Tag: SHORT-URL

There are dozens (if not hundreds) of ways to take an overly-lengthy URL and cut it down to size. There are even services that do the exact opposite, turning nice, short links into gigantic, bandwidth-wasting behemoths. But suppose you really, really need to convert your URLs into, say, quotes from works of classic literature? I can't count the number of times I've wanted to - possibly because I ...

Hot on the heels of Digg's new short URL feature StumbleUpon's founder has announced - albeit somewhat cryptically - that they may be working on their own truncation tool. "su.pr is coming," reads the Twitter update, though the link currently redirects to StumbleUpon.com. The moves definitely make sense for both sites. With so many Twitter users sharing links via shortened URLs, it presents an ...

There are plenty of URL truncation options on the net already, and you've likely already got a favorite option like Is.gd or Snipr. Does the relatively new BurnURL provide anything that really makes it a compelling alternative? If you're a social surfer, then the answer is yes. When you "burn" an address, the service creates your truncated address and provides a standard HTML link, embed code, ...

After the whole clickjacking nightmare on Twitter, some of you might be looking for a better way to shorten (truncate) URLs. One good solution is provided by Shuurl. You can Shuurl at work in the screenshot above. Not only are users provided with a thumbailed image of the destination page, they're also tagged with Web of Trust-style safety icons. The coding is the same as atraffic signal: green ...