• From: Northport, AL USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-30
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Topic: Short URLs for all to spread the word

I created some short URLs for us to use on twitter/identi.ca/email/etc. I use bit.ly for all my short URL needs.

Forums - http://bit.ly/cblforums
Wiki - http://bit.ly/cblwiki
Planet - http://bit.ly/cblplanet

Michael

Last edited by michaelramm (2009-01-25 04:08:54)

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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

http://tinyurl.com/ big_smile

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  • From: Lincoln, UK
  • Registered: 2008-11-20
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

I like the look of bit.ly, I may have to sign-up and give it a whirl. Thank you for sharing! smile

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  • From: California, USA
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

@Cope57 - but if you need to save characters, "bit.ly" (6) is shorter than "tinypic.com" (11).

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  • From: Ashdown, AR
  • Registered: 2009-01-10
  • Posts: 190

Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

You can't specify the url, but is.gd is the shortest I know of.

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  • Registered: 2008-12-31
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

Umm, just thought I'd mention that the first two links don't really work...
At least for me...

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  • From: norway
  • Registered: 2009-01-16
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

first one is http://bit.ly/cblforum  not bit.ly/cblforums  wink
didnt find the wiki..

  • From: Gig Harbor, WA, USA
  • Registered: 2008-12-16
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

For those of you who are Firefox users, I found and installed a cool TinyURL creator plugin, which works marvelously.

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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

Good to know if I ever need the service on a regular basis smile

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  • From: Cardiff, UK
  • Registered: 2008-12-07
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

The main point of bit.ly is the clickthrough statistics users can see. Personally,  use tr.im, which offers the same, a shorter url, and nicer integration with Twitter and all that.

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  • From: Las Vegas Mixx Forums
  • Registered: 2008-12-02
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

Cope57 wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ big_smile

Although I like and use TinyURL, it is automatically blocked by some sites and forums, including Craigslist.org

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  • From: Northport, AL USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-30
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Re: Short URLs for all to spread the word

ZeroTruths wrote:

Umm, just thought I'd mention that the first two links don't really work...
At least for me...

Thanks, I did leave off the 's' in forums and accidentally made the wiki URL with clb.

All of the initial links work fine now.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Michael

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