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Any URL shorteners out there that allow you to break the redirect when necessary?

by wedreamseo Banned
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I'm looking for an URL shortener that allows me to break/disconnect the redirect that is set in place. Any recommendations?
#break #redirect #shorteners #url
  • Profile picture of the author smedia11
    Pretty links for Wordpress. You can edit and change the redirect, or delete it all together.

    Its not really a url shortener though, but has all the features of one IMO
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    • Profile picture of the author wedreamseo
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      Originally Posted by smedia11 View Post

      Pretty links for Wordpress. You can edit and change the redirect, or delete it all together.

      Its not really a url shortener though, but has all the features of one IMO
      I'm looking more for an external shortener service instead of self hosted.
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Depends on what you mean by "break/disconnect". Do you want to have another page or some sort of message there? I've been using bitly, and if I remember correctly you can at least delete a link.
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    • Profile picture of the author wedreamseo
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      Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

      Depends on what you mean by "break/disconnect". Do you want to have another page or some sort of message there? I've been using bitly, and if I remember correctly you can at least delete a link.
      I want to spam the short url massively so it would be important that I can delete the link if things go wrong (disconnect the redirect so to say). Most of those URL shorteners don't provide an option for that.

      For example when I go to the homepage of bit.ly, enter my domain name, I have a shortened URL, but no option to delete it. Will try to create an account now to see if I get some options to get rid of it.

      Just checked, no option, I archived the link as there's no option to delete/remove, but the redirect still works, so if I would spam it hardcore I would be stuck with the links that I blast forever.

      This is what bit.ly says on their website:

      HOW DO I DELETE A BITLINK?

      All Bitlinks are permanent and can never be redirected or deleted.
      Bitly - The Power of the Link
      Kind of ridiculous that such thing can't be broken, and it turns out it's like that with most platforms.
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by wedreamseo View Post

        Kind of ridiculous that such thing can't be broken, and it turns out it's like that with most platforms.
        I stand corrected. Sorry for the false claim.

        Link redirection isn't really that hard, so perhaps there's a nice PHP script that you could use.
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        • Profile picture of the author wedreamseo
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          Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

          I stand corrected. Sorry for the false claim.

          Link redirection isn't really that hard, so perhaps there's a nice PHP script that you could use.
          There's a benefit using a massive popular one of course in terms of footprints so using a self hosted domain is not really what I'm looking for, if I wanted that i could just do a redirect on registar or .htaccess level.

          I'm a bit surprised why those url shorteners don't offer an option to disable it, but well I'll keep on looking around.
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  • Profile picture of the author globalpio
    I wanted to have more control over my shorteners too, so I installed my own on a new domain...
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