Comments on: Beware of Those Shortened URLs http://www.blogherald.com/2009/07/17/beware-of-those-shortened-urls/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lars Tong Strömberg http://www.blogherald.com/2009/07/17/beware-of-those-shortened-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1102479 Lars Tong Strömberg Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:34:44 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=13323#comment-1102479 On top of the tech itself, if Google indeed would get onto that URL-shortener boat, would not a.ly or a similiar single-char domain for an URL-shortener be worth the extra 2 char edge over a service such as bit.ly? As URL-shorteners become more and more important, going for a single-char domain is likely worth it for a big player such as Google as the primary selling point for that kind of service indeed is the shortest possible URL... Having said that, I totally agree bit.ly is a great service and the best around at the moment that at least I know of. On top of the tech itself, if Google indeed would get onto that URL-shortener boat, would not a.ly or a similiar single-char domain for an URL-shortener be worth the extra 2 char edge over a service such as bit.ly?

As URL-shorteners become more and more important, going for a single-char domain is likely worth it for a big player such as Google as the primary selling point for that kind of service indeed is the shortest possible URL…

Having said that, I totally agree bit.ly is a great service and the best around at the moment that at least I know of.

]]> By: Wallace http://www.blogherald.com/2009/07/17/beware-of-those-shortened-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1102455 Wallace Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:40:46 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=13323#comment-1102455 Thanks for the headup. If Google want to acquire any url shortener service, bit.ly should be the first choice, it's the leader at that field as i know. Thanks for the headup.
If Google want to acquire any url shortener service,
bit.ly should be the first choice,
it’s the leader at that field as i know.

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