I was going to create one, but http://www.google.com/search... just gives me some news stories then suggests that I should search for "yahoo profiles". - Paul Buchheit

I still think it's worth it, Paul. :) - Matt Cutts

Where do I click to get one? - Paul Buchheit

Matt - would be great if I could change the URL it points to. Unfortunately, GOOG forces me to use my GMail acct ("davehodtestfb", great huh?) and won't let me use a different primary acct (FAIL) - Dave Hodson

http://google.com/profiles/me is where you go, Paul - Kevin Marks

Or just search on Google for [me]. - Matt Cutts

Requiring me to publish my gmail address in order to have a friendly url seems like a mistake. Also, why does it think that every page on cuteoverload.com belongs to me? - Paul Buchheit

Paul: the cuteoverload thing is now fixed. A bunch of bogus FOAF on the web includes a "me" edge to the mbox_sha1sum of 08445a31a78661b5c746feff39a9db6e4e2cc5cf, which turns out to be the sha1sum of "mailto:" (the empty email address). Unfortunately we trusted a number of sites' FOAF with verified emails. Include that "verified" empty email address. Fix is rolling out now... - Brad Fitzpatrick

Brad, thanks for tracking down what caused that in record time--that's pretty funny. And Paul's hub-like profile plays a pivotal role in uncovering an unusual corner case. :) - Matt Cutts

I'm verified for Adsense and for Adwords, but that's not good enough for Profiles? Also, I have a private FriendFeed account, so how did Google know about all my social media accounts immediately I entered my FriendFeed URL in Profiles? - Dominic Jones

Anyone know why the profiles show up on search results only when you're signed in to a Google account? Google "robert scoble" without being signed in to your Google account and his profile does not show up. - Diego Barros 

Dominic, the verified name feature comes from Knol. You can verify your name via cell phone or credit card. It's not hard to do. Sign in, then under "My profile" click the "Preferences" link. You should see a tab for "Name Verification". - Matt Cutts

Oh, and Google Profiles uses the Social Graph API to discover social media accounts. Paul, yours should be looking much better now: http://socialgraph-resources.g... - Matt Cutts

I'm pretty generous with my gmail address and it's, well, entirely obvious, but I'm going with the numbered URL for my Google profile for now because it just feels weird to expose my primary email address to potential spam bots. - Laura Norvig

Lovely, I have a private FF account but you can see all my services here: http://socialgraph-resources.g... - Dominic Jones

transparency is definitely the new black and I would say this pushes the envelope. - Laura Norvig

@Paul,Laura -- is it so bad to expose your email? (I didn't agree with that decision myself, but usually it's not hard to figure out a primary email from a full name.) Even though my emails are guessable even from a dictionary, I don't get much spam really. - Daniel Dulitz

I have never gotten a spam on this gmail address, but I still feel strongly that there should be a choice for an alias in the vanity profile URL. People want control. I don't want to have to fend off random GTalk requests either, or who-knows-what from a future service. I'm willing to bet that Google will add it. - LogEx