Generate Short URLs for your wordpress.com Blog Posts
If your site is hosted on wordpress.com, you can use wp.me instead of a third-party URL shortening service (like bit.ly or tinyurl) to generate slim URLs for your blog articles.
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Get More Descriptive URLs with Long "R" Us
Long R Us creates a descriptive and more meaningful URL that contains the domain name of a web page, title and optionally an excerpt of the content.
TinyArro.ws – Shortest URLs on Earth
TinyArro.ws uses Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to create short URLs that could well be, as they claim, “the shortest URLs on Earth”.
Create Short URLs for Google Maps Links
Google Maps URLs are pretty unwieldy especially when sending over an IM, tweet or email. MapOf.it provides you a quick way to link to Google Maps by simply specifying the address of the location as a search parameter.
Create Short URLs for Google Search Queries with Gog.Is
You are chatting with a friend who needs some help in framing a Google search query. What do you think is the best way to create short URLs for Google search pages ?
Preview Short URLs with PrevURL
Most URL Shortening services suffer from being fairly opaque, often resulting in embarrasing situations for the unsuspecting viewer.
Friendfeed’s URL shortening service ff.im
Instead of relying on a external URL shortening service like TinyURL, FriendFeed have created their their own service called ff.im.
bit.ly = TinyURL + Google Cache + Web Stats + RSS Feeds
Bit.ly is the best web service for compressing long web addresses into short URLs that can be shared in email messages without truncation.
Google Should Seriously Consider Decoding TinyURLs of Twitter
When someone posts a link on Twitter, it is automatically converted into a short URL often powered by tinyurl.com. Human visitors can click the tinyurl link to visit the underlying website but that may or may not be the case with Google spiders.
Click TinyURL Links Without Getting Into Embarrassing Situations
Say you are sitting inside the office cubicle and get an email or a twitter alert from an old college friend that goes something like this: "Hey!
TinyURL Alternative for Sharing NSFW (Not Safe for Work) Links
How do you post a link on Twitter that points to an adult website or a Youtube video that may not be suitable for public viewing ?