Comments on: The Battle of the Short URL Services http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: DNS Tools http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 DNS Tools Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:43:03 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-1488 This is so cool, I had no idea there were so many of these services out there! Especially that google were doing it! This is so cool, I had no idea there were so many of these services out there! Especially that google were doing it!

]]> By: Tom - StandOutBlogger.com http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Tom - StandOutBlogger.com Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:15 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-991 I usually use TinyURL but Google Short Links looks fantastic, so I might have to give it a go :D I usually use TinyURL but Google Short Links looks fantastic, so I might have to give it a go :D

]]> By: Andrew Hedges http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Andrew Hedges Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:14:44 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-232 My URL-shortening service of choice is also tr.im. I liked it enough to build a Dashboard widget against their API: http://tr.im/trimit My URL-shortening service of choice is also tr.im. I liked it enough to build a Dashboard widget against their API: http://tr.im/trimit

]]> By: Anthony http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Anthony Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:04:10 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-199 Hehe, yeah, you do know that short URLs are supposed to be SHORT! :) TinyURL definitely has the dominance out of all the services, which is a pity considering the ease of use, style and feature rich content of other sites. I think that bit.ly, is.gd and tr.im are gaining up on TinyURL, we just have to wait and see though. Ah, I see what you're meaning about krunchd, my worries are that since it is quite a "tricky" idea to grab hold of, a lot of users will be turned off and therefore just resort to TinyURL. I'm confident that TinyURL will lose it's lead in the coming months/years ahead. We will just have to wait and see! Hehe, yeah, you do know that short URLs are supposed to be SHORT! :)

TinyURL definitely has the dominance out of all the services, which is a pity considering the ease of use, style and feature rich content of other sites. I think that bit.ly, is.gd and tr.im are gaining up on TinyURL, we just have to wait and see though.

Ah, I see what you’re meaning about krunchd, my worries are that since it is quite a “tricky” idea to grab hold of, a lot of users will be turned off and therefore just resort to TinyURL.

I’m confident that TinyURL will lose it’s lead in the coming months/years ahead. We will just have to wait and see!

]]> By: James http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-195 James Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:17:01 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-195 Good point about the short URL... I started going down the path and realised that for pocketsmith.com :/ But perhaps (when I get into gear on the personal front) I could pull some of these tricks with wigsgiw.com :) It is an area that seems to have a little bit of space in it; and considering the relative domination of TinyURL for such a (relatively speaking) long time despite a dearth of features - I think a few stand-outs could present themselves over the coming months / years. Personally, I think that the core feature of krunchd places it in a slightly different space than what the stats and graphs do (although the # of clicks to tr.im URLs is interesting from a distribution point of view when used in combination with twitter). For example, I would use Krunchd alongside other services like tr.im - depending on the purpose of the url shortening - to direct at a specific URL (tr.im) or a group of resources (krunchd) Good point about the short URL… I started going down the path and realised that for pocketsmith.com :/

But perhaps (when I get into gear on the personal front) I could pull some of these tricks with wigsgiw.com :)

It is an area that seems to have a little bit of space in it; and considering the relative domination of TinyURL for such a (relatively speaking) long time despite a dearth of features – I think a few stand-outs could present themselves over the coming months / years.

Personally, I think that the core feature of krunchd places it in a slightly different space than what the stats and graphs do (although the # of clicks to tr.im URLs is interesting from a distribution point of view when used in combination with twitter).

For example, I would use Krunchd alongside other services like tr.im – depending on the purpose of the url shortening – to direct at a specific URL (tr.im) or a group of resources (krunchd)

]]> By: Anthony http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Anthony Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:37:18 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-194 I have just given http://tr.im a go and it looks great, a nice mix of style, features and simplicity. These short URL services seem to be popping up everywhere! :) I have just given http://tr.im a go and it looks great, a nice mix of style, features and simplicity. These short URL services seem to be popping up everywhere! :)

]]> By: Ben http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Ben Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:30:56 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-193 Another vote for http://tr.im I had a problem a few days back with it giving 501 errors, but apart from that the site is really easy to use and the stats are great. Nice Firefox plugin too. Another vote for http://tr.im

I had a problem a few days back with it giving 501 errors, but apart from that the site is really easy to use and the stats are great.

Nice Firefox plugin too.

]]> By: Anthony http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Anthony Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:13:43 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-192 Thanks for the comment! Am glad you enjoyed the blog post. tr.im looks very promising and will definitely check it out. The problem with having your own domain in your short URL is you have to have a short domain and there aren't a huge number left. krunchd looks also very interesting, I like the unique idea! Thanks for the comment! Am glad you enjoyed the blog post. tr.im looks very promising and will definitely check it out. The problem with having your own domain in your short URL is you have to have a short domain and there aren’t a huge number left. krunchd looks also very interesting, I like the unique idea!

]]> By: James http://ant.geek.nz/the-battle-of-the-short-url-services/comment-page-1/#comment-189 James Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:15:32 +0000 http://antnz.com/?p=239#comment-189 Excellent post! I always wondered about your flashy your-domain based urls! Will definitely check that out :D Another couple worth mention are http://tr.im - good stats, user accounts, custom URLs, very short length. And I just love the nature of tr.im ;) However, it has been known to be flaky - having said that I haven't experienced before. And http://krunchd.com - a new one, but they allow you to collapse a number of URLs into one URL for distribution. Then allow you to edit it into the future. Example: http://krunchd.com/pspress - New service so still a little buggy :D Excellent post! I always wondered about your flashy your-domain based urls! Will definitely check that out :D

Another couple worth mention are http://tr.im – good stats, user accounts, custom URLs, very short length. And I just love the nature of tr.im ;) However, it has been known to be flaky – having said that I haven’t experienced before.

And http://krunchd.com – a new one, but they allow you to collapse a number of URLs into one URL for distribution. Then allow you to edit it into the future. Example: http://krunchd.com/pspress – New service so still a little buggy :D

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