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Trick of the day: How to compress long URLs into very short ones

Go to tinyurl.com. It's a wonderful idea - you get a simple, quick service that converts very long URLs into very short ones.

For example, one of my permalinks got converted into a very short URL which looks like this: https://tinyurl.com/45z4e

Update: Thanks to Jesse, who pointed out the ASP.NET version: https://shrinkster.com . My permalink is now also: https://shrinkster.com/3o6. I am also able to track the usage of this URL from here: https://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=3o6

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  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2005
    Cool.
  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2005
    ASP.NET version at http://shrinkster.com/
  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2005
    There is also snipurl.com which lets you track the usage of the links you create. The first URL-shortening site was makeashorterlink.com, which had the fatal flaw of its own name being too long. ;)

    And for fun, try hugeurl.com