How do I get an OpenID?
Nov 19th, 2013 by Aswath
It’s easy to get an OpenID; in fact, you probably already have one. If you have a Google account, you can use your profile id number as your login (which can be found in your profiles.google.com url). Similarly, if you have a Yahoo account, you can use your username as your OpenID login.
Other sources for OpenIDs include 3rd party providers like Verisign Labs. If you use WordPress to host a blog, you can also install a plug-in to be your own OpenID provider.
If you have an account with one of the above providers, then you can derive your OpenID using the following rules:
Google: |
profiles.google.com/<your profile id number> |
Yahoo: |
me.yahoo.com/<your username> or a customized string |
WordPress: |
URL of the home page of your blog at wordpress.com |