whats the point of link shortening..
 

..besides crappy twitter? I see people even use it in blog posts which defeats the purpose.. or is that to make it easy to make people plug those links on twitter?

its easier to Rick Roll people :thumbsup

You can see how many people clicked that link..

it is easier to redirect people to the shit you want.
(but i think it is useless with gg)

It also keeps them from hovering over your link and typing in the domain without your ref code...

http://bit.ly/10ZXS

you can learn many benefits to shorten and/or masking a URL. In some cases it turns out to be quite profitable and can be a quite lucrative revenue stream.

heh

People also use it on twitter, or other places, where you are limited to a certain number of characters.

I just used it on another forum, because it seems that 'adult' in the domain name causes a nofollow attribute to be automatically attached. Since most shorteners use 301 redirects which still pass link juice it seemed like a good idea.

i see a warning

I Know the goo dot gl won't allow ref links, so it's use is limited to "real" URLs - but it's shorter now than the bit dot ly and a couple others.

:D

* Hide Referral Codes
* Shorten Long Links
* Mailers Use Them (redirects)
* Rick Roll/******* People

I'm familiar with Rick Roll, but what's *******?

i don't like clicking those kinds of links. i see them all over now but in the past they were most often used by scammers and people using free hosting.

I am out of this thread before this question is answered...

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That's, um...wow. I really wish I hadn't asked. It kinda stays in your head for awhile, doesn't it?

i feel the same way, i notice i barely click them as opposed to normal links.

but tracking clicks is a nice feature, i knew that but forgot about it.

i use it for ease, that way i dont have to remember long links, i can make links like domain.com/go/teensforcash goto my tour link.