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Royal Pingdom:
URL shortener speed and reliability shootout   —  With the rise of microblogging, URL shortening services have become extremely popular.  And no wonder; just imagine sharing links on Twitter without one.  Although some of these services have considerably more market share than others …
Aug 18, 2009, 5:50 PM - In context

Ryan Flores / TrendLabs:
Koobface Increases Twitter Activity   —  Just a few hours ago, Koobface has increased its Twitter activity, sending out tweets with different URL links pointing to Koobface malware.  —  This is in contrast with previous Koobface Twitter activity wherein only three TinyURLs pointing to Koobface were used.
Jul 10, 2009, 12:25 PM - In context

Jay Hathaway / Download Squad:
Greasemonkey script decodes an impressive list of TinyURLs   —  It's trendy to use the latest and greatest URL shortening services in IMs and Twitter postings, but clicking on a TinyURL is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get.  To avoid any nasty surprises …
Jun 14, 2009, 9:55 PM - In context

Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
Amazon creates its own URL shortener for products   —  Amazon.com has quietly created its own URL shortener for products sold on its sites.  People can now type “amzn.com/” and a product number to create a short URL, without the need for sites like tinyurl.com and bit.ly.
May 8, 2009, 3:50 PM - In context

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
URL Shortening Wars: Twitter Ditches TinyURL For bit.ly   —  Sharing links on Twitter can be quite a pain when you need to input a web address that consumes most of the space you have at your disposal for your micro-message.  The startup realized that quickly and automatically started shortening long URLs …
May 6, 2009, 12:25 PM - In context

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
It's Awe.sm: Create A Powerful Custom URL Shortener For Your Own Domain   —  You may have noticed over the last few weeks that TechCrunch links on Twitter have had a nifty custom URL, with links looking like tcrn.ch/1A' instead of more generic codes from TinyURL or Bit.ly.
May 4, 2009, 3:55 PM - In context

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Mini-Links to Web Sites Are Multiplying   —  If you have spent any time on the Internet in the last few months, chances are you have clicked on a shortened link Web address.  —  URL shorteners, which abbreviate unwieldy Web addresses into bite-size links, have been around for years.
May 4, 2009, 1:20 AM - In context

Jason Kottke / kottke.org:
URL shorteners suck   —  After threatening as much for many months, Joshua Schachter has published a piece about how URL shorteners (TinyURL, bit.ly, is.gd, etc.) suck for everyone except the companies which build URL shorteners. … I agree with Schachter all around here.
Apr 4, 2009, 4:25 AM - In context

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
If bit.ly Is Worth $8 Million, TinyURL Is Worth At Least $46 Million   —  In a world where everything is being jammed into 140 characters or less, shorter is better.  That goes double (or is it half?) for lengthy URLs.  So-called URL shortening services are increasingly becoming indispensable to anyone who uses Twitter.
Mar 30, 2009, 8:50 PM - In context

Maydalene Salvador / TrendLabs:
TinyURL Phishing Becoming Popular   —  The language has changed but the modus operandi remains the same.  Spammed messages, this time in Spanish, again use TinyURLs to mask the exact destination of the links they contain.  Here's a sample email message: … The message above claims to be from Bancaja, a popular Spanish bank.
Mar 13, 2009, 11:05 PM - In context
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