So what is it about all these “.ly” services? Some of the most innovative social media solutions on the web use that domain extension. Card.ly is no exception. It’s a cool service that lets you share your online profiles with your friends, colleagues, and readers easily. All you have to do is sign up for a free account and fill out your information. Card.ly will automatically create your e-card that you can share with others through forums or your own blog. Here are the steps you need to take in a nutshell:

The free version of card.ly does allow you with the code you need to post on forums or your blog to embed your vCard. You get plenty of skins to choose from, and if you decide to sign up for a premium account, you are going to get a whole lot of more skins.

The premium version is much better actually. You can use your own domain name, you get a ton of skins, and you can remove nofollow from your links. You can also add unlimited RSS streams to your card, which comes very handy if you have multiple blog or twitter accounts. All in all, card.ly is a cool little web service that lets you share your profile with your readers or followers. If you have accounts on multiple social networking sites, you might as well use card.ly. The free service will do for most people, but here is what you get with a paid account: