I also highly recommend bit.ly. If were doing a project that required URL shortening, it's what I would use. We use TinyURL presently by convention, and because they were the most widely recognized URL shortener at the time we wrote the auto-shortening functionality. bit.ly adds far more value to a shortened URL, though.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:12, Ivan Kirigin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can highly recommend http://bit.ly > > You can also setup a CNAME to point to their service. I have > b.tipjoy.com setup, for links like this: > http://twitter.com/TipjoyHelper/status/1267799430 > > They give you real time analytics on clicks, which is great. > > I just tweeted this awesome Mario Paint rendition of Paranoid Android: > http://bit.ly/WFMN9 > > And you can track the clicks here: > http://bit.ly/WFMN9+ > > Note that I'm biased - I know the good folks who make bit.ly > > Best, > Ivan > http://tipjoy.com > > > > On Mar 10, 1:56 am, PSM <[email protected]> wrote: >> you are completely safe to use tinyurl. yes there are issues with >> it. yes it would be nice if somebody offered fixes to that. >> >> but the fact is that several hundred thousand twits per day use >> tinyurl. so whatever issues tinyurl per se may or may not have, >> twitter and the twitter community are putting up with it. > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
