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General Category => Techie Or Suggestions => Topic started by: simondjuk on February 22, 2013, 09:16:18 PM

Title: bit.ly
Post by: simondjuk on February 22, 2013, 09:16:18 PM

How do you create one of these links?

As an example, Pete posted this link: http://bit.ly/UAQ78R (http://bit.ly/UAQ78R) which directs to this: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/article4751667.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/article4751667.ece)

How?

Title: Re: bit.ly
Post by: Slacker on February 22, 2013, 10:23:33 PM

Not sure, I use tinyurl for shortcuts which allows you to pick your own abbreviation of unique

Title: Re: bit.ly
Post by: Pete on February 22, 2013, 10:47:05 PM

I copy the address/url, go to https://bitly.com/ - paste the address into the box and click Shorten. Then you get redirected to another screen with the small address in the middle, click Copy and paste it where you want it. Can be flaky.

Title: Re: bit.ly
Post by: simondjuk on February 22, 2013, 10:58:19 PM

Quote from: Pete on February 22, 2013, 10:47:05 PM

I copy the address/url, go to https://bitly.com/ - paste the address into the box and click Shorten. Then you get redirected to another screen with the small address in the middle, click Copy and paste it where you want it. Can be flaky.

ahh, thanks.  :)

Title: Re: bit.ly
Post by: Old Cruser on February 23, 2013, 11:10:46 AM

I always have probs getting into newspaper links, very annoying at times - it's classed as 'platform'  ::)
Will have lots of black marks against me on my hard drive  ;)