Comments on: Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/ Finding what is hot on twitter Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: NG http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-1529 NG Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:11:11 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-1529 Please add support for http://yourls.org/, which has an API, but requires a username and password rather than a key. Please add support for http://yourls.org/, which has an API, but requires a username and password rather than a key.

]]> By: How Simple To Create Your Own URL Shortening Service | Sakib Mahmud Aka Internet Inspiration http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-590 How Simple To Create Your Own URL Shortening Service | Sakib Mahmud Aka Internet Inspiration Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:09:08 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-590 [...] You need a short url like as bit.ly, cli.gs, is.gd, ff.im, tinyurl and so on, just make sure that it’s easy to memorable, has some meaning or simple that represents that it’s short url generator or someting like that — otherwise you have to go for Branding. Such as, I have short url generator at http://yourls.in. You know, I tried tons of domain and price was another issue and luckily I got a good urls. YORLS.IN or YOURLS.IN or YOURLS.IN. It’s simple and easy to remember.If you’re excited little bit, you can do great things by giving free service of your short url generating service, see at If bit.ly Is Worth $8 Million, TinyURL Is Worth At Least $46 Million. Also, see Chris who shared the growth rate and market share results through graph on Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners. [...] [...] You need a short url like as bit.ly, cli.gs, is.gd, ff.im, tinyurl and so on, just make sure that it’s easy to memorable, has some meaning or simple that represents that it’s short url generator or someting like that — otherwise you have to go for Branding. Such as, I have short url generator at http://yourls.in. You know, I tried tons of domain and price was another issue and luckily I got a good urls. YORLS.IN or YOURLS.IN or YOURLS.IN. It’s simple and easy to remember.If you’re excited little bit, you can do great things by giving free service of your short url generating service, see at If bit.ly Is Worth $8 Million, TinyURL Is Worth At Least $46 Million. Also, see Chris who shared the growth rate and market share results through graph on Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners. [...]

]]> By: The URL Shortener as a Cloud Database http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-290 The URL Shortener as a Cloud Database Tue, 19 May 2009 21:22:38 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-290 [...] digging - gave them some huge URLs to convert using just the homepage of each service. I chose the top services from Tweetmeme’s recent study, minus friendfeed’s internal shortener, to come up with [...] [...] digging – gave them some huge URLs to convert using just the homepage of each service. I chose the top services from Tweetmeme’s recent study, minus friendfeed’s internal shortener, to come up with [...]

]]> By: Bit.ly Eclipses TinyURL on Twitter - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-265 Bit.ly Eclipses TinyURL on Twitter - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com Thu, 07 May 2009 17:13:15 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-265 [...] the granddaddy of URL shorterners, trails with 44 percent. By comparison, in late March, Tweetmeme calculated that TinyURL made up 75 percent of shared links and Bit.ly, 13 [...] [...] the granddaddy of URL shorterners, trails with 44 percent. By comparison, in late March, Tweetmeme calculated that TinyURL made up 75 percent of shared links and Bit.ly, 13 [...]

]]> By: John Ritz http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-217 John Ritz Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:10:54 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-217 A big problem with some of these shorteners is that they aren't consistent with the shortened URLs. This is a problem when trying to get the shortened URL for a blog post, for example, to look up tweetbacks. Here's an example: Tweetmeme returned this Bitly URL for one of my blog posts http://bit.ly/3DPhKA When I go to Bitly and type in the same long URL, I get a different shortened link: http://bit.ly/1HmBeu You can see that both shortened links lead to the same URL. The same thing goes for TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/dha7vr (generated by Tweetmeme) http://tinyurl.com/dnakmd (generated by me) So if I search all tweets looking for http://tinyurl.com/dnakmd (when they tweeted with http://tinyurl.com/dha7vr ), it won't find their tweets, even though they are out there. I'm also curious why Tweetmeme would use Bitly for one post and TinyURL for another? But this isn't a problem with the plugin, it's just an issue with URL shorteners in general (although I've heard is.gd is consistent). Anyone know a way around this? I've been racking my brains and looking online for some way to force the URL shorteners to be consistent with their shortened URLs. John A big problem with some of these shorteners is that they aren’t consistent with the shortened URLs. This is a problem when trying to get the shortened URL for a blog post, for example, to look up tweetbacks.

Here’s an example: Tweetmeme returned this Bitly URL for one of my blog posts

http://bit.ly/3DPhKA

When I go to Bitly and type in the same long URL, I get a different shortened link:

http://bit.ly/1HmBeu

You can see that both shortened links lead to the same URL.

The same thing goes for TinyURL:

http://tinyurl.com/dha7vr (generated by Tweetmeme)

http://tinyurl.com/dnakmd (generated by me)

So if I search all tweets looking for http://tinyurl.com/dnakmd (when they tweeted with http://tinyurl.com/dha7vr ), it won’t find their tweets, even though they are out there.

I’m also curious why Tweetmeme would use Bitly for one post and TinyURL for another?

But this isn’t a problem with the plugin, it’s just an issue with URL shorteners in general (although I’ve heard is.gd is consistent). Anyone know a way around this? I’ve been racking my brains and looking online for some way to force the URL shorteners to be consistent with their shortened URLs.

John

]]> By: Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners…. « Shourl Blog http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-214 Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners…. « Shourl Blog Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:17:00 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-214 [...] 2:16 pm on April 11, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply Tags: @links Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners. tinyurl.com - 75.49%, bit.ly - 13.02%. Interesting. [...] [...] 2:16 pm on April 11, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply Tags: @links Shorten It: Most popular URL shorteners. tinyurl.com – 75.49%, bit.ly – 13.02%. Interesting. [...]

]]> By: Your Office Doesn’t Like URL Shorteners. Now What? | Twittercism http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-211 Your Office Doesn’t Like URL Shorteners. Now What? | Twittercism Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:19:59 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-211 [...] - it allows you to track links. This is very useful for many Twitter users and Bit.ly has a smidge over thirteen per cent of the URL shortening market share (behind the wildly popular, but less useful, [...] [...] – it allows you to track links. This is very useful for many Twitter users and Bit.ly has a smidge over thirteen per cent of the URL shortening market share (behind the wildly popular, but less useful, [...]

]]> By: Mike http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-204 Mike Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:59:18 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-204 SmallerLink.com lets you customize your ending, so that you can always remember where your photo albums are, or directions to your house, etc. We also track clicks, and let you browse through the history to see what others are shortening (and if you want you can keep your links hidden from the public list). http://SmallerLink.com any thoughts and suggestions are more than appreciated. Have fun guys, Mike SmallerLink.com lets you customize your ending, so that you can always remember where your photo albums are, or directions to your house, etc. We also track clicks, and let you browse through the history to see what others are shortening (and if you want you can keep your links hidden from the public list).

http://SmallerLink.com any thoughts and suggestions are more than appreciated.

Have fun guys,
Mike

]]> By: Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use? http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-197 Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use? Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:00:39 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-197 [...] are also some metrics on which are most used such as from Tweetmeme (ff.im is listed there, but that’s simply FriendFeed’s internal shortener and not [...] [...] are also some metrics on which are most used such as from Tweetmeme (ff.im is listed there, but that’s simply FriendFeed’s internal shortener and not [...]

]]> By: bit.lyに$8Mの価値があるならTinyURLは$46M以上のはず http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009/03/23/shorten-it/#comment-181 bit.lyに$8Mの価値があるならTinyURLは$46M以上のはず Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:10:47 +0000 http://blog.tweetmeme.com/?p=94#comment-181 [...] でも、おもしろい計算がある。bit.lyが株の20%を投資家たち（O’Reilly Alpha Tech Fund、Mitch Kapor、Howard Lindzon）に売ったとすると、調達前の評価額は$8M（800万ドル）という意味になる（調達後は1000万ドル）。同社の短縮URL業界におけるマーケットシェアは、Tweetmemeの計算によればわずかに13%だ。業界トップはTinyURLで、シェアは75%だ。だからbit.lyの価値が800万ドルなら、TinyURLの価値は少なくとも$46M（4600万ドル）になるはず。投資家たちも、やはりこんな計算をするだろう。 [...] [...] でも、おもしろい計算がある。bit.lyが株の20%を投資家たち（O’Reilly Alpha Tech Fund、Mitch Kapor、Howard Lindzon）に売ったとすると、調達前の評価額は$8M（800万ドル）という意味になる（調達後は1000万ドル）。同社の短縮URL業界におけるマーケットシェアは、Tweetmemeの計算によればわずかに13%だ。業界トップはTinyURLで、シェアは75%だ。だからbit.lyの価値が800万ドルなら、TinyURLの価値は少なくとも$46M（4600万ドル）になるはず。投資家たちも、やはりこんな計算をするだろう。 [...]

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