Comments on: URL Shorteners: Which Shortening Service Should You Use?

By: Anthony Vader

Anthony Vader — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:58:00 +0000

yi.tl just launched: http://yi.tl

yi.tl is the first URL shortener to offer support for category tags. This unique service allows users to group related URLs and easily retrieve old links. To save time, the site will even make tag suggestions based on the URL being shortened.

By: Nancy Grace

Nancy Grace — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:04:00 +0000

I am using
http://tinyy.in/ it’s a simple and fast.

By: Alexander Chalkidis

Alexander Chalkidis — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:35:00 +0000

For serious SEO people, it surely can’t be a good thing that everyone can see the stats of your url! Also most shorteners group all references to the same web adress in the same stats which is infuriating when you want to set up a simple A/B test.

By: John Ringgold

John Ringgold — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:02:00 +0000

Another good service is http://tiny.im

By: sergiomcfly

sergiomcfly — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:12:50 +0000

You forgot to make a table with the smallest one’s like http://o.ly

By: mayank

mayank — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:59:08 +0000

A very detailed analysis of the services Dany. It helped me understand the various services (good and bad) that are being offered by these guys. It helped me with some url de-referencing that I am doing on a small project. It prompted me to create a blog post of my own detailing the problems faced while using these services. A Call for Responsible URL Shortening Services

By: tomeglenn

tomeglenn — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:10:01 +0000

Hey Danny, great article. It would seem that some stigma has been placed on URL shortening services – but I am of the firm belief that they do provide a valuable service when they are applied to things such as Twitter and Facebook etc.

I myself am the creator of a brand new URL shortening service – http://tdy.me
It is still under development, but I am hoping that it is well on its way to becoming the URL shortening service of choice for a lot of people.

It is currently being implemented into a new iPhone Twitter client known as Twitterville (Which looks like it could give Tweetie a run for its money!) – so I am very excited about that!

Again, great article.

By: solterno

solterno — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:29:37 +0000

Thanks for the huge list.

I will add the shorteners who will manage how to show a location or an address.

http://www.shortgps.com
http://www.tinygps.org

…who are quite helpfull in some cases

By: lupo

lupo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:20:51 +0000

lovin the new http://toto.to dedicated to torrents.

By: youfoundjake

youfoundjake — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:20:18 +0000

Well, as I promised, a short url branding plugin, made by phil nelson, intergrates nicely into wordpress.. keep the branding to yourself..
Sample link: http://youfoundjake.com/oyhvw

thanks to danny for the poll, and thanks to phil nelson for the plugin