Kevin Gilbertson, TinyURL developer

TinyURL developer basking in Web site's success

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Kevin Gilbertson could easily make $1 million a month. He chooses not to.

That's not to say the 28-year-old Blaine Web developer isn't doing well since his creation, TinyURL.com, took off in 2002. Recently named one of the 50 best websites by Time magazine, TinyURL does a simple task:

It allows you to turn a long, unwieldy Web address into something you can remember. Something, well, tiny.

The site makes URLs tiny at a rate of about 1 billion per month. Which is where the $1 million comes in. Gilbertson could make about that much if he chose to attach a pop-up advertisement on each URL. But he won't, on principle.

"It's kind of, 'Here's a pop-up, look at me,'" Gilbertson said. "That's not what I want to see. It's all about getting the person to the place."

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