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The game is all about URL generation.
Taking one (normal) URL, and creating a more useful one.
The possibilities are endless.
But infinitely more interesting are the other, more special flavors of sharing URLs.
Shortening URLs (bit.ly)
The big hype started with shortening URLs.
Suddenly, people started realizing that big URLs could be kind of awkward.
URL shorteners usually use a small domain and suffix to create a referral URL.
When someone uses the tiny URL, they’ll be forwarded to the ‘real’ URL.
At the time of writing,bit.lyis on the rise.
Besides shortening the length for sharing URLs, it also features tracking and sharing functionality.
Other popular shorteners include, but aren’t limited to[NO LONGER WORKS] TinyURL, BudURL andTiny.cc.
Dissolving Shortened URLs (untiny)
To everything there’s a downside.
The same is true for URL shorteners.
For all you know, that seemingly harmless URL could be hiding a virus or an NSFW website.
URL dissolvers have made camp right across from the URL shorteners.
The websites look mighty similar, but now you canrevealwhat’s behind those URLs.
“http://untiny.me?url=tinyurl.com/ericlewis".
Sometimes, your URLs aren’t as long, as they are many.
A URL shortener doesn’t cut it there.
But imagine the child of a link list and a URL shortener.
You could refer to a number of related URLs by using a single, shortened URL.
It takes a bunch of URLs, and forces it into a single shorty.
Your Krunchd URL doesn’t just take you to a list of URLs, though.
And sometimes you should.
There’s a great number of professional situations where itreallymatters if you got through.
[NO LONGER WORKS] LinkBlipis a different kind of URL shortener and monitor.
Now, if someone clicks said link, you’ll be instantly notified over email.
Think about important documents, or that surprise party you’re planning behind your best friend’s back.
What’s needed for those is the URL equivalent of those self-destructing CIA tapes.
WithVapURL, it’s possible for you to create a time limit for your important URLs.
Do note that there are still plenty better security measures than VapURL.
UseHugeURLto transform your medium-sized URL to a dizzyingly large, finger-achingly long URL.
Never mind short URLs.
Bigger is better, right?
Also useful for an especially irritating IM or email correspondent.
