URL shortening (English Wikipedia)

Michlick, Frank. ".TO ccTLD Becomes Worlds Shortest URL Shortener". Domainnamenews.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

economist.com

Staff writer (14 October 2010). "Law, Politics and Internet Addresses – Tough.ly/Treated – Shortened Web Links Are Convenient, But They Come at a Price". The Economist. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

espacenet.com

worldwide.espacenet.com

US patent 6957224, Nimrod Megiddo and Kevin S. McCurley; assigned to IBM corp., "Efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators", issued 2005-10-18

firebase.google.com

"Firebase Extensions | Shorten URLs". Firebase. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020. Shortens URLs written to a specified Cloud Firestore collection (uses Bitly).

freedom-to-tinker.com

"Shmatikov, Vitaly, "Gone In Six Characters: Short URLs Considered Harmful for Cloud Services." Blog entry dated April 14, 2016; retrieved April 26, 2016". 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

g.co

"g.co". g.co. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

godaddy.com

shortener.godaddy.com

"URL Shortener". shortener.godaddy.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

googleblog.blogspot.com

Muthusrinivasan, Muthu (14 December 2009). "Making URLs Shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner". Googleblog.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

googleblog.com

developers.googleblog.com

Hermanto, Michael. "Transitioning Google URL Shortener to Firebase Dynamic Links". Google Developers. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
"Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available". developers.googleblog.com. Google. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

groups.google.com

"Google Discussiegroepen". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

hootsuite.com

blog.hootsuite.com

"#HootSuite Offers Choice of URL Shorteners ~ From Libya to Liechtenstein – HootSuite Social Media Management". Blog.hootsuite.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

metafilter.com

"Comment thread 8916" Archived 5 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Metafilter. 10 June 2001; Announcement of URL shortening service available at makeashorterlink.com

microsoft.com

msdn.microsoft.com

Sullivan, Bryan (March 2009). "Protect Your Site With URL Rewriting – A Stateless Approach: Automatically Expiring URLs". Security Briefs. Microsoft MSDN Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

nytimes.com

bits.blogs.nytimes.com

Goo.gl Challenges Bit.ly as King of the Short Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – New York Times, 14 December 2009
Wortham, Jenna (7 May 2009) "Bit.ly Eclipses TinyURL on Twitter" Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Bits (blog at The New York Times). Retrieved 1 January 2011.

reddit.com

"Rediquette". Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

techcrunch.com

Alexia Tsotsis (18 July 2011). "Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For Google Products". Tech Crunch. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

telegraph.co.uk

Curtis, Sophie (8 August 2014). "Twitter's t.co URL shortener used to spread spam". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

thejoshmeister.com

security.thejoshmeister.com

"the JoshMeister on Security: How to Preview Shortened URLs (TinyURL, bit.ly, is.gd, and more)". Security.thejoshmeister.com. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

thetimes.co.uk

Ahmed, Murad (7 December 2009). "New Project in Scramble To Save Vanishing Internet Links – The Internet Archive Is Fighting To Preserve Shortened Web Links Created by Free Online Services That May Be Running Out of Money" Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. The Times. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

tinyurl.com

"Preview a TinyURL". Tinyurl.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

tonic.to

"Tonic Corporation Frequently asked questions". Tonic.to. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

twitter.com

developer.twitter.com

"t.co links". developer.twitter.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

help.twitter.com

"About Twitter's link service (http://t.co)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

web.archive.org

Goo.gl Challenges Bit.ly as King of the Short Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – New York Times, 14 December 2009
Curtis, Sophie (8 August 2014). "Twitter's t.co URL shortener used to spread spam". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
"t.co links". developer.twitter.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
"g.co". g.co. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
"URL Shortener". shortener.godaddy.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
"Spammers Storm URL Shortening Services". CertMag. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
"#HootSuite Offers Choice of URL Shorteners ~ From Libya to Liechtenstein – HootSuite Social Media Management". Blog.hootsuite.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
Chapman, Stephen (28 August 2012). "How to spy on campaigns of competitors who use URL shorteners". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
Sullivan, Bryan (March 2009). "Protect Your Site With URL Rewriting – A Stateless Approach: Automatically Expiring URLs". Security Briefs. Microsoft MSDN Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
"Comment thread 8916" Archived 5 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Metafilter. 10 June 2001; Announcement of URL shortening service available at makeashorterlink.com
"URL Shortening Services" Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine shortenurl – Supported URL shortening services
Wortham, Jenna (7 May 2009) "Bit.ly Eclipses TinyURL on Twitter" Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Bits (blog at The New York Times). Retrieved 1 January 2011.
"WP.me – Shorten Your Links" Archived 18 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine WordPress. 14 August 2009.
Ahmed, Murad (7 December 2009). "New Project in Scramble To Save Vanishing Internet Links – The Internet Archive Is Fighting To Preserve Shortened Web Links Created by Free Online Services That May Be Running Out of Money" Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. The Times. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
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Michlick, Frank. ".TO ccTLD Becomes Worlds Shortest URL Shortener". Domainnamenews.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
Muthusrinivasan, Muthu (14 December 2009). "Making URLs Shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner". Googleblog.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
"goo.gl "URL Shortener – Google Chrome Extension Gallery"". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
"Official YouTube Blog: Make Way for youtu.be Links". Official YouTube Blog. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
Hermanto, Michael. "Transitioning Google URL Shortener to Firebase Dynamic Links". Google Developers. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
"Tonic Corporation Frequently asked questions". Tonic.to. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
"Google Discussiegroepen". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
"301Works.org : Free Software : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
Staff writer (14 October 2010). "Law, Politics and Internet Addresses – Tough.ly/Treated – Shortened Web Links Are Convenient, But They Come at a Price". The Economist. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
"TinyURL Blocked in Saudi Arabia". Committee to Protect Bloggers. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009.
"Spam blacklist". meta.wikimedia.org. Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
"Rediquette". Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
Krebs, Brian (13 June 2006). "Spam Spotted Using TinyURL". Security Fixes (blog at The Washington Post). Retrieved 1 January 2011.
"Preview a TinyURL". Tinyurl.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
"the JoshMeister on Security: How to Preview Shortened URLs (TinyURL, bit.ly, is.gd, and more)". Security.thejoshmeister.com. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
University, Carnegie Mellon. "Shortened URL Security - Information Security Office - Computing Services - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
"Updated: Cligs Got Hacked – Restoration from Backup Started" Blog at Cli.gs (16 June 2009).
"Shmatikov, Vitaly, "Gone In Six Characters: Short URLs Considered Harmful for Cloud Services." Blog entry dated April 14, 2016; retrieved April 26, 2016". 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
"Firebase Extensions | Shorten URLs". Firebase. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020. Shortens URLs written to a specified Cloud Firestore collection (uses Bitly).
Alexia Tsotsis (18 July 2011). "Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For Google Products". Tech Crunch. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
"About Twitter's link service (http://t.co)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
"Make Way for youtu.be Links". Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

wikimedia.org

meta.wikimedia.org

"Spam blacklist". meta.wikimedia.org. Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

yi.tl

"Ultimate list of URL shorteners". Yi.tl. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

youtube-global.blogspot.com

"Official YouTube Blog: Make Way for youtu.be Links". Official YouTube Blog. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.

zdnet.com

Chapman, Stephen (28 August 2012). "How to spy on campaigns of competitors who use URL shorteners". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.