Your own url shortener: the way to go?
An url shortener allows you to create shorter URL’s and (sometimes) keeps track of how many times a link has been clicked. On the other hand, relying on third party services may have quite a few side effects.
According to Jeffrey Zeldman the solution is rolling your own mini-URLs [which]
lessens the chance that your carefully cultivated links will rot if the third-party URL shortening site goes down or goes out of business
If you are running for Wordpress there are two solutions available, both in the form of installable plug-ins.
One is the Short URL Plugin which Zeldman recommends.
The other is La Petite Url which, John Gruber notes, includes support for Short URL Auto-Discovery.
Have you tried any of these 2 ?
Personally I’ve installed the one reccomended by Zeldman but the options were confusing, at least, and the URL was way too long rispect to a is.gd or a ow.ly one ….
Not yet, but my domain name is not that long and sometimes I even edit the post urls so it’s not that much a priority right now.
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