Post Updated: 20th Sept. 2023
Introduction
Meaning of URL ( from Wikipedia: Uniform Resource Locator) Shortening your URL is making your web address substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page.
Advantages of shortening your URL
(a) It can help you remember a very long URL to a beautiful post you'd want to visit again.
(b) You can easily use it to share long links along with your post on websites or platforms that limit your post, e.g Twitter; tweets.
(c) It can make your affiliate links shorter and with a unique new look so that your visit would not know it's an affiliated link
Some lists of URL Shortening sites:
| Domain | Title |
|---|---|
| t.co | Twitter URL Shortener (can not be used outside Twitter) |
| bitly.com | bitly | shorten, share and track your links |
| tinyurl.com | TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL |
| bit.ly | bitly | shorten, share and track your links. |
| q.gs | AdF.ly - The URL shortener service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. |
| is.gd | is.gd - a URL shortener. Mmmm, tasty URLs! |
| vur.me | The worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com |
| u.to | u.to - URL shortener |
| j.mp | bitly | shorten, share and track your links |
| cutt.us | CUTTUS | URL Shortening Service, URL Shortener |
| u.bb | AdF.ly - The URL shortener service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. |
| yourls.org | YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener |
| prettylinkpro.com | Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress: Pretty Link Pro |
| vurl.bz | Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com |
| lemde.fr | bitly | shorten, share and track your links |
| qr.net | QR Code Generator URL shortener |
| v.gd | v.gd - The ethical URL shortener |
| vurl.com | One of the simplest to use URL shortener, submitted by James Molot. With sponsored ads. |
