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If you are on Twitter - Forget using Tinyurl - Start using zi.ma

by Heman Patel
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hi everyone,

just came across this site The Light Crisp SEO Friendly URL Shortening Service

Its a very cool SEO friendly URL shortening service. It also gives you stats on your links and its free!!

Here is more info from their site:
* easy to handle your long URLs;
* redirect statistics - your visitors' referer domain, referer page, visitor's IP (+ link to geographical information about each visitor), date;
* set temporary download links and protect them with password.
* bulk URL shortening
* Vanity URLs Zi.ma URL Shortening Service : The Light Crisp SEO Friendly URL Shortening Service
* IP Address + Forms Based authentication - get redirect statistics without logging in
* awesomely cool domain name
* 301 Redirects - You get all the link love!.

enjoy!!
#forget #links #start #tinyurl #twitter #url #zima
  • Profile picture of the author clogmoney
    But my twitter fox plugin does the tiny url automatically. I'm too lazy/busy to change it myself
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    • Profile picture of the author Heman Patel
      Originally Posted by clogmoney View Post

      But my twitter fox plugin does the tiny url automatically. I'm too lazy/busy to change it myself
      well... do what i do.. only use it when you feel that you need to track stats on a particular link like a blog post
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      • Profile picture of the author Kevin Riley
        Another good one is by my buddy Rob O'Callaghan:

        a.gd

        You can edit your URL too, for something like a.gd/twit

        And your account will show you the clickthroughs on your URL.
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        • Profile picture of the author Heman Patel
          Originally Posted by Kevin Riley View Post

          Another good one is by my buddy Rob O'Callaghan:

          a.gd

          You can edit your URL too, for something like a.gd/twit

          And your account will show you the clickthroughs on your URL.
          ya, that's a good one too..
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          • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
            Same site, different name! Just tried zima - the site that is, not the beer
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        • Profile picture of the author Sean Kelly
          Just be aware that these services come and go rather quickly.

          I remember setting up a free link shortening service and people complained to my hosting provider claiming that I was spamming them because they received unsolicited emails containing shortened links that contained my domain name.

          I got kicked from Hostgator, Rackforce, SynergyBox, iPowerweb and Agilityhoster for running this service.

          I also contacted the hosting provider that TinyUrl.com uses and they were very reluctlant to take on another link shortening service due to the massive amount of complaints they receive from people regarding TinyUrl.com.

          Setting up a link shortening service is easy, keeping it running by keeping your hosting provider happy is the hart part.

          Sean
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          • Profile picture of the author Frank Bruno
            Originally Posted by Sean Kelly View Post

            Just be aware that these services come and go rather quickly.

            I remember setting up a free link shortening service and people complained to my hosting provider claiming that I was spamming them because they received unsolicited emails containing shortened links that contained my domain name.

            I got kicked from Hostgator, Rackforce, SynergyBox, iPowerweb and Agilityhoster for running this service.

            I also contacted the hosting provider that TinyUrl.com uses and they were very reluctlant to take on another link shortening service due to the massive amount of complaints they receive from people regarding TinyUrl.com.

            Setting up a link shortening service is easy, keeping it running by keeping your hosting provider happy is the hart part.

            Sean

            Very interesting I had a feeling there were backend issues at hand.

            Frank Bruno
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  • Profile picture of the author J. Barry Mandel
    It reminds me of being in college and drinking Zima tha clear malt beverage with the navy blue label!
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