Comments on: URL shorteners reviewed http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/ Where to find Malcolm Coles, reviews, and tips on how to do things I couldn't do. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:55:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-8118 David Bradley Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:35:01 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-8118 tr.im switched off their servers last year and then within a couple of days of protest restarted them. I have a suspicion that they lost a lot of loyal users after that. tr.im switched off their servers last year and then within a couple of days of protest restarted them. I have a suspicion that they lost a lot of loyal users after that.

]]> By: David (of Melodiya Records) http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-7372 David (of Melodiya Records) Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:49:44 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-7372 Very useful comparison, Malcolm, thanks. I've heard that tr.im is planning to stop their service and/or to be sold to another webdev company. Do you know anything on that? Also I would like to ask: could you advise which one of the services mentioned above has the most extensive statistics? All the best, Dave Very useful comparison, Malcolm, thanks.

I've heard that tr.im is planning to stop their service and/or to be sold to another webdev company. Do you know anything on that?

Also I would like to ask: could you advise which one of the services mentioned above has the most extensive statistics?

All the best,
Dave

]]> By: haqu http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2876 haqu Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:19:54 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2876 After trying to use several popular URL shorteners, I decided to make my own. It is fast and clean, with simple stats -- http://go2.st Feel free to suggest new features and improvements (twitter: @haqu) After trying to use several popular URL shorteners, I decided to make my own. It is fast and clean, with simple stats -- http://go2.st

Feel free to suggest new features and improvements (twitter: @haqu)

]]> By: Ask Bjørn Hansen http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2095 Ask Bjørn Hansen Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:49:19 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2095 Hi Malcolm, xrl.us (aka http://metamark.net/ ) does support custom names. One field you're missing (which is really close to an unknown anyway) is "how likely is this service to be around in 6 months or 6 years?". Which then leads to: a lot of the time you really shouldn't use a shortener at all: http://getsatisfaction.com/dev/topics/dont_use_url_shorteners :-) - ask Hi Malcolm,

xrl.us (aka http://metamark.net/ ) does support custom names. One field you're missing (which is really close to an unknown anyway) is "how likely is this service to be around in 6 months or 6 years?".

Which then leads to: a lot of the time you really shouldn't use a shortener at all: http://getsatisfaction.com/dev/topics/dont_use_url_shorteners

:-)

- ask

]]> By: Matt http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2091 Matt Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:19:04 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2091 While currently not the shortest of the bunch, urlShort (at http://u.mavrev.com) is my own url shortener, soon to be released on SourceForge once I finish cleaning it up a bit. What features are considered essential in your url shortener? Statistics? Length? While currently not the shortest of the bunch, urlShort (at http://u.mavrev.com) is my own url shortener, soon to be released on SourceForge once I finish cleaning it up a bit. What features are considered essential in your url shortener? Statistics? Length?

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2031 David Bradley Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:11:50 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2031 There's a Wordpress plugin, I believe, that supports one's domain name for creating a shortURL There's a Wordpress plugin, I believe, that supports one's domain name for creating a shortURL

]]> By: Peter C http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2028 Peter C Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:49:03 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2028 Oh, and the founder of cli.gs is away (honeymoon, in fact) so it might take a few days (next week) before you get a reply. We're usually pretty hot on responses though! Oh, and the founder of cli.gs is away (honeymoon, in fact) so it might take a few days (next week) before you get a reply. We're usually pretty hot on responses though!

]]> By: Peter C http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2027 Peter C Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:42:32 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2027 Timo, drop us an email with your thoughts/requirements about custom domains at cligs -- http://blog.cli.gs/contact might be able to work something out [Sorry for dupe, wanted to ensure you'd get a notification of a reply] Timo, drop us an email with your thoughts/requirements about custom domains at cligs -- http://blog.cli.gs/contact

might be able to work something out

[Sorry for dupe, wanted to ensure you'd get a notification of a reply]

]]> By: Peter C http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-2026 Peter C Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:42:03 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-2026 Timo, drop us an email with your thoughts/requirements about custom domains at cligs -- http://blog.cli.gs/contact might be able to work something out :) Timo, drop us an email with your thoughts/requirements about custom domains at cligs -- http://blog.cli.gs/contact

might be able to work something out :)

]]> By: Timo Reitnauer http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/url-shorteners-review/#comment-1919 Timo Reitnauer Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:54:09 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=571#comment-1919 Good overview! Unfortunately none of them supports a custom domain option. It would be nice if you could use your own domain name blog123.co.uk/yG3 or a subdomain instead of tr.im or is.gd. Speaking of URL length: there are still a lot of short domains available. We've just published a list of 2-letter domain names on our blog http://tr.im/i3um (we like tr.im as well) ;) Good overview! Unfortunately none of them supports a custom domain option. It would be nice if you could use your own domain name blog123.co.uk/yG3 or a subdomain instead of tr.im or is.gd.

Speaking of URL length: there are still a lot of short domains available. We've just published a list of 2-letter domain names on our blog http://tr.im/i3um (we like tr.im as well) ;)

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