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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

From Tiny to Bit.ly

Until two weeks ago, it was all TinyURL. Now it's all Bit.ly. I can't find an article explaining the difference. Is there one? Tim Gossling

Both services let you paste in a very long web address then provide you with a short code that redirects to it. The main thing that Bit.ly adds is URL tracking: in other words, we get a number for how many people clicked each link. Unlike TinyURL, Bit.ly also keeps a copy of each page. For more details, see http://bit.ly/3Z5DAA

Note: We have an article about shortening services, Pointing the internet in a new direction

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