Comments on: Why URL Shorteners Are Important

By: Online Betting

Online Betting — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:34:00 +0000

One question: if we use url shortners will the link value still pass to the site?

By: New Comm Biz » Top 10 Blog Posts [May 2009] FriendFeed Steals the Show

New Comm Biz » Top 10 Blog Posts [May 2009] FriendFeed Steals the Show — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:10:54 +0000

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By: haqu

haqu — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:45:40 +0000

After trying to use several popular URL shorteners, I decided to make my own. It is fast and clean, with simple stats — http://go2.st

Feel free to suggest new features and improvements (twitter: @haqu)

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:40:53 +0000

You got it Dave. That's at least two blog posts worth of content. Look for more to follow.

By: David

David — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:07:05 +0000

I too love url shortners for all the reasons you mentioned. I'd like to see more of your thoughts on the downside though. What if bit.ly did go under? Maybe I'm not smart enough but I don't see really how a url shortner can be monetized. Its a feature. Should a web service make a bet on which ones make it and integrate that service into its offering?

Lots of time spent highlighting the broken business models of newspapers and other old school businesses. I think some more dialogue about the risks of betting on non-revenue generating web services and platforms is a worthy conversation as well.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:17:59 +0000

Peggy, that's a very intriguing idea. I also just came across this post this morning where a guy encodes a picture of the mona lisa in 140 http://www.flickr.com/photos/quasimondo/3518306…. It's kind of the coders version of what you're talking about. Now you got me thinking, and that's dangerous

By: Peggy Dolane

Peggy Dolane — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:56:29 +0000

Thinking about this over on FriendFeed. Here's my comment again for the unFF masses. (grin)

I just had an inspiration. Imagine a 140 character link? Perhaps what we need instead of a short URL is a LONG ONE?! That way the entire link is the hook, line and sinker. There is simply not enough space in a short url to do anything but function as conduit to content. But a long url that includes the headline copy then allows for the branding AND the tracking in one simple link. Is there a tool out there that does this? Just like we are already doing in our webpages every day. Gimme!

By: JenHarris

JenHarris — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:01:53 +0000

At the very end of my Twitter workshops, I show Bit.ly. I show that there is proof now that SM does drive traffic to your corporate website (or small biz) & when your conversion rate increases you can give yourself a big ol pat on the back…thank you bit.ly!