2009-12-19

tinyurl... seriously

Receiving long links in your e-mail? Maybe the links you've been sending to your contacts have gotten cut off or formatted because of their length? I am sure many of you have seen the tinyurl.com domain before. It is usually included in any random link that is sent out in e-mails. the name 'TINY' is not an exaggeration, in fact, the name describes the product perfectly.

Here's what the service does, you go onto this wonderful site and you can turn a URL such as http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/survive-workaholic-spouse-entrepreneurs-human-relations-workaholic.html into a cute little thing like http://tinyurl.com/yj7gymg.

I've even included a handy tinyurl input box below for you to sample. You're welcome. ^_^



Enter a long URL to make tiny:




If you're anything like me, you probably thought that you have to pay for this, subscribe to the service, or give up your first born. Thankfully curiosity got the best of me and I ended up heading over to http://tinyurl.com and found that the kind souls at tinyurl don't charge a penny but would appreciate a monetary assist (via paypal) to help out with maintaining their site and services.