Shortening URLs
With the spread of micro-blogging services, there is a change in the way URLs are conveyed. Long URLs tend to get unwieldy for use on micro-blogging services and hence the URL shortening services that make URLs succinct but in themselves meaningless.
There is an article up at SEJ that summarizes the benefits and disadvantages of the same.
To quote from the article:
* use the services when you can't do without them (e.g. with Twitter and Twitter applications that automatically shrink a long URL using TinyURL);
* use the services when you don't care if the link will be clicked or who it will be clicked by;
* don't use them at your own site.
The use of URL shorteners does not have any advantages as such.
A list of URL shortening services can be obtained from here.
Its a great feature to use when one wants to convey a specific site within the constraints of the character limit.
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By rama, January 29, 2009 @ 6:59 am
ple.check creat short url
By julya@link.net, May 29, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
Good Day. We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
I am from Taiwan and now study English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: “Crib bedding, baby blankets arte bebe is a online store with chic clothing, accessories, decor and gifts for babies and children to years.”
Regards
Soo.