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  2. URL shortening - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening

    Short URLs, for example, will be subject to linkrot if the shortening service stops working; all URLs related to the service will become broken. It is a legitimate concern that many existing URL shortening services may not have a sustainable business model in the long term. [ 15 ]

  3. TinyURL - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyURL

    TinyURL is a URL shortening web service, which provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched the service in January 2002 [1] as a way to post links in newsgroup postings which frequently had long, cumbersome addresses.

  4. Bitly - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitly

    To see a short URL's information, that is to reveal or preview any Bitly URL https://bit.ly/x just append a plus sign "+", as in https://bit.ly/x+, for example https://bit.ly/1sNZMwL should be copy and pasted into the browser address bar as https://bit.ly/1sNZMwL+. [12] This allows users to see and check the long URL before visiting it.

  5. Google and Facebook launch short-URLs as Bit.ly goes Pro - AOL

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    Bit.ly, a leading URL-shortener, unveiled its bit.ly Pro, a service aimed at businesses, Web publishers and bloggers, which will provide customized and branded short URLS. High-profile clients so ...

  6. URL - Wikipedia

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    A uniform resource locator (URL), colloquially known as an address on the Web, [1] is a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] although many people use the two terms interchangeably.

  7. List of URI schemes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_URI_schemes

    URL scheme used by Apple's internal issue-tracking system. Apple (not public) rdar:// issue number example: rdar://10198949. Allows employees to link to internally-tracked issues from anywhere. Example of a private scheme which has leaked in to the public space and is widely seen on the internet, but can only be resolved by Apple employees. s3

  8. Clean URL - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL

    Clean URLs also do not contain implementation details of the underlying web application. This carries the benefit of reducing the difficulty of changing the implementation of the resource at a later date. For example, many URLs include the filename of a server-side script, such as example.php, example.asp or cgi-bin. If the underlying ...

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    The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web.