Such URLs are difficult to memorize, type-out or distribute. You may also want to consider joining 301works, a free service from the Internet Archive that works to create a database of all shortened URL mappings.
Linkrot[edit] The convenience offered by URL shortening also introduces potential problems, which have led to criticism of the use of these services. Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. You should use the one that’s right for your use case, but below is what I typically use on this site.
Password Protect Set a password to protect your links from unauthorized access. There are a lot of options for shortening your links, and some even provide additional services like link bookmarking and analytics on your clicks. Ad-hoc link tracking enables you to track download links, external links, and event and variables data. This makes to total sense when you look at how an email address link is formatted: sales@wearefine.com That’s it!
Track sales in real time from any device with 24/7 access to more than 15 different reports and chart views. Tip: Storing unique values in the appropriate parameters can drastically improve report performance. We wanted to see: A) How many page views the PDFs were getting B) How long people were staying on these PDFs C) How prone they were to bouncing (just in case we needed to redesign them) D) The links we were getting to the PDFs E) Where those links were coming from The solution was pretty simple. Users are warned with the error message below when clicking on potentially harmful URLs. If the URL of a site you manage has been flagged, please see this help page about flagged URLs for more information.Geniuslink: smarter links for commerce Geniuslink offers URL shortening with your own custom branded domain powered by the most intelligent link management platform in existence. Please note: anyone with a t.co shortened link will be able to navigate to the destination URL. Especially with Twitter which allows 144 characters only, it becomes immensely important not to exceed the its limit and see that our information is succinct.
Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 5 Dec 2012 More Have you voted on changes? How are you tracking calls from pay per click and organic? If you choose to edit the default title, make sure you don't include any special characters. For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. So if you accidentally enter the wrong longer URL to the service, the new shorter URL can never be edited to associate it with a different longer URL. The link subdomain does not support https out of the box.