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URL Shortening Services

There have been a influx of URL shortening services over the past year, and not everyone is aware about each and every service out there, here is a a list of services you can use to shorten those really long URLs to a shorter one.

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URL Shortening Services We Recommend

TinyURL – TinyURL is like the GoDaddy for domains, one of the oldest and most popular services to convert long URLs into really tiny ones.

Linkbun.ch – Link Bunch is a unique link shortening which will allow you to bunch several links into a single URL and share it with your friends or family, definitely useful.

NSFW.in – Ever wanted to share a link which is NSFW? NSFW.in provides you with a option to do that, by adding a warning message before opening the actual URL, so that your friends are not embarrassed when they click on a link you send them.

ShortText – ShortText is not exactly a shortening service, but it works in a similar way for shortening the text you want to send to someone. Why text? Have you heard of twitter and the 140 character limit?

DwarfURL – DwarfURL is a URL shortening service which not only shortens your service, but also provides you with the stats on the clicks and where they came from.

is.gd – A URL Shortening Service with the shortest names.

Other URL Shortening Services

4 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. Chetan
    October 11th, 2008 at 2:40 pm #

    You missed one of the best -

    bit.ly

    And also would be good if you mention that TinyURL gives an option of having custom URL ends.

  2. Christopher Ross
    October 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pm #

    Great posts, I routinely use URL shortening in emails, there are also a few PHP scripts that will help you do this using your own URL.

  3. computer tweaks
    October 12th, 2008 at 2:32 am #

    nice post
    never saw the zi.ma
    we use oug.cc out here

  4. Sathya
    October 13th, 2008 at 12:06 am #

    Other shortening services include Lincr (http://lin.cr) and Trim(http://tr.im)

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