a.gd down -- watch out if you're using short-url services...

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I should know better, but I've been using a.gd to shorten a lot of the URLs for my products, and those I promote as an affiliate.

Yesterday I got an email from someone on my list letting me know that some of my URLs were broken. I went to the a.gd site and there's some weird error code about broken tables, and every single one of my URLs is gone from my account. Hopefully this is temporary, but it's been two days now.

I realize now that every single time someone clicks on one of those links, it has to be forwarded through the service's servers before it gets to the appropriate site, and so my whole business is dependent on this free service being up and running.

I won't make that mistake again -- I'm going to run everything through a "recommends" directory on one of my own domains from now on.

Just a heads up to anyone else who might be using any of these services.
#agd #services #shorturl #watch

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