Web addresses get nip and tuck—and spam: A good article on URL shortening services which we’ve talked about quite a bit before. Includes an interesting angle on the spam implications.
In the hands of spammers, TinyURL has the potential to sag under enormous demand and attract the vociferous complaints that spam can incite. Gilbertson says he disables spam-related URLs one by one, following tips sent to an abuse address and notifications by SpamCop, an antispam group.
What I like about that plan is that it renders spam URLs useless. If he can disable a URL included in 100 million spams right away, then that’s a fee for 100 million spams that was completely wasted. An unhappy customer of a spam service is a very good thing.
If you have a four-digit name (or less), there's a new pastime called "Vanity TinyURL." If you remember, TinyURL is a redirection service that cuts down any URL by keying it to a code at the root of the TinyURL site. They're up to four characters now, so…
TinyURL whacking: We talked about URL shortening services several months ago, but thius guy takes the cake for boredom-induced activities. "Now, the other day, I realised that what was particularly interesting about tinyurl is that you can predict what URLs it gives to other people. All the URLs it gives out…
TinyURL.com - where tiny is better!: Make your URLs smaller. I think this is a simple rediection lookup. "By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires." Entering two URLs immediately after one another…
Spam and url shortening go hand and hand, but I like the idea http://gostubby.com has.
They filter as much content as they possible can via the url. They also offer previews like tinyurl does, but offer the option for webmasters to add their domain to a list that would force previews on any link clicked on within that domain.
In short there is always a way to improve a service I supose.
