Short and Sweet: URL Shorteners Made Easy
DianeQuirk
Classroom Tools
Teq Supports District Implementation: Beyond funding guidance, Teq provides turnkey grant alignment, hardware staging, and certified PD coaching via OTISpd.com to ensure 100% classroom adoption.
We all like to share the great things we find on the web. But, sometimes a website’s address or URL is so long and complicated that it’s not easily remembered or shared. That’s where URL shorteners come in.
Why do we shorten URL’s?
We shorten URL’s basically because we like to share what we’ve found on the web with others. If you’re using social media you’ll notice that many of the URL’s that are shared have been shortened. On Twitter, where we only have 140 characters, this make it easier for us to tweet what we like.
Some URL shortening services such as Bit.ly or Goo.gl will also allow you to track statistics for what you’ve shared such as the number of times the URL was accessed and the location from which it was accessed. That feature could be used as a class project – share a link and see where it goes around the world.
We’ve chosen four URL shortening services and outlined the features you’ll want to consider as you choose the best one for your uses.
What is your favorite URL shortener?
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I like to use another URL shortener, Is.Gd.
That simple, because it IS all GOOD.
http://www.is.gd.com
It is a simple shortener that allows personalized is.gd shorts and even allows QR codes to be created along with the URL short.
Thanks for adding that to our list Matt! Personalizing a shortened URL and begin able to get a QR code can be time savers.