Posts tagged short url
Now YouTube Has It's Own URL Shortener
Dec 22nd
URL Shortener service is coming in the speed of snow fall this winter. After Facebook and Google, It’s You Tube who is having a new URL shortener service. This service will be like youtu.be ! Every video on YouTube will have the same ID in this new URL that it had in the old own.
To use youtu.be manually, simply take a URL like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdeioVndUhs and replace the”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=” with “http://youtu.be/” to get: http://youtu.be/FdeioVndUhs Plug that shorter URL into a browser, and you’ll see it redirects to that video.
You can read more on this topic on YouTube blog.
* We have started a new YouTube Video Downloading service this week . Enjoy it from here. Happy Surfing !
5 Great Open Source URL Shortener Script : Make your Own URL Shotener
Dec 17th
Url Shortener is hot topics now , because two giants, Facebook and Google, recently launched their own URL Shortener service. So today we will discuss about 5 great Open Source URL shortener. They will help you to make your own URL Shotener service.
1.Kissa.be: Kissabe supports four kinds of inputs, like email, url, text, image. It’s also php based script with easy installation and easy controlling capacity.
Kissa.be
2. PHPurl: PHPurl is PHPurl is a simple script that allows users to make a shorter url. You can get all installation information in Readme added to the zip file available for download.
PHPurl
3.TightURL: TightUrl is also a php based script. It’s very powerful against spam. It checks various databases before adding as short url.
TightURL
4. Yourls: It’s one of the best URL Shortener script. It can be used for different purpose, like public, private, or even with wordpress as a plugin!
Yourls
5. Shorty: It’s also one of the bests. It’s a mixture of php and MySQL scripting. It’s admin interface makes it more valuable.
Shorty
If you are using Google Apps , you can get your own url shortener service for you own use only. See this post.
You can read a full tutorial on Making your own Url shortener at howgeek.tk.
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