Comments on: The Case Against URL Shorteners

By: Rich Kavanagh

Rich Kavanagh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:42:40 +0000

If it helps, I’ve written a URL UN-shortening web site, complete with API:

Suggest a firefox addon or similar, so when you hover over any short url it could api call the long url behind it?

By: Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:57:57 +0000

Hey!
Personally I don’t have any issue. But I have experienced that these URL shorteners cause more disturbances ,errors, faulty or malware links that it is way too much of a trouble compared to advantages.

By: Short URL

Short URL — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:12:04 +0000

Thank You For keeping it on target!

Best Regards

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By: Kouba

Kouba — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:10:01 +0000

I liked it. So much useful material. I read with great interest.

By: Floost

Floost — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:18:16 +0000

I really like your blog and i respect your work. I’ll be a frequent visitor.

By: Sam Johnston

Sam Johnston — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:39:28 +0000

Well the good news is that the rel=shortlink standard is rapidly gaining momentum. With last week's WordPress.com announcement there's now well over 100 million pages advertising short links (also PHP.net, Ars Technica, etc.) Sam

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:59:40 +0000

Your point is well taken, but isn’t Twitter itself kind of the biggest “single point of failure”?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:45:07 +0000

SFU.ca isn’t a URL shortener — it’s Simon Fraser University.

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