Comments on: Shrink long URLs into memorable links http://www.lifeclever.com/shrink-long-urls/ How to live and work as a designer Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Josh http://www.lifeclever.com/shrink-long-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-310215 Josh Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:27:51 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/make-custom-short-links-for-long-urls/#comment-310215 <p>urlshrink.net is another amazing shrinking website. create your own tags, light-weight website, easy-fast signup (optional), tracking (with signup), very simple GET and POST api as well as reverse lookup</p> urlshrink.net is another amazing shrinking website. create your own tags, light-weight website, easy-fast signup (optional), tracking (with signup), very simple GET and POST api as well as reverse lookup

]]> By: mrbene http://www.lifeclever.com/shrink-long-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-31199 mrbene Fri, 04 May 2007 07:23:30 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/make-custom-short-links-for-long-urls/#comment-31199 <p>Several of the really short and memorable URLs have been snapped up by domain squatters - actually, they're not called that anymore, they're "keyword brokers". </p> <p>Additionally, I was able to get 100% hit rate on URLs through notlong.com - since I have a common culture with other English speakers, it's easy to look at what other people are linking to. Unless I automate it, guessing what TinyURLs exist is hard. </p> <p>I would not recommend notlong.com, just as I would not recommend the word "cat" as a password :)</p> Several of the really short and memorable URLs have been snapped up by domain squatters – actually, they’re not called that anymore, they’re “keyword brokers”.

Additionally, I was able to get 100% hit rate on URLs through notlong.com – since I have a common culture with other English speakers, it’s easy to look at what other people are linking to. Unless I automate it, guessing what TinyURLs exist is hard.

I would not recommend notlong.com, just as I would not recommend the word “cat” as a password :)

]]> By: Raj http://www.lifeclever.com/shrink-long-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-31156 Raj Thu, 03 May 2007 20:07:52 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/make-custom-short-links-for-long-urls/#comment-31156 <p>This is really awesome! I was never quite that fond of the cryptic URLs from Tiny. These two alternatives are much better.</p> <p>Thanks, raj</p> This is really awesome! I was never quite that fond of the cryptic URLs from Tiny. These two alternatives are much better.

Thanks, raj

]]> By: Josh P http://www.lifeclever.com/shrink-long-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-31137 Josh P Thu, 03 May 2007 18:01:52 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/make-custom-short-links-for-long-urls/#comment-31137 <p>TinyURL's links are cryptic because it gives them a scalable system. Notlong's method is certainly a good one in theory, but if it ever gained any ground it would just hit the fan because all the "good" URLs would be used already.</p> TinyURL’s links are cryptic because it gives them a scalable system. Notlong’s method is certainly a good one in theory, but if it ever gained any ground it would just hit the fan because all the “good” URLs would be used already.

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