Shorten your long URL with Top 10 URL shortening services

Most of us aware of url shortening service, which converts our lengthy and hard to remember url in to short urls which can be easily remembered like http://www.jaystech.com/2008/07/download-35-plus-hottest-iphone.html is converted into http://tinyurl.com/iphonewallpaper , see the difference first address is complex, long and also it is hard to remember where the later one can be easily remembered.This address is shortened by using tinyurl and most of the people prefer it but in this post we are providing the review of top ten different URL shortening service providers.


1.Tinyurl:TinyURL is a site that makes it easy to shorten any web site address and twitter along with some other micro blogging platforms also uses Tinyurl. You can shorten your long URL simply by clicking on the TinyURL bookmarklet that you will have previously dragged to your favorite browser. Plus, TinyURL lets you see what the shortened web site address will look like you can also suggest one if you like,in my example i suggested iphonewallpaers and tinyurl provided me http://tinyurl.com/iphonewallpaper.

2.Snipurl:SnipURL lets you not only shorten a web site address but also modify the URL once it has been shortened. SnipURL also provides statistics, allowing you to see which of your shortened web site addresses are the most visited. SnipURL allows users to make private shortened web site addresses. Additionally, you can shorten more than one web site address at once.

3.urlTea:urlTea makes a shorter URL for you, and it will remind you if you have already created a shorter URL. Also, with UrlTea the user can add a description to the URL, which may be useful for replacing URLs which are not descriptive of the related content.

4.ReadthisURL:ReadthisURL is a special URL shortener, since the link that it generates is very intuitive and easier to remember. In fact, you can shorten the URL plus add more than one relevant keywords to the shortened web site address.

5.Memurl:Memurl creates very curious web addresses which are highly readable. The words that Memurl creates are easy to spell, but are not real. You may not remember it without storing the new web site address somewhere. Free to use.

6.DwarfURL:On top of a basic URL shortening system, DwarfURL allows users to track statistics and traffic of these shortened URLs. Perfect for marketing purposes and for tracking how many people actually visit those links you send them.

7.NotLong:NotLong lets you enter the URL that you want to shorten and also choose with which word or character combination you want to synthesize it. This is very useful because users can remember the newly generated URL with no difficulties. The service is completely free to use.

8.url(x):url(x) is a service that lets you generate a short URL from a long one. You can decide whether you want to make the URL public or private. You can also include or exclude domain name in the short URL as well as preview short URLs before activating them. The service is free.

9.Doiop:What Doiop allows you to do is actually define your own keyword so you can give your short link some context, something simple which many URL shortening services just don’t offer. For now, Doiop generates names that make sense, but it will probably start generating more random URLs once it gets more popularity.

10.TraceURL:TraceURL shortens any URL plus it tracks traffic to the page through the TraceURL shortened web site address, showing where the traffic originated. This can be a useful tool for anyone trying to track which promotional tactics are working the best. TraceURL is one of the few URL shorteners that requires users to register and log in to use the free service.

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2 comments:

  Anonymous

10:52 PM

Here another that's very tiny:

http://1iny.com

Regards

  Anonymous

12:29 PM

http://go2cut.com - URL shortcust

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