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This is interesting.

Written on 02/03/05 at 04:57:09 GMT by Jos

Wonder what it is?

Hmm

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:49:49 GMT by jim

a short
article.

tiny

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:51:02 GMT by mbu

says I

True

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:52:00 GMT by jim

a blue
point.

with

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:53:31 GMT by mbu

underline

and no

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:54:03 GMT by jim

title

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:54:38 GMT by mbu

He has
a point
there.

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:55:14 GMT by jim

No, too
simple.

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:56:34 GMT by mbu

it's no
point.
Look:
·.·.

I see

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:58:27 GMT by jim

It's a dot:
·.·.·.·. a
middledot.
Why blue?

Written on 02/03/05 at 09:59:54 GMT by mbu

It's a link.
I'll try it.

Hey

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:00:30 GMT by jim

maybe it's
dangerous?

Nope

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:01:36 GMT by mbu

just comes
back here.

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:03:03 GMT by jim

so what?
I can do
that too:
http://www.sitelibrary.net/community/viewnews/539

but

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:05:39 GMT by mbu

the link says
http://tinyurl.com/4fgtl

Hmm

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:10:39 GMT by jim

"4fgtl"?
MSN says: ramayan http://www.manokranti.org/ramayan.asp
see: http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=4fgtl&FORM=QBHP

Google says:
www.nepalinepal.com
http://www.nepalihimal.com/2059/baisakh1-15-2059/cover1.htm
see: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=4fgtl

try tinyurl

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:13:49 GMT by mbu

http://tinyurl.com/
TinyURL.com - where tiny is better!
Making long URLs useable

aha

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:17:20 GMT by jim

http://tinyurl.com/4ep9y

yes:

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:20:46 GMT by mbu

http://tinyurl.com/4v5tg

But

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:25:02 GMT by jim

What does "4ep9y" mean?

"Your search - 4ep9y - did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing '4ep9y'."

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:25:25 GMT by mbu

It's a
number.

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:26:07 GMT by jim

a number?

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:28:19 GMT by mbu

based on 36.

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:28:45 GMT by jim

36?

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:29:33 GMT by mbu

they use
0-9 and a-z

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:29:55 GMT by jim

strange

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:31:06 GMT by mbu

to make the number shorter:
it's something 5123456

others:

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:35:54 GMT by mbu

http://urlsnip.com/760053
has pop under :-(

snipurl

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:40:00 GMT by jim

http://snipurl.com/ci77

again 3 characters less

Written on 02/03/05 at 10:43:38 GMT by jim

http://2url.org?2637

Written on 02/03/05 at 14:10:45 GMT by mbu

[url=http://2url.org?2637].[url]

oops

Written on 02/03/05 at 14:11:46 GMT by mbu

tiny, yes

Written on 02/03/05 at 16:19:02 GMT by Jos

But often more than meets the eye.

See? I knew there was something to this article.

Why?

Written on 02/05/05 at 18:18:57 GMT by J. Fischer

Is that correct: with tinyurl or 2url one can make a short URL that has no sense that can be used for a URL that is a bit longer but can be remembered?

Ok, if one cannot type fast enough then there is a small advantage.
If one wants to hide the real URL, to play some prank.

Apart from that:
Where is the sense of it?
Is it just a joke for geeks?
Do I miss something?

Not a Joke:

Written on 02/06/05 at 09:53:44 GMT by Norbert

To answer your questions in reverse order:
   - Yes, you miss the point.
   - No, I don't think it's just a joke, also it's more for Jane and Joe, those in the know don't really need it - they can always build an equivalent of it on the fly or circumvent obstacles should they arise.
   - The sense of it:
      -    URLs can be of any length, URLs of thousand characters are not uncommon. This is really a shortcoming of Web sites that do not integrate a service like http://tinyurl.com for longer URLs.
      -    Unfortunately most systems we use today can not handle long URLs correctly:
         -    either the formatting of the user screen breaks or is extrenely ugly,
         -    or the URL itself is lost,
         -    or the URL is not copied correctly when you copy and paste text.
      Occurs frequently when using URLs within normal text, like in emails or postings to forums.

      Using a redirection service like http://tinyurl.com/ gives a short URL that will survive under more conditions - some programs still get it wrong.
      http://2url.org/ offers also the option to select a mnemonic Id, I have not tried that yet.

I know that there are more sites like this with varying additional options, please have a look and tell us.

--- URL corrected, thanks jotfish

it's http://2url.org/ not .com

Written on 02/06/05 at 15:56:10 GMT by J. Fischer

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