Comments on: The Trouble With URL Shorteners http://www.simonbuckle.com/2009/06/17/the-trouble-with-url-shorteners/ Random thoughts for random people Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jsobrier http://www.simonbuckle.com/2009/06/17/the-trouble-with-url-shorteners/comment-page-1/#comment-33426 jsobrier Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:05:42 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=357#comment-33426 Or you can use a safe URL shortener such as Safe.mn (<a href="http://safe.mn/" rel="nofollow">http://safe.mn/</a>). It does check the link for you, and give a warning (phishing, adult content, virus, etc.) if anything is wrong instead of a redirection.. Or you can use a safe URL shortener such as Safe.mn (http://safe.mn/). It does check the link for you, and give a warning (phishing, adult content, virus, etc.) if anything is wrong instead of a redirection..

]]> By: Rob Hudson http://www.simonbuckle.com/2009/06/17/the-trouble-with-url-shorteners/comment-page-1/#comment-33425 Rob Hudson Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:21:40 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=357#comment-33425 If you add a plus onto any bitly url it shows you an info page: <a href="http://bit.ly/guNtb+" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/guNtb+</a> <br><br>Applications such as Tweetdeck show you this preview information when you click on a link. It'd be good to have a javascript library that did some kind of page preview though... If you add a plus onto any bitly url it shows you an info page: http://bit.ly/guNtb+

Applications such as Tweetdeck show you this preview information when you click on a link. It'd be good to have a javascript library that did some kind of page preview though…

]]> By: Julien http://www.simonbuckle.com/2009/06/17/the-trouble-with-url-shorteners/comment-page-1/#comment-33388 Julien Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:05:42 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=357#comment-33388 Or you can use a safe URL shortener such as Safe.mn (<a href="http://safe.mn/" rel="nofollow">http://safe.mn/</a>). It does check the link for you, and give a warning (phishing, adult content, virus, etc.) if anything is wrong instead of a redirection.. Or you can use a safe URL shortener such as Safe.mn (http://safe.mn/). It does check the link for you, and give a warning (phishing, adult content, virus, etc.) if anything is wrong instead of a redirection..

]]> By: Rob Hudson http://www.simonbuckle.com/2009/06/17/the-trouble-with-url-shorteners/comment-page-1/#comment-33387 Rob Hudson Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:21:40 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=357#comment-33387 If you add a plus onto any bitly url it shows you an info page: <a href="http://bit.ly/guNtb+" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/guNtb+</a> <br><br>Applications such as Tweetdeck show you this preview information when you click on a link. It'd be good to have a javascript library that did some kind of page preview though... If you add a plus onto any bitly url it shows you an info page: http://bit.ly/guNtb+

Applications such as Tweetdeck show you this preview information when you click on a link. It'd be good to have a javascript library that did some kind of page preview though…

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