Long URLs can be a pain to work with. Here are two URL shorteners that I recommend.© GT Bulmer
Web Biz Opportunities - StarrBizz.comI don't know about you, but personally I think long URLs look ugly and unprofessional and sometimes they just cause problems because of their length.
There may be circumstances where long URLs are not so obvious and are therefore acceptable. But in places where your customers, prospects or readers do see the URL, a short URL takes up less space and in my opinion, looks much nicer.
There are many URL shorteners on the market. Here are two that I recommend:
1) Turn your long URL into a nuURL with just one click!Just as the headline suggests,
nuURL is quick and easy and best of all, it's free! If you would also like to track your hits, create custom links and add descriptions, simply register at the
nuURL site and you will be able to do those things.
Now, suppose I wanted to tell you about a news story or an informative article on a website. The URL to the page could be quite long. For example, the one below is 87 characters. Some links are even longer.
http://www.thinkgreen4life.com/environmental/environmental-changes-can-affect-everyone/Using
nuURL, I shortenened this 87-character URL down to just 21 characters:
http://nuurl.us/8495e Visit nuURL right now -
nuURL -
and try it. Bookmark the page into your "favourites" so you can find it easily when you need it.
2) Make long URLs usable! Create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings.TinyURL.com will shorten your URL quickly, easily and without any cost. Use the random URL created by
TinyURL or create a custom URL of your own choosing.
Using
TinyURL, I turned this long URL:
http://www.thinkgreen4life.com/environmental/environmental-changes-can-affect-everyone/...into this:
http://tinyurl.com/dxt5kaIt can be very handy to shorten a long URL; on the
Social Networking site,
Twitter, for example. On Twitter, you only have 140 characters to work with. You don't want to use them all up with a long URL. It's true,
Twitter will automatically shorten your long URLs, but only after you enter the long URL and use up all your characters.
Use one of the URL shorteners I have recommended FIRST, then paste the shortened URL into
Twitter and you will have plenty of room to post other text.
URL shorteners can help make your posts look much more appealing and professional, whether you post on
Twitter, in emails, blogs articles or wherever. Check out
nuURL and
TinyURL today!
Sincerely, GT Bulmer
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