The last time I reviewed ClaimID, I was very negative about it. I have to admit I am now using the service more, and I now even find some of it’s features useful.

ClaimID is a bookmarking service which allows you to link together information about you. For example, I list all my user accounts on various websites, my blog, posts about me, my PGP key and a few other things on my ClaimID profile. You then have the option to provide these links descriptions and titles, and the ability to categorise them, reorder them, tag them and add stars to them. ClaimID also allows links to be verified by the placement of a meta tag in the page’s head; this confirms the site belongs to you. In my opinion, an image would be better than a meta tag, as you’re more likely to be able to place it. ClaimID also caches all links.

ClaimID publish’s its RSS feeds under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license, however, I am uncertain if this extends to the main content of the website (if it doesn’t that seems illogical).

ClaimID also responded to my opinion:

Also, it would be nice to see features which allow you to use your ClaimID as a .NET passport like utility, where it integrates with sites you use.

ClaimID now supports OpenID, allowing you to use your ClaimID account as a log-in on OpenID sites. My review on OpenID explains OpenID itself (very interesting idea!).

However, you can still not search through the site for tags, and have hits returned from different users.

ClaimID is a useful way for people to see who you are across the net. My profile is here.

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