I realize that my usernames are not standard. For example, my YouTube username is ‘Kiruba73’ , my flickr username is ‘Kribs’, my Scribd username is ‘Kiruba_Scribd’. This can be annoying even for me sometimes. Now, imagine what it must be for someone trying to reach these profiles. I always thought I was an early grabber of usernames but obviously I’m not fast enough.
So, I did a small work around. I have created simple redirects. So, all you need to do is just put the sitename ( eg. Facebook or YouTube) after my website domain name (Kiruba.com) and you’ll automatically be taken to the website. No matter how long or complex the url is, its all simple now.
COUCHSURFING
http://www.kiruba.com/couchsurfing redirects to http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/kiruba.
FACEBOOK
http://www.kiruba.com/facebook redirects to http://www.facebook.com/kiurba
TWITTER
http://www.kiruba.com/twitter
http://www.kiruba.com/tweets
http://www.kiruba.com/tweet
These redirects to http://www.twitter.com/kiruba
PHOTOS
http://www.kiruba.com/photos
http://www.kiruba.com/photo
http://www.kiruba.com/flickr
These redirects to http://www.flickr.com/photos/kribs
VIDEOS
http://www.kiruba.com/videos
http://www.kiruba.com/video
http://www.kiruba.com/youtube
These redirects to http://www.youtube.com/kiruba73
PODCASTS
http://www.kiruba.com/podcasts
http://www.kiruba.com/podcast
http://www.kiruba.com/tv
These redirects to http://www.kiruba.tv
PRESENTATION
http://www.kiruba.com/presentations
http://www.kiruba.com/presentation
http://www.kiruba.com/ppt
These redirects to http://www.slideshare.com/kiruba
http://www.kiruba.com/resume
http://www.kiruba.com/linkedin
These redirects to http://www.linkedin.com/kiruba
BUCKETLIST
http://www.kiruba.com/bucketlist
http://www.kiruba.com/43things
http://www.43things.com/person/kribs
GOOGLE+
http://www.kiruba.com/google+
http://www.kiruba.com/g+
These redirects to https://plus.google.com/101835654273149030903/posts
WIKIPEDIA
http://www.kiruba.com/wikipedia redirects to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kirubashankar
BOOKMARKS
http://www.kiruba.com/delicious
http://www.kiruba.com/bookmarking
http://www.kiruba.com/bookmarks
These redirect to http://www.delicious.com/kiruba
PDF
http://www.kiruba.com/scribd
http://www.kiruba.com/pdf
These redirect to http://www.scribd.com/kiruba_scribd
Did I miss anything? If you did this for your own site, will you find this useful? Do share your thoughts.
