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This post has been submitted by Sharon Hurley Hall from Get Paid To Write Online.com.

Last time I checked, I had about 60 profiles on different sites, many of them relating to social media- and those are just the ones I can remember. As more sites come along, it gets more difficult to keep track of all the places where you have an online profile. That’s where DandyID comes in. Supporting some 320 sites, it says it’s a place to ‘collect your complete online presence’.

Setting up an account is fairly simple. Fill out a couple of fields, verify your email address and you have a DandyID account. Your next step, if you wish, is to add your contacts. I chose to skip this, as I just wanted to collect my profiles. Then you get to the ‘identities’ view and can start adding your online identities.

If you have a Brightkite, Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Twitter or YouTube account, you can verify your ownership of those accounts. However, there is also a huge list of social media sites where you can plug in your online identity. These are saved automatically and the site uses the data you enter to find other usernames that might be you. This makes it quick and easy to add your profiles.

Like other social sites, you can add a bio and tags to your profile, and you can fill out additional contact information. You can also import contacts from Gmail or Yahoo, or use the DandyID contact discovery tool. This found a handful of contacts I already knew who were using DandyID.

All of the information you provide feeds into your profile page. Then you can use some of the handy tools to share that information with a wider audience. These include an email signature, a WordPress plugin, and tools for working with Facebook, Squidoo, PeoplePond and others.

There’s only one small annoyance with DandyID - it keeps telling me that my profile is only partly filled out. I know that, since there’s certain information I don’t plan to publish online. It would be nice if I could permanently dismiss this message. Other than that, I am happy with the way DandyID works and would recommend this as a good tool for managing your online identity.

Sharon Hurley Hall
Get Paid To Write Online.com

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