Watch out TinyURL, Cligs is much better for us(blog.go2web20.net)
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Watch out TinyURL, Cligs is much better for us
http://blog.go2web20.net/2008/09/watch-out-tinyurl-cligs-is-much-better.html
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I think the main issue for these sites is reliability. I still remember many URL shortening services that sprung up in the last few years, before quietly going offline...URLtea is an example.
People use tinyurl because they know the links will stay active, at least for a long time after they are posted.
People use tinyurl because they know the links will stay active, at least for a long time after they are posted.
So is tinyurl too big to let fail?
Spread the links around shortening services-- it's not like we need every URL you ever shortened to work forever.
Also, some sites (like our little ri.ms site) also create a tinyurl for you so you can have those to fall back on if you need for whatever reason.
Spread the links around shortening services-- it's not like we need every URL you ever shortened to work forever.
Also, some sites (like our little ri.ms site) also create a tinyurl for you so you can have those to fall back on if you need for whatever reason.
what do you think about this service: http://tr.im/? (as an alternative)
Probably the best name yet for this kind of service.
Shame about the name.
Recently they add follow-counting, which I suppose makes people feel good - they want credit around sending people to a link, and they want metrics, I suppose. Again, this should be built into the app that is hosting the link.
It adds a layer of unreliability to the internet. Long-term they all will almost certainly have failures, disappear, bugs, database corruption, etc, rendering email and other documents useless.
They also make the link blind, so you have no sense of what you're about to see, whether it might be worksafe, etc.
They're marginally useful for the linker but they're bad for everyone else.