Generate Short URLs for your wordpress.com Blog Posts
14 aug 2009
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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Use Google Docs to Create Short URLs
07 may 2009
A Google Spreadsheet demonstrates how to use the import functions in Google Docs to convert web addresses into tiny URLs on the fly.
Get More Descriptive URLs with Long "R" Us
14 apr 2009
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
28 feb 2009
TinyArro.ws uses Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to create short URLs that could well be, as they claim, “the shortest URLs on Earth”.
Note that because TinyArro.ws uses IDN, often seen as a phishing risk, it might be necessary to change a few settings in your browser to see the URL correctly.
Create Short URLs for Google Maps Links
18 jan 2009
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
09 jan 2009
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
13 nov 2008
Most URL Shortening services suffer from being fairly opaque, often resulting in embarrasing situations for the unsuspecting viewer.
PrevURL hopes to change that with its URL un-shortening service. As a bonus, it also adds a thumbnail in case the URL alone doesn’t carry enough information.
Friendfeed’s URL shortening service ff.im
31 oct 2008
Instead of relying on a external URL shortening service like TinyURL, FriendFeed have created their their own service called ff.im.
Google Using TinyURL Service for Shortening URLs in SMS Search?
21 jul 2008
When you perform a web search on mobile phone using Google SMS, the SMS text message you get back from Google has two parts – web search results and a short tinyurl.
bit.ly = TinyURL + Google Cache + Web Stats + RSS Feeds
09 jul 2008
Bit.ly is the best web service for compressing long web addresses into short URLs that can be shared in email messages without truncation.
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