Okay, you know how horrendously long some URLs get? Like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=jimmyakincom-20&path=tg/detail/-/1888992050
You find yourself wanting to share what’s on the other end of such links with people (e.g,. in an e-mail), but the fact that this is such a bulky, high fiber link makes it prohibitively difficult to do so. What can you do?
Use TinyURL! Yes, that’s right, with TinyURL you can take a monstrously long link and turn it into a handy, dandy “my size” link, like this one:
This powerful petite will take you to exactly the same place as the bulky, high fiber link, but without all the hassle (try it!). Now you can be proud to put attractive links like this in your e-mails, on your web pages, among your personal notes–in place of those unsightly, prolix URLs that used to cause you so much frustration, worry, and embarrassment.
How do you get TinyURLs for the pages you want to link?
It’s simple, just copy the bloated link you want to put on an instant diet, go to TinyURL.com, paste it into the box at the top of the page, press the button, and bingo! You have a TinyURL to share with the world!
IT”S FREE!
To help you remember this new, must-use service, put TinyURL.com in your bookmarks or links bar.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL!
If you are a user of the excellent, open-source browswer Mozilla, get the TinyURL Creator plug-in, which lets you create TinyURLs without ever leaving the page you want to link!
Yes, now that TinyURL has been invented, the world is truly a better place.
Hi Jimmy,
While I agree that tinyurl is pretty cool, I just wanted to point out that there are several url shortening redirction sites. Compare them a bit at:
http://notlong.com/links/
For me the main issue was Amazon URLs, until I read a very useful tip about shortening them (without any middleman) at:
http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/388
Thanks for the info!
This is convenient, but all users should be aware of what URL they are asking their browser to visit (especially before divulging any personal information to the site). Giving the visibility of this over to a third party can open them up to be unknowingly redirected (after which other security compromises may be perpetrated).
TinyURL is no doubt operated with the best of intentions, but if it is ever compromised, widely visited sites could be switched to a site of the hacker’s choice.
URL relaying (often through sites that don’t know they are being used as relays) and obfuscation is a growing problem (see http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/12/130454.aspx and http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0531phishing.html for examples).
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