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1. 9 URL Shorteners – And Which of
Them to Use

2. Do you shorten your URL links, when
publishing things to your social media
pages? They’ve been around for ages,
but they’re not all created equally.
Let’s explore which of these services
you should use, so that you can keep
your content looking great, and
working even better.

3. #1: Tinyurl

4. The first of the URL shorteners and still
one of the best, TinyURL provides a
quality link shortening service for free.
Best of all these links never break, and
they never, ever expire. Once they’re
done, they last forever. Pop it in your
browser, use it.

5. #2: Bit.ly

6. A great tool to use if you need to track
the links that you use on your social
pages. Bit.ly is simple, clean and the
tracking analytics are very useful for
finding out which pages make the
most impact in your campaigns.

7. #3: Adjix

8. Adjix is an underrated URL shortener
that allows you to make money while
going about your daily social activities
online. Shrink your link, and add and
advert that will display at the top of
the page when the user clicks on your
link.

9. #4: Snipurl

10. Snipurl lets you create short urls,
manage them and track them all in
one place. You can also integrate it
into your browser, or application –
which is very handy. The only problem
with this link snipper, is that it has no
301 redirect.

11. #5: Goo.gl

12. Google’s link shortener is very fast and
efficient, and could be a great addition
to your Google toolbox. As expected,
they also have a comprehensive
tracking and analytics section – which
gives you all kinds of useful info on the
people that click your links.

13. #6: Moourl

14. Moourl is a basic url shortener to use
if you’re in a hurry, and can’t be
bothered about analytics and all that
other tracking business. It’s also
famous for being the cutest url
shortening service on the internet.

15. #7: Tiny.cc

16. Tiny.cc is a mini link management
system, and easy enough to use in
seconds. Shrink urls, manage them,
see a list of your most recent links and
how they are performing on your
social pages.

17. #8: A.gd

18. With A.gd you can protect your links
with a password, which adds to site
security if you’re exchanging sensitive
information or sharing content on
public pages. You can also track your
urls, and find out their geo data and
where they clicked your link.

19. #9: Ow.ly

20. Ow.ly is another service you might find
useful, and you can use it to bookmark
links that you’ve retweeted on Twitter.
It’s also captch protected, to prevent
spambots from making use of it. Great
to use on Twitter and as a general link
shrinking tool.

21. Each link shortening service comes
with similar features. The best by far
are still goo.gl and tinyurl. Though any
one of these services will help your
marketing goals. If you’re link building,
Google is a safe bet. The company will
probably never go under, so you don’t
have to worry about your link network
disappearing one day.

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