URL Shortener: What and Why
About two months ago I got involved in developing a URL shortener called Clop.in . This service was inspired by the Twitter Google Analytics URL Builder that I had on my site. Since then few people have asked me about the URL Shortner and the benefit of using them. This blog post is to answer those two questions. What is a URL Shortener URL shortener is a service/tool that takes any URL (long version) and converts into a short version with fewer characters compared to the original version. When someone clicks on the short version they are redirected to the actual URL (long version). Example: Long Version of URL: http://sfindian.com/bay-area?utm_source=anilblogpostt&utm_campaign=urlshortener&utm_medium=blog Short URL: http://clop.in/JHErZM Anyone clicking on http://clop.in/JHErZM will be redirected to http://sfindian.com/bay-area?utm_source=anilblogpostt&utm_campaign=urlshortener&utm_medium=blog Why do you need a URL Shortener There are several reasons why you might wa...