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Wasn't the primary use of URL shorteners to compress a given URL in order to reduce the character count? Given today's Twitter, what are they still used for besides visual convenience? Do youtu.be, t.co, fb.me and dlvr.it next!
No, the primary point was always to add UTM trackers to the URL. That’s why companies kept using them after Twitter introduced t.co.
Running a free URL shortener costs time and money which is why they do it. For my URL shortening service https://blanq.io, I am planning to remove this feature and only support custom domains. Free shortening is highly abused by spam and its a daily battle to be one step ahead of them.
Last week, a single bad user created a phishing link and brought down the entire site for an hour until I was able to restore it.
Lesson learned.
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Do they use QR codes in addition to the shortened URLs? I’ve always wondered why QR code’s haven’t caught on more. Especially for things where the objective to access information more convenient than fat-fingering.
QR codes are everywhere! They're on a lot more foods and such than they used to be even 5 years ago. French's mustard has one, Barq's Root Beer cans have one. A lot of electronics I buy have a card in the box with a QR code to get to the company's site.
Rather than awkwardly typing in my username and password through a remote control, I should be able to open the Netflix app on my phone and scan the qr code.
Why do url shorteners even exist? They literally add no benefit whatsoever.
Text messages where going over a character limit adds to the cost
I really wish web browsers would strip tracking code bullshit from URLs. When I copy/paste a link for friends I always manually edit that crap. On the other hand I do love websites like WireCutter which only exists because of referral codes.
I found that it broke some sites though so I removed it.
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Can you explain why more is not usually better? I added the 4 lists you recommended to my Pi-Hole, which added a net new 73,253 domains to my Pi-Hole. My total is now close to 2M.
You could just blacklist *.com and be done with it.
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It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Sorry about that. I honestly didn't think anyone browsed the web without javascript enabled. How common is that? We do offer a simple to use api that you could build on top of to shorten link. Also an extension that offers the ability to shorten a url in one click. API Docs: https://t.ly/docs/ Extension: https://t.ly/extension
I noticed that share buttons like sharethis and addthis do it also. I bet if you look deep into their privacy policy (which no one does) it'll vaguely mention their data acquisition and "monetization" usage.
Why do url shorteners even exist? They literally add no benefit whatsoever.