Short.ie and sweet
Short.ie is a free URL shortening service allowing you to truncate long unfriendly web addresses into short and easy to use URLs. Ideal for emailing, instant messaging and text messages.
This isn’t the first URL shortening service but it’s definitely my favorite for one main reason, the data it provides about the URLs I have shortened. When I shorten a URL, I can see how many people have clicked on the links.
Iarfhlaith Kelly kicked off the development of Short.ie. Its now an open collaboration between Iarfhlaith, David Collier and myself. Its an ongoing development and so far there are some nifty features:
- Regular URL Shortening
- Custom URL Shortening
- Click Tracking
- View All Shortened Links (per user)
- Content Recommendations
- An API
- A Firefox Plugin
This is a project we’re working on in our spare time and to be honest we’ve got absolutely no business model for it. The truth is, it’s fun to work on and it’s something we believe in. There’s no advertising on the site and we cover the costs to host it ourselves. If you feel like helping out, we’d love it if you could help spread the word. We’ve got a lot of plans for Short.ie in the future, so if you haven’t already seen it, start shortening some URLs..
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COOL.
I like url.ie but I would love to see some click through stats.
Re: Revenue. I’d put up some ads. Why not? Your providing a service, a better than average service, for free. I’d tolerate some ads for that.
Hi Ant,
I live the way you think
An OS X Widget would be really handy, the only one out there at the mo is Shrinkify, and thats still a little long. url.ie is good because it’s as short as they come, but stats are nice!
Hi Cormac, Do you know anyone that could make a widget ?
Nope! I thought you developer types would be hooked up in that regard…
Traditionally yes, but I don’t really know any Mac related developers
Yeah me neither. I know lots of developers using Macs, but none who actually develop specifically for it
Same here, do they exist ?
I imagine the streets of SF are paved with Mac developers!
I don’t remember any Mac developers in the Streets of San Francisco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU
Hiya -I like the idea of the stats so I’ll be using it. Best of luck with it.
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