WebPlatform.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards-
>>>>>>>> -Doug
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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