Comments on: Twitter should buy Bit.ly (or, Yes! URL shorteners DO suck) http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/ The official Web site of Colin Devroe. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Why I’m not blocking the DiggBar, yet by Colin Devroe http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-310674 Why I’m not blocking the DiggBar, yet by Colin Devroe Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:55:11 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-310674 [...] DiggBar, as you can see from the example URL I gave, also acts as a way to shorten a URL. You can read some of my general thoughts about URL shorteners here. This makes it easy for people to share these DiggBar-wrapped URLs on sites like Twitter (I’m [...] [...] DiggBar, as you can see from the example URL I gave, also acts as a way to shorten a URL. You can read some of my general thoughts about URL shorteners here. This makes it easy for people to share these DiggBar-wrapped URLs on sites like Twitter (I’m [...]

]]> By: Colin Devroe http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306905 Colin Devroe Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:42:31 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306905 Nice. Looking forward to seeing the post Jacob. Nice. Looking forward to seeing the post Jacob.

]]> By: Colin Devroe http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306904 Colin Devroe Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:41:49 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306904 Good point. That one character may come in handy. But, if Twitter bought Bit.ly they could make the URLs as short as they wanted to. Like li.nk/1 or something. Just use the Bit.ly engine underneath. Good point. That one character may come in handy. But, if Twitter bought Bit.ly they could make the URLs as short as they wanted to. Like li.nk/1 or something. Just use the Bit.ly engine underneath.

]]> By: Colin Devroe http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306903 Colin Devroe Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:40:21 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306903 I was so hoping that someone would mention that. ;) I was so hoping that someone would mention that. ;)

]]> By: Jacob Burke http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306840 Jacob Burke Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:25:50 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306840 Bit.ly rules! I am working on a blog post about it, hope to have it up in the next few days. It would be sweet if Twitter bought it, the stats are the killer feature. I use it for 4 twitter accounts that I manage, won't use any other URL-shortening service now :) Bit.ly rules! I am working on a blog post about it, hope to have it up in the next few days. It would be sweet if Twitter bought it, the stats are the killer feature. I use it for 4 twitter accounts that I manage, won’t use any other URL-shortening service now :)

]]> By: Jessica Sarai http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306820 Jessica Sarai Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:41:01 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306820 I've never used bit.ly I guess that's because I just went with TinyURL when it came out, and then is.gd because it has less character than bit.ly, and we all know that characters are what matters, especially in Twitter haha I’ve never used bit.ly I guess that’s because I just went with TinyURL when it came out, and then is.gd because it has less character than bit.ly, and we all know that characters are what matters, especially in Twitter haha

]]> By: chris runoff http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306753 chris runoff Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:43:44 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306753 Couldn't help but love the irony of Twitter's default tinyurl getting thown in. :) http://twitter.com/cdevroe/status/1471757510 I haven't used bit.ly enough to weigh in on this one but, I'm definitely going to check it out. Couldn’t help but love the irony of Twitter’s default tinyurl getting thown in. :)

http://twitter.com/cdevroe/status/1471757510

I haven’t used bit.ly enough to weigh in on this one but, I’m definitely going to check it out.

]]> By: Colin Devroe http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306559 Colin Devroe Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:29:35 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306559 So do I. And, if Twitter bought Bit.ly I do not think that applications that used Twitter would need to use any other URL shortener because, well, it'd be built into Twitter's API. So do I. And, if Twitter bought Bit.ly I do not think that applications that used Twitter would need to use any other URL shortener because, well, it’d be built into Twitter’s API.

]]> By: Derek Jay Steen http://cdevroe.com/notes/url-shorteners-suck/#comment-306557 Derek Jay Steen Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:26:14 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=1997#comment-306557 I agree! I love <a href="http://bit.ly" rel="nofollow">bit.ly</a>, and I'll specifically go to the website to create a custom short URL on <a href="http://djsteen.bit.ly" rel="nofollow">my profile</a> — <a href="http://tweetdeck.com" rel="nofollow">TweetDeck</a> doesn't currently allow custom short URLs or saving them to my profile, but if Twitter bought bit.ly, then maybe those would be features of the Twitter API; my Twitter account is linked with my bit.ly account. :) I agree!

I love bit.ly, and I’ll specifically go to the website to create a custom short URL on my profile — TweetDeck doesn’t currently allow custom short URLs or saving them to my profile, but if Twitter bought bit.ly, then maybe those would be features of the Twitter API; my Twitter account is linked with my bit.ly account. :)

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