For specific examples about email, PDF, social media links, and more see Part II. The customized bit.ly version allows you to use your own domain name for branded short links which can be easily shared on Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites. This method can create some clever domains and also have the advantage of using the domain extension itself as part of the word or words you're trying to convey.
It is highly recommended to enable if you are using Google Analytics on your site. It’s a good way to package up multiple links into one link.
Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. Some link shorteners end up on domain block lists because of heavy spammer use.
Redirects A short URL is not a web page on its own. So if you have a page at , you can use the URL and going to this URL will forward the visitor to the page in your website. You can’t deny the usefulness of them with social media (especially Twitter) and the additional layer of analytics you can get on your links. You can cut and paste your shorter version and use it anywhere you like.
But, if you need to shorten some links off of Twitter, or for other reasons, these are all great options.Welcome to TinyURL!™ Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? For example, a bad campaign name would be "Winter 2009 email" because email is the medium, and it restricts your ability to reuse the same campaign name for other mediums. Real time link editing means a quick edit is all it takes to instantly shift customers to a new landing page. If the shorthand link is found to be associated with a URL, the URL is fetched, otherwise an error message is returned.[7] The patent was filed in September 2000; while the patent was issued in 2005, US patent applications are made public within 18 months of filing. If you are unsure whether or not your app is multi-platform, then it probably isn’t. And a status code is one piece of information exchanged through a header. Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs. Example: South Park Studios uses cart.mn to recreate, in a shortened form, the name of one of its most well known characters. Because we’re creating an event to track clicks on a specific type of link! While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business. But now I have the option to make special mistake-proof short links for print purposes.