Monday, July 13, 2009 / 10:49:08 Why would you need a short url service?I never understood the reason to have a short url for some of my already existing not too long urls. Then came twitter.... Siim Einfeldt
When everyone has his own domain name, why would you need a short url for your website or blog post? Isn't it better SEO-wise to get your own domain name listed?
You are right, it is better to get your own domain name linked instead of some short url which isn't actually yours, but there are times when you really could use short url service. For example, when you're user of Twitter of Facebook, they don't really give you much space to write into. And if your url is something like http://www.yourlongdomaindotcom.com/yourcategory/your-link-toyour-specific-article.html then this takes a lot of characters away from you. Characters you could have used to explain whatever else you wanted to say.
So here you go, sometimes you really could use short urls, especially with twitter and sites alike. So even though you might not need a short url right away, here are some you could use once you do need it:
shorturl.com
tinyurl.com
elfurl.com
shurl.net
shorl.com
url.fm
shurl.org
qurl.net
notlong.com
urlcut.com
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