Sunday QuickTip: TinyURL.com
Have you ever wanted to put mapquest directions on your website or tried to send a super long URL to a friend by email only to have the link broken by the email client? If you answered yes to either of these questions it’s time to check out TinyURL.com.
TinyURL can take a url that looks like this:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqma
p.x=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bI
gpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH3Q6
OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvN
lygTRMzqazPStrN%252f1YzA0oWEWLwkHdhVHeG9sG6cMrf
XNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsKC
9n8jslz%252fo188N4g3BvAJYuzx8J8r%252f1fPFWkPYg%
252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCP
and turn it into a TinyURL like this
http://tinyurl.com/directions
The process is of making a TinyURL is a breeze.
- Go to www.TinyURL.com
- Paste in your long URL where it says Enter a long URL to make tiny:
- Enter a Custom Alias Name such as Directions, otherwise TinyURL will make up one
- Click the button Make TinyURL
- Instantly the system will take you to a new page with your tinyurl, with most systems the new tiny url will have been copied to your clipboard and is ready to paste into your website, blog or in your twitter posts, wherever you need it.
I hope you find this useful, if so leave us a comment. Also be sure to tell us about products and sites like this that you use on a daily basis which make your online life more enjoyable.
Happy Sunday!
Erik:
TinyURL is one of my all time favorite sites. I’ve used them for years. Goes up on the top of my list of “why didn’t I think of that”.
Posted on January 2nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm