tr.im adds another way to shorten your urls for Twitter (2)
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tr.im is the latest in a fairly substantial list of services which offer to shorten your links to make them more compatible with microblogging sites like Twitter. After all, when you’ve only got 140 characters to play with, you don’t want to be posting a lengthy website address - and even better, many of the newer services also include tracking of click-throughs. Particularly useful for marketing professionals to see whether it was their link which ...
How TinyURL changed my browsing experience (1)
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Apart from the obvious use of TinyURL - which is to shorten links to make them more accommodating for microblogs, it’s other use is to mask pre-conceived notions that readers have established had they known the link source in the first place. The case example would be how it’s used in YouTube to hide a rick roll. But a more reflective use would be to incite curiosity for readers to click on the link since ...
Another “Apes” reboot? (1)
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For a franchise celebrating its 40th anniversary, “Planet of the Apes” is still generating headlines. On this week’s show we brought you news about the upcoming “Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology,” which is a must-have for all apes fans. And the original Charleton Heston classic is set for a Blu-Ray release next week, packed with new extras and features on this pivotal and influential film. After spanning five films, a ...
Bit.ly Gets Better with New Data…Are You Using It Yet? (15)
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Lately, I’ve been using bit.ly for shortening the URLs I tweet, on the advice of Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb. I started using it instead of is.gd, which had been my previous favorite. Why? Because bit.ly offers an array of useful data. Who knew that a simple URL shortener could open up so much interesting data? I can’t believe people still use tinyurl and other services that “only” shorten URLs. The tracking of metadata around a ...
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"Why? Because bit.ly offers an array of useful data. Who knew that a simple URL shortener could open up so much interesting data? I can’t believe people still use tinyurl and other services that “only” shorten URLs. The tracking of metadata around a posted URL - for free - makes bit.ly really powerful."
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griflet said:
Just as i figured. The short links have an ad-sensitive market: web-analytics!
Lake Carlos - $569,000 (1)
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Alexandria: EXCEPTIONAL VALUE! Sure to impress with level 1.08 acre lot, 90' of sand shore line. Relax in the screened porch watching the awesome sunsets after a great day of recreation on the Chain of Lakes.
324 - The North America Nebula (3)
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The constellations visible in the northern hemisphere, including the twelve signs of the Zodiac, owe their names to the Babylonians and the Greeks. Only during the last few hundred years did European explorers travel far south enough to observe the constellations in the southern hemisphere. These often carry more ‘modern’ names, such as Telescopium, Microscopium and Octans. The discovery and naming of nebulae (i.e. interstellar clouds of star-forming matter) is similarly recent, and some also ...
Obama in Art (1)
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Design is everywhere, and it is used to send messages or to promote ideas. Even Barack Obama is using design in his campaign. He has gathered quite a following of designers and deign works. Here are some great pieces done supporting Obama. Emo for Obama! I love this one. It’s very creative and it sends an interesting message. 2.0 Very clever! 08AMA Great typography and very thoughtful. New Game I thought this one was interesting. ...
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Mashable just reviewed the new Fleck Lite service we launched this weekend. Because we are the founders of Fleck and the feature was, well, Lite we didn’t post it to TheNextWeb.com right away. But if it is good enough for Mashable it is good enough for us! Fleck Lite is really just a “Tweet a link to Twitter” bookmarklet with a few simple extras: One, it turns your URL into a shorter URL. Two, it ...Contribute commentCute Overload (919) permalink
Care2.com wants to know too. They want to donate $10,000 to the shelter with the most votes! Vote for your favorite here! While you're pondering that, here is a lil' story about Oliver the Puppeh. Sender-Inner AS 33 fell in love with Oliver. After several visits Oliver would run to the front of his cage and stuff his nose through the bars. He'd cry when she left. When Oliver was scared and he would hide ...Shared by Syng (358)Contribute commentdownloadblog (515) permalink
Con l’introduzione dell’opzione che consente a FriendFeed di condividere i propri contenuti via Twitter, da qualche giorno un nuovo dominio di indirizzi “corti” è comparso sul web: quelli di tipo ff.im. Infatti il servizio è simile a TinyURL, ma non è possibile utilizzarlo direttamente, se non con l’automatismo creato dal sistema. Via | Labnol.org
