One of the missing feature of Twitter.com is the ability to shorten links by default. Although Twitter has it’s own URL shortener at t.co, there is no way you can shorten links directly from Twitter’s web interface. Desktop Twitter clients e.g TweetDeck allows you to auto shorten links and post tweets that are more than [...]
Here is a way out to auto-shorten links with Bit.ly, while sharing feed entries on Twitter from Feeddemon. Here is how you can do it with a simple registry hack.
Furl.ly is a nice URL shortening service which lets you shorten multiple URL’s at once, combine them and create a guided tour.
You can create password protected short URL’s using Trick.ly. The site lets you shorten any webpage and add a password before the link redirects. This adds a layer of privacy on your shortened link.
You can create a branded URL shortening service by using this script on your web server. If you do not have a web server, here is a useful collection of sites which lets you create a branded URL shortener of your choice.
If you use Bit.ly to shorten links, you can track who is stealing those links or Tweets.
Shortened links are a great way to save those precious characters on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking websites. But sometimes, the same shortened links can be dangerous too. Over the past couple of years, I have seen a lot of suspicious sources using short links to spread malware through Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz and [...]