URL Shorteners (aka URL shortening) were created to easily share a link through IM, Chat, or other forms of web communication. URL shortening is mainly used for Social Media sites, but still have a number of other uses. Below I review my favorite url shorteners and list features for each.
I started this directory becuase each time I require a url shortener I have different requirements.
This isn't actually a URL shortener, it is for email addresses. Allows you to share your email in a safe way to avoid spam. I've included it here as it works the same as a url shortener. Features:
If you are sending NSFW links to people who may have others in the room, this is awesome. Features:
Google's url shortening solution. Included features:
Snippetty snip snip with your looong URLs! Short URL goodness since 2001. Features:
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If you are a stumbleupon user, you can use this service! I see a lot of these links on facebook.
Shorten urls, share files and track visits. Requires you to log in with your twitter account. Good for power users, but it requires a re-captcha so it's too slow for me.
I really like tinyurl. TinyURL allows you to create an alias for your urls which allow them to be human readable.
Another not safe for work url shortener. This one has a warning page and allows alias.
This is by far the best url shortener I've used so far. Here are a list of features of yi.tl