Tinyurl Review

Have a list of favorite books you want to email your friends?

Do you want to email this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743482832/sr=8-1/qid=1140451955/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9964526-3370252?%5Fencoding=UTF8

or this:

http://tinyurl.com/rcvn3

The latter is much much cleaner!

Webmasters can face similar issues in posting links on their site. Long URL’s can create messy looking code.

Tinyurl helps resolve this problem by creating shortened/redirected URLs for any long URL. Tinyurl creates a random 5 or more character code that is attached to the main tinyurl.com domain. This link is permanently redirected to the long URL. While these shortened URLs never expire, keep in mind that if Gilby has a fatal unicycle crash all may be lost (Gilby runs and maintains tinyurl). However, Tinyurl has shortened more than 15 million URLs. Its very popularity will guaranteed some level of longevity.

Uses for Tinyurl:

• URLs in emails (long URLs often break inside of emails)
• hide affiliate codes in URLs
• cleaner looking code especially if working with map urls or product item urls
• cleaner bookmarks for favorites or social bookmarking
• Ever wanted to post an item about a crappy website but didnt want to give that site a link? Tinyurl the site and use the tinyurl link instead.

[tags]url, utilities, tinyurl[/tags]

02.20.2006 @ 10:34 AM — Filed under:

• Utilities
• Web Development

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