OpenID Review by the Rich Sage

OpenID is an initiative to create a log-in system that uses the same digital identification to access any participating online site.

You may actually have an OpenID and not even know it.  If you have an account in any of these organizations, you already have an OpenID account:

• AOL
• LiveDoor
• LiveJournal
• WordPress.COM

And a host of other web properties.  What interesting is that when you access an account that you have in any of the existing properties, you can use that account to create your OpenID.  That is exactly what I did to create my openID in a few clicks.

OpenID is not controlled by any one organization.  It is an open interface to help you log in to over 10,000 web properties.  They claim to have over 150 million users.

One of the reasons that I opted to do this sooner than later was to protect my brand, the ‘RichSage’ — I make it a point to register in many places as I can as the ‘Sage’.  I don’t want to keep running into others who use my brand name and perhaps, could misrepresent and even make claims as my character becomes popular.

It’s all about creditability.

Rich Sage