For social news and bookmarking services, 2009 has really been the tale of the customized URL shortener. Each of the three largest social sites (Digg.com, ...

Getting Started With URL Shorteners If you start using a URL shortener, you'll learn the ropes as you set up the tool and start making new links. It's all pretty easy. If you are curious to learn ...

Instead of copying the full video URL, use YouTube's built-in URL shortening feature to get a shortened link for your tweets.

Buff Link is a URL shortening service similar to TinyURL. You can use this tool to shorten URLs while retaining the colorado.edu domain. Short URLs can also be used to set up vanity URLs for marketing ...

Why Using URL Shorteners May Expose Your Private Information URL shorteners highlight some general problems with the Internet as well as put you at risk.

Having a long URL can detract customers from clicking through to your site. Find out the 5 ways URL shorteners can positively impact your SEO.

Two security researchers have published research exposing the potential privacy problems connected to using Web address shortening services. When used to share data protected by credentials ...

With the explosion of social networking and microblogging services, URL-shortening sites have became more very popular, and many do not require users to register or complete a CAPTCHA (Completely ...