Re: Are You Suspicious Of Tiny URL Links?

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Posted by: Eddie on February 22, 2010 at 18:20:07
In Reply to: Re: Are You Suspicious Of Tiny URL Links? Posted by: Jan1 on February 22, 2010 at 17:34:06

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Hi Julian

Jan1 was correct in that Twitter (and most, if not all of the "Social Network" sites) use them, as well as many blogs and forums.

I may be wrong, but I think that the "Tiny URL" web site was the first to offer them to the general public, but there are many such web sites available today.

This is an example taken from the link below from the Tiny URL web site.
=====================================================
Shorten a Long URL [More than 300 characters]

http://www.mapquest.com/files/download.php?fid=1&mqma
pid=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bI
gpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH
OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvN
XNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsK
252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCPq

Into a Tiny URL [19 characters]
http://tiny.cc/map1

Which one is better?
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Another explanation of them is in the 2nd link below.

All that being said, you can see why the short links do not give any clue as to where the link will take you, thus the possibility of being taken to a malicious, etc., web site.

Another 'downside' of them is the fact that they will only work as long as the web site that offers them is there, if the site closes they are dead links, etc.

Eddie
(Mr. Ed)

Link: • Tiny URL example & description
Link: • URL shortening - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Follow-ups:

Re: Are You Suspicious Of Tiny URL Links? - Julian 02/23/10 02:50:44
- Re: Are You Suspicious Of Tiny URL Links? - Eddie 02/23/10 11:50:21
  - Re: Are You Suspicious Of Tiny URL Links? - Julian 02/23/10 12:54:00

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