> I am integrating twitter with a ASP.NET MVC project. > I am creating tweets and some of this must include a url back to the > web site. > Since the maximum length is 140 characters I decided for TinyUrl even > there are other similar services. > > However, I read the following: > > "In 2006, MySpace banned posting TinyURLs.[4] Yahoo! Answers blocks > postings that contain TinyURLs.[citation needed] The Orkut social > network recently suppressed all TinyURL addresses. Wikipedia also > blocks TinyURLs from being posted as part of its spam filter." > > On http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyURL > > Should I use TinyUrl on Twitter?
Twitter uses Tinyurls already for URLs of sufficient size. There is no institutional policy I've ever heard against it, or any other URL shortening service. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [email protected] -- Quote me as saying I was misquoted. -- Groucho Marx ------------------------
