The options for shortening long URL’s to a more manageable length are quickly proliferating with both Google and Facebook getting into the link shortening game. The shortened URL’s are easier to send ...

Converting a long URL name into a short one. Also called "URL redirecting," there are free URL shortening services on the Web that take a long URL and convert it to a short one for publication on a ...

A URL used to say something about a Web site's owner - a memorable name that replaced a complex set of numbers that were used to access a Web page. Then things changed. In today's world of Twitter ...

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Google today launched its own URL shortening service, aptly named the Google URL Shortener (http://goo.gl/). The service is, for the moment, only available in the ...

Web URLs can get really, really long and that, in turn, leads to all sorts of problems. The first problem is one of simple usability. URLs that are 50, 100, or even 200 characters in length will wrap ...

Spammers have created their own services to shorten URLs (uniform resource locators) in an apparent attempt to circumvent security measures in place at well-known shortening websites, according to ...

URL shortening services are ubiquitous these days so we tend to forget how these systems can be exploited if not properly secured. The latest example comes via an announcement that Cli.gs, the 4th ...

The Su.pr dashboard. Click the image for a larger view. StumbleUpon has launched a new URL shortening service known as su.pr. The site is currently an invite-only beta, but you can follow @stumbleupon ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com. Popular URL-shortening service tr.im announced Tuesday that it’s restored its service and has reopened ...