Page Creator and Google ID

gsurfer · 05-10-2006, 01:56 AM

Hi everyone, brbrI discovered Page Creator a few hours ago and I really liked it very much! One of the things I liked right away is that my full name is part of the address. What a pleasant surprise! But there's something else I am concerned about... What if someone takes my user name that appears in my URL address adds @gmail and starts sending me spam for example? There are Gmail's powerful spam filters and I am not going to reply to spam of course but what other measures could I take to protect my Gmail? What do you think? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.brbrbr

mondine · 05-10-2006, 04:54 PM

Yes, that is a drawback that's been pointed out, before.
I don't believe there's much you can do, retroactively. At the moment, I see no better solution
than to have a secondary Google account to sign up for Page Creator, to protect your main account.

This is a real issue, that they need to address.

gsurfer · 05-10-2006, 08:33 PM

Thank you very much for replying to my message, although this issue has been pointed out before in this forum. It would be nice to have a secondary Google account -I could send an invitation to myself at another e-mail account I have- but would Google approve it? Gmail has already given me generously a free e-mail account that's 2722 MB and counting... (think that my Hotmail box was only 2MB as far as I can remember!)... To apply for a second account would be too much to ask perhaps... I don't know... if it is OK with Google... it would be lovely to have one more account to use in order to protect my main account. brbrgsurferbrbrP.S.: On a second thought having a full name in the URL it might be useful for someone like me who would like to write about and promote his work as well. It's advertising for free and that's one more good thing for us. Google gives us the tools (Page Creator, Picasa, Google SketchUp, Blogger, Gmail, Writely etc.) to be productive and publish our work for free. brThanks again.brbrbr

gsurfer · 05-10-2006, 09:00 PM

Just googled about multiple Gmail accounts and it seems that there are people who do have them, there's even a Firefox extension (Gmail manager at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1320/) to manage these accounts. What do you know about it? What do you think? Please let me know. It would be nice to have one more account.br

mondine · 05-10-2006, 09:07 PM

There are a number of people that have multiple accounts. The Terms of Service do not explicitly forbid this.
I have several, myself, each for specific reasons- home use, forums, storage, etc.

On the other hand, I've had a page created with my main address since shortly after the service became available,
and that account doesn't receive any more spam than one that has never been used in public.

andrew247 · 05-11-2006, 08:56 AM

I'm not sure if it affects you that much. Gmail's spam filter is incredibly effective. I get about 30 - 50 spam emails per day, and only rarely do any find their way into the inbox.

Simon · 05-11-2006, 12:23 PM

Lol, i have 3 gmail accounts, and also, i get no spam even though i have page creator.

gsurfer · 05-12-2006, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew247

I'm not sure if it affects you that much. Gmail's spam filter is incredibly effective. I get about 30 - 50 spam emails per day, and only rarely do any find their way into the inbox.

brI guess you are right: I don't think I'll ever get so much spam (30 - 50 spam emails per day?!) and in any case there are always Gmail's spam filters to take care of such problems.br

gsurfer · 05-12-2006, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

Lol, i have 3 gmail accounts, and also, i get no spam even though i have page creator.

br3 Gmail accounts? Lucky you! I now begin to think that it is perhaps because we all love Gmail so much that we want more accounts... And I think it is a good thing that there is my full name in the URL address, I like it, it is a gift!br

barrybhoy · 05-16-2006, 03:10 PM

span class="postbody"im a little confused.brbr
For example, say my google gmail id is a href="mailto:lovedone@gmail.com]lovedone@gmail.com/a
br
brAnd i create a few pages.
br
brWhy is it that lovedone.googlepages.com and a href="mailto:loved.one@googlepages.com]loved.one.googlepages.com/a , lov.edone.googlepages.com , l.ovedone.googlepages.com? etc... are the same pages account?br
brTry it with your pages!
br
bror if you have a dot in your username, eg name.name.googlepages.com, try it with namename.googlepages.com
br
brIt seems to work for some reason? does this mean no one else uses
that form of Google ID, becuase it says these forms of Google ID's are
unavailable meaning they have been taken?
br
brWierd!/span

05-10-2006, 01:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
gsurfer Noogle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Page Creator and Google ID Hi everyone, brbrI discovered Page Creator a few hours ago and I really liked it very much! One of the things I liked right away is that my full name is part of the address. What a pleasant surprise! But there's something else I am concerned about... What if someone takes my user name that appears in my URL address adds @gmail and starts sending me spam for example? There are Gmail's powerful spam filters and I am not going to reply to spam of course but what other measures could I take to protect my Gmail? What do you think? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.brbrbr

05-10-2006, 04:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Yes, that is a drawback that's been pointed out, before. I don't believe there's much you can do, retroactively. At the moment, I see no better solution than to have a secondary Google account to sign up for Page Creator, to protect your main account. This is a real issue, that they need to address. __________________

05-10-2006, 09:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	There are a number of people that have multiple accounts. The Terms of Service do not explicitly forbid this. I have several, myself, each for specific reasons- home use, forums, storage, etc. On the other hand, I've had a page created with my main address since shortly after the service became available, and that account doesn't receive any more spam than one that has never been used in public. __________________

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05-10-2006, 08:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
gsurfer Noogle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you very much for replying to my message, although this issue has been pointed out before in this forum. It would be nice to have a secondary Google account -I could send an invitation to myself at another e-mail account I have- but would Google approve it? Gmail has already given me generously a free e-mail account that's 2722 MB and counting... (think that my Hotmail box was only 2MB as far as I can remember!)... To apply for a second account would be too much to ask perhaps... I don't know... if it is OK with Google... it would be lovely to have one more account to use in order to protect my main account. brbrgsurferbrbrP.S.: On a second thought having a full name in the URL it might be useful for someone like me who would like to write about and promote his work as well. It's advertising for free and that's one more good thing for us. Google gives us the tools (Page Creator, Picasa, Google SketchUp, Blogger, Gmail, Writely etc.) to be productive and publish our work for free. brThanks again.brbrbr

05-10-2006, 09:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
gsurfer Noogle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just googled about multiple Gmail accounts and it seems that there are people who do have them, there's even a Firefox extension (Gmail manager at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1320/) to manage these accounts. What do you know about it? What do you think? Please let me know. It would be nice to have one more account.br

05-11-2006, 08:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,387 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	I'm not sure if it affects you that much. Gmail's spam filter is incredibly effective. I get about 30 - 50 spam emails per day, and only rarely do any find their way into the inbox.

05-11-2006, 12:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Simon Noogle Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lol, i have 3 gmail accounts, and also, i get no spam even though i have page creator.

05-16-2006, 03:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
barrybhoy Junior Googler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	span class="postbody"im a little confused.brbr For example, say my google gmail id is a href="mailto:lovedone@gmail.com]lovedone@gmail.com/a br brAnd i create a few pages. br brWhy is it that lovedone.googlepages.com and a href="mailto:loved.one@googlepages.com]loved.one.googlepages.com/a , lov.edone.googlepages.com , l.ovedone.googlepages.com? etc... are the same pages account?br brTry it with your pages! br bror if you have a dot in your username, eg name.name.googlepages.com, try it with namename.googlepages.com br brIt seems to work for some reason? does this mean no one else uses that form of Google ID, becuase it says these forms of Google ID's are unavailable meaning they have been taken? br brWierd!/span

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