9.30.2010

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Comment: Others in the field

6 comments:

  1. Interesting article that accompanies the chart in your link. I never knew there were so many of these services out there - I've always just used tinyurl.

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  2. I didn't flesh out this post (I guess I really rarely do!) last night because I was so tired.

    But I think this is really big! Google is doing it! All others now have compete with the 800 lb gorilla.

    The first URL shortener that I knew of and used for a long time was TinyURL which goes back to Jan 2002 and has a Minnesota connection:

    Kevin Gilbertson: "Gilbertson, known by friends as "Gilby," lives in Blaine, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. He learned about computers from his father, a software developer, with whom he also rides unicycles as part of the Twin Cities Unicycle Club". Here's his personal website: www.gilby.com

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  3. More for those interested: URL Shorteners: Which Shortening Service Should You Use?

    Explains the Mega chart (like the first column that was not clear to me) and much more. Who knew that bit.ly is a domain name of Libya?

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  4. It cracks me up that TinyURL is at a disadvantage because their name isn't short enough! I'm sure Kevin didn't anticipate twitter usage when he first created it.

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  5. This would be fun to try .... nest URL's one URL shortener to another. Stack like 10 of them together and see what happens when you click the 10th

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