Questions tagged [url-shortening]
for URL shorteners and software that interacts with them
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Can you recommend an URL shortener, where the short link dies after a given time from the first click?
I would like to use such an URL shortener, to somehow protect the link content.
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URL shortener without traffic check
I'm looking for a url shortener.
The following things are important:
Pay per click (high payout for one click)
No traffic checks, you should also get money when the visitor of the short url uses a ...
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What link shorteners support captcha before redirect?
It seems that all link shortener service advertise themselves as no captcha require. However, I'd like to have the opposite: visitors need to click the captcha before continue. This article The Top 14 ...
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URL shortener which does not follow hyperlinks
I need a URL shortener, which does not automatically go to the URL I provided.
The reason is that I am using a quizzing software, which generates a new user each time someone follows a link. So, when ...
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Firefox add-on to shorten a URL with bitly and give it a name
Firefox has a feature in which you right-click a link and it copies it to your clipboard. I am looking for something that does even more than that.
With bitly you can name links, for instance you ...
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URL shortener for Arabic
What is a recommended web app for URL shortener in other languages, e.g. based on the Arabic alphabet? I want that because lots of English characters aren't pronouncable in other languages. Ideally ...
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Anonymous, independent, decentralized URL shortener
I would like to use a URL shortener like bit.ly oŕ goo.gl, but all those services store all my data and collect a lot of personal information.
Is there an independent decentralized trustworthy URL ...
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Software that can mass expand adf.ly URLs
I need software that can mass (not one by one) expand shortened AdFly URLs.
I’ve tried http://urlex.org/ but it failed.
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URL shortener with destination whitelist?
We recently had our custom alias (set up to goo.gl) ripped out of Facebook because someone used it to create a bunch of spammy posts.
What shortening service and / or software is out there that ...
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URL shortener with good statistics
I am looking for a good URL shortener, which can be either paid/free, but I need really good statistics with clicks, geo, etc.
I really like goo.gl, but it has a really simple list and I don't like ...
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Google Chrome extension to unroll shortened URLs (like "http://bit.ly/Wxeieo")
I am looking for a Google Chrome extension that can unroll/expand shortened URLs like bit.ly/Wxeieo that are present on a webpage.
E.g. it could expand the full URL when I hover on it:
By unroll/...
