Top 5 URL Shortening Sites

  

      URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) may be made substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using an HTTP Redirect on a domain name that is short, which links to the web page that has a long URL.

     In simple terms, URL shortening sites, yes, as the name itself says, it converts your original address into a short address, this means, here after, the short URL can be used to you address, the mappings are done in the server side so that the short URL points to your original URL.

Still if you don't understand, see the first picture here, that well describes what is URL shortening.

Example:

                  Origninal URL                                  Short URL  

http://goo.gl/6UIkhQ                                      http://beyondurmind.blogspot.in/

      Note that both of the above points to a same location and take you to the same web address, here lies the trick, you can use this trick in many uses, there are uses where you can use this to hide your phishing site's original address, but I kindly request you not to use technology for bad purpose with bad intention!!!

All you need to do is:

Just goto some URL shortening websites like:

Here are some URL shortening sites:

1.goo.gl

 This is from google, where you can use it convert URLs and you will get goo.gl as the main domain.

2.bit.ly

3.www.tinyurl.com

Tiny URL offers custom URLs, where you can add you own words, like, tinyurl.com/ownword

4.adf.ly

Here you can earn money from each click on your link, but displays a 5second ad which may be annoying to your viewers.

5.http://qr.net/

       These are the best known sites ever!!!
If you have any known good sites please do comment!!!

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