Tiny URL

Tiny URL Small URL’s which can act to shorten typing and aid in memorizing.

This WordPress URL http://theculturemind.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/tiny-url/ at 74 characters as a Tiny URL would be: http://tinyurl.com/ax4fmv at a much more palatable 17 characters.

Partcularly useful for grabbing URL’s from websites which have very long URL’s or if you have limited space within an email to type something.

And just for fun, the self proclaimed Longest URL in the world at 263 characters:

http://www.thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/wearejustdoingthistobestupidnowsincethiscangoonforeverandeverandeverbutit
stilllookskindaneatinthebrowsereventhoughitsabigwasteoftimeandenergyandhas
norealpointbutwehadtodoitanyways.html

Tiny URL:  http://TinyURL.com/98tkl

Wikipedia Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_url Tiny URL – http://tinyurl.com/