Why Use a URL Shortner?

#1

Post by ad0n1s_97 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 9:39 PM UTC

What make you use a url shortner like billy or any other one ? Like what is the main reason and what do expect from them ?

Re: Why Use a URL Shortner?

#2

Post by kleer001 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 9:49 PM UTC

Good faith use: Portability.

Bad faith use: Obfuscation.

Re: Why Use a URL Shortner?

#3

Post by aurizon » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 9:58 PM UTC

if I write a letter by hand or read the URL over the phone a shortener is invaluable

Re: Why Use a URL Shortner?

#4

Post by simplehuman » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 10:15 PM UTC

It's great to collect stats on how many people clicked it.

Re: Why Use a URL Shortner?

#5

Post by ad0n1s_97 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 10:26 PM UTC

aurizon wrote: post #3

if I write a letter by hand or read the URL over the phone a shortener is invaluable

i like this one, so a kind of human readable short url would be great...

Re: Why Use a URL Shortner?

#6

Post by lioeters » Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 1:52 AM UTC

ad0n1s_97 wrote: post #5

aurizon wrote: post #3

if I write a letter by hand or read the URL over the phone a shortener is invaluable

i like this one, so a kind of human readable short url would be great...

Hmm, it might defeat the purpose of a URL shortener, but I pictured something like what3words [0] (geocoding with memorable/human-readable words) but for URLs - for example: big.brown/bear

[0] https://what3words.com/