URL shorteners spit out links that are easier to share. More importantly, they let small businesses track marketing campaigns and other incoming traffic. Here are four top URL shorteners that can ...

Before we shorten the URL, we will also need to check the length to make sure that it really needs shortening. If it's less than 20 characters, then we can just let it go through as-is.

How to shorten a URL using TinyURL. TinyURL is another common URL shortener. Just like Bitly, it has premium plans starting from $9.99 a month that offer greater customization for branded links ...

URL shorteners such as Bitly, Ow.ly and Is.gd are a way of life on social media. The advantages are clear: reduced character counts and useful statistics. But these services come with two major ...

Google's URL shortener just opened up to the public, with a standalone site. Launched last December, Google's Bit.ly competitor, Goo.gl can now be used for any links on the web. And Google ...

Instead of creating a branded URL shortener with Bit.ly, LinkedIn decided to develop its own application so it could tie it directly into LinkedIn’s own back-end, with high SLAs and data fidelity.

Once again, Google fails at being ordinary. Although the claim with its Goo.gl URL shortener is that it's more about quality than features, the search giant couldn't help itself and has inserted a ...

How to Truncate the URL. Don't lose customers or potential clients with long URLs – when sent via email or instant message, such URL can be rendered unclickable by line breaks.

Just when you thought the web couldn’t possibly fit any more, a new URL shortener is on the loose, this time however, it actually makes some sense. Inside Facebook have spotted Facebook ...

Let's face it, links can be long and clunky. It's nice to have short, clean URLs when sharing them in emails, on social media and elsewhere. William & Mary Information Technology has developed an easy ...