Tips & Tricks for Google Apps: Use Your Google Profile as OpenID
Did you know?
Your Google profile address (mine is visible here) can now be used anywhere an OpenID login is allowed.
What’s an OpenID login? Well, it looks like this -
It’s basically a way to make logging into websites simpler and more secure. You have one ID and password hosted by an OpenID provider and then log into other sites with that profile as opposed to have separate profiles and passwords on multiple sites. The site you are logging in to then asks your OpenID provider to verify the login.
Google is now acting as that OpenID provider. You log into sites with your Google profile url and Google keeps your password safe.
To learn more about OpenID, go here.
[Note: You don't have a Google profile set up? You can set it up here.]
