Jan 21
Ever had a really long link/URL address that you have emailed someone and they haven’t been able to click on it? Or it just looks strange on a webpage?
Well TinyURL comes to the rescue, and it’s free! Here is the feedback you would get on a sample website:
The following URL:
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/04/16/blo
gs_essential_to_a_good_career/?p1=MEWell_Pos3
has a length of 105 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 24 characters: http://tinyurl.com/hnbzt
TinyURL is a handy little web tool indeed.
Paul
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