List of Popular URL Shorteners
Today is the world of viral marketing where we share our best practices with people by using many social networking / bookmarking websites to enhance brand awareness. We can see social networking icons on almost every website that encourage referrers to spread information worldwide. Many of these websites allow limited characters for submissions so shortened URLs are necessary to explain the concept
Here are my favorite URL shorteners, in no particular order. These are among the most popular URL shorteners out there, and they offer features like stats, tracking, and integration with some of the most-used Twitter dashboards.
| Domain | Site Title |
|---|---|
| bcl.ink | Bcl.ink URL Shortener by Buzzclue. Offers URL redirection service. Share and track your shortened URLs. bcl.ink allows real-time link tracking. Example: http://bcl.ink/Gm3u3 |
| bit.do | Bit.do URL Shortener – Shorten, customize and track your links |
| t.co | Twitter URL Shortener (can not be used outside Twitter) |
| lnkd.in | lnkd.in is the URL Shortener used by Linked In. |
| db.tt | db.tt is the URL Shortener used by Dropbox. Example: https://db.tt/KnPMc88r |
| qr.ae | Quora uses the short domain “qr.ae” when generating external links back to content on Quora. |
| adf.ly | AdF.ly – The URL shortener service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. “Get paid to share your links on the Internet!” Example: http://adf.ly/1I4cG5 |
| goo.gl | Google URL Shortener Example: http://goo.gl/dcSxZF |
| bitly.com | bitly | shorten, share and track your links |
| tinyurl.com | TinyURL.com – shorten that long URL into a tiny URL Example: http://tinyurl.com/q4wnqc3 |
| ow.ly | Ow.ly and ht.ly – Shorten urls, share files and track visits – Owly Example: http://ow.ly/NEe58 |
| bit.ly | bitly | shorten, share and track your links. Sample: http://bit.ly/1Kv35hg |
| adcrun.ch | Advertise, Shorten, Share Track Your Links With adcrun.ch |
| ity.im | URL shortener & short urls at ity.im |
| q.gs | AdF.ly – The URL shortener service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. |
| viralurl.com | Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder… ViralURL.com “Instantly Harness the Power of ViralURL” |
| is.gd | is.gd – a URL shortener. Mmmm, tasty URLs! |
| vur.me | The worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder… ViralURL.com |
| bc.vc | bc.vc – a modern URL shortener Example: http://bc.vc/jyDytn |
| twitthis.com | TwitThis – Twitter Promoter, Follower, and URL Shortening Service |
| u.to | u.to – URL shortener Example: http://u.to/Qft_Cw |
| j.mp | bitly | shorten, share and track your links |
| cutt.us | CUTTUS | URL Shortening Service, URL Shortener Example: http://cutt.us/bclink and http://cutt.us/CjDpC |
| u.bb | AdF.ly – The URL shortener service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. |
| yourls.org | YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener |
| crisco.com | CRISCO is Cooking – Recipes, Cooking Tips, Baking Ideas, Recipe Videos, and Product information: Olive Oils, Cooking Sprays, Cooking Oils, Shortening – Crisco® |
| prettylinkpro.com | Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress: Pretty Link Pro |
| viralurl.biz | Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder… ViralURL.com |
| adcraft.co | AdCraft.co – Shorten links, Make money |
| virl.ws | Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder… ViralURL.com |
| scrnch.me | Powered Exclusively by the scrnch.me URL Shortening Service |
| filoops.info | Filoops – Shorten Your Long URLs for net surfing pleasure (too many banners) |
| vurl.bz | Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder… ViralURL.com |
| vzturl.com | VztURL.com – Free URL shortening, tracking, rotator & cloaking! |
| lemde.fr | bitly | shorten, share and track your links |
| qr.net | QR Code Generator URL shortener Example: http://qr.net/Vn5a |
| 1url.com | 1URL.com – Your #1 URL Shortening & Redirection Service! Example: http://1url.com/Uv4Tr |
| tweez.me | Tweez.me – Free Premium URL Shortening Service |
| v.gd | v.gd – The ethical URL shortener |
| tr.im | Tr.im your URL down to a short link. Turn your social data into customers. Enter your web address and we’ll shorten your url and provide you with in-depth analytics. Sample short url: https://tr.im/hMvOm |
List of URL Shorteners that are not available anymore (offline):
| aka.gr | AKA GR is a Greek url shortener, submitted by Konstantinos Botonakis. With sponsored ads. Powered by Botonakis. |
| 7vd.cn | 7vd.cn – Baidu Short URL service |
| dft.ba | DFT.BA is a url shortener submitted by Michael Mattice. “Don’t forget to be awesome – custom shortened name”, by DFTBA Records. |
| adflav.com | Adflav – The URL shortening service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. Not it has changed to: “You had the re-direct long enough, now I need the domain”. |
| bee4.biz | Link shortener that pays |
| cektkp.com | Free URL Shortener, Supports Multi Services – Cek TKP Gan! “Not just another URL shortener”, by “Takien”. |
| fun.ly | fun.ly: The FUN URL Shortener! |
| fzy.co | fzy – shorten url & share – subdomain – web thumbnails – api |
| gog.li | Shorten Hyperlinks | Short My Url | Make Urls Smaller – gog.li |
| golinks.co | Shorten URLs with GoLinks.co |
| hit.my | Hit.my shorten url services |
| id.tl | ID.TL – The URL shortening service that pays you! Earn money for every visitor to your links. |
| linkto.im | Linkto.im – The URL Shortener service,Anyone can visit your links |
| lnk.co | lnk.co | shorten, track and earn |
| nov.io | Shorten links and earn money |
| p6l.org | P6L.ORG – Shorten Your Links |
| picz.us | Picz.us URL Shortener – Shorten Links with the affiliate friendly URL shortener – Earn while you URL |
| shortquik.com | ShortQUIK URL Shortener |
| su.pr | URL shortening service for online publishers, bloggers and StumbleUpon members. “currently undergoing maintenance”. Features: Automatically shorten and post URLs to Twitter/Facebook Wall/Fan Page; Schedule posts; See reporting and graphs for your posts. |
| sk.gy | Shorten Your URL and “Earn cash for each visitor to your shortened url links with sk.gy” |
| tota2.com | TOTA2.COM, File upload, Shorten and Protect your download link |
| xlinkz.info | Welcome to My Link Shortener! – MYLS |
| xtu.me | Short Urls, Url Shortening, Shorten Urls with Xtra Tiny Url Me |
| yu2.it | YU2 Simple Shortener |
| zpag.es | zPag.es – Zip your page links instantly! Let’s earn money with your shorten links! |
Services to expand a short url back into the original url:
Expand URL
| URL Enlarger (Google code) | Enlarge short URL provided by any services.Example: http://url-enlarger.appspot.com/api?url=http://bcl.ink/Gm3u3 |
| longurl.org | LongURL | The Universal Way to Expand Shortened URLs with API. Find out where short links will take you.List of URL Shortener Services: http://longurl.org/services |
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abbasarif
Abbas Arif is a webmaster and blogger who has a love for creativity and enjoys experimenting with various techniques in web.
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