The shortest possible long-term URLs were generated by NanoURL from December 2009 until about 2011, associated with the top-level .to (Tonga) domain, in the form , where xxxx represents a sequence of random numbers and letters.[15] On 14 December 2009 Google announced a service called Google URL Shortener at goo.gl, which originally was only available for use through Google products (such as Google Toolbar and FeedBurner) and extensions for Google Chrome.[17] On 21 December 2009, Google introduced a YouTube URL Shortener, youtu.be.[18] From September 2010 Google URL Shortener became available via a direct interface. Undo Undo Shorten links ! @sqrl_in 18 Mar 2010 More was updated yesterday. You can use your own short URLs to point to different pages on your site. The original URL produced a QR code that is too big to fit on the label so we shorten it first. This is key to search engine optimization as it ensures that search engine spiders won't think the shortener URL is the "real" URL to the page.
WP.me is spam-free, because we are constantly monitoring and removing spam from WP.com. One of the most popular link shorteners is Bit.ly, and their use of the .ly domain has been a problem for some.
Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse. Ow.ly is a link shortening option that is part of the Hootsuite service. It is more focused on what happens once a visitor comes to your site.Link tracking is what seperates the men from the boys in online advertising. Include retargeting pixels in my links to build a fan list. You can also get a visual glimpse of your engagement for a different perspective. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang.
Static URLs only contain dots, slashes, dashes or underscores. eg: and are considered clean or user-friendly URLs because they are more human readable and descriptive than dynamic URLs. You publicize this page through twitter, facebook, various banner placement on your website, email newsletter, etc. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). Handy stuff for keyboard devotees, the add-on-averse, and for when you're working from a browser that's not your own.Check out this address: If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here.
The solution… We’ll attach a click event handler to the body element. Unless you want to track URLs, you have no need to run to an outside website in order to make your URLs smaller, Twitter only counts links for a certain number of characters now. Not all protocols are capable of being shortened as of 2011, although protocols such as http, https, ftp, ftps, mailto, mms, rtmp, rtmpt, ed2k, pop, imap, nntp, news, ldap, gopher, dict and dns are being addressed by such services as URL Shortener. Google Analytics does not track outbound links by default. Services available include an ordinary, easy-to-say word as the URL with a lifetime from 5 minutes up to 24 hours, creation of a URL which will expire on a specified date or after a specified period, creation of a very-short-lived URL of only 5 characters for typing into a smartphone, restriction by the creator of the total number of uses of the URL, and password protection. In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. Show our company logo to guest users when they login to create URLs. Add retargeting pixels in short links to track interest in specific products and maximize advertisement ROI. The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser. There are no real extra features or services, so this is good choice if you just want to get the job done as fast and as smoothly as possible without all the extra fluff like signing in and CAPTCHAs and other stuff. Edit short URLs or QR codes to fix broken pages any time I need it.