Get Vanity URL for Google Profile

It seems to be a little known fact, that old Google Profile users who had activated to use their Gmail username in their profile address already has sort of a vanity URL for their Google Plus profile. 

For example, the URL showing up for my profile in my browser is https://plus.google.com/101396322906779742823 and that’s the one I’ve referenced in other places.

However, turns out that my Google Profile address – the one I’ve had for years – does work, too. So the shorter and speaking pointer to me on Google+ is: http://profiles.google.com/anchitpandey or http://www.google.com/profiles/anchitpandey.

By default, it links to your posts tab. You can, however, attach whatever works on the longer version and it’ll work here, too. So http://profiles.google.com/anchitpandey/about will link to my about tab.

anchitpandey is the username associated with my Google account. It’s the part prefixing the @gmail.com.

However new Gmail users cannot enjoy this workaround, if they are already using Google Plus.

For New users, before signing up on Google Plus. Need to first sign-in into Google Profile and after filling up their details in their profile, click on Done. Now again click on Edit, this time you may see the an option of Profile Address.

 
Here we go, select you Gmail username as profile URL.

For all those who cannot get it through Google Profile, check this out.