Why Use Url Shortener?
Url Shorteners Spit out Links That Are Easier to Share. More Importantly, They Let Small Businesses Track Marketing Campaigns and Other Incoming Traffic...
URL shorteners spit out links that are easier to share. More importantly, they let small businesses track marketing campaigns and other incoming traffic. ... You can do it yourself, no matter your technical skill level, and one of the easiest ways is by using a URL shortener and link tracking service.
What is the purpose of TinyURL?
TinyURL is a URL shortening web service, which provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched the service in January 2002 as a way to post links in newsgroup postings which frequently had long, cumbersome addresses.
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Why are URL shorteners bad?
URL shorteners make links opaque, which spammers love. They also add an unnecessary extra step to what should be a fairly simple message. Some, like Digg's new Diggbar, also steal link juice from the original destination by wrapping the Website in a frame rather than redirecting to it.
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