Claude Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 (edited) It is a useful service to transform very long internet adresses into short ones that are easier to use in emails or elsewhere. Just enter your long url, hit the button and you get the short one. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/ys62j With this address, the site then redirects you to the initial web address you entered. Edited January 25, 2004 by Claude Quote
JSngry Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Posted January 25, 2004 But how does it work? Do they keep all the URLs you enter on a server? Isn't that kind of, I don't know... creepy? Maybe not. I guess everything's someplace. Quote
tonym Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 May I pipe up? I've often wondered (and I think I've noticed you Claude doing it!) how you make a URL into something that specifically describes what you are directing someone to. ie. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showforum=20 into this AOTW ???? (of course that link isn't active) Would this tiny url thing help me do that? cheers, tonym Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 In this software it's very easy. When you press the "http://" button above the posting box it'll first ask you for an address. This is where you type the url of the webpage you're linking to.... for instance, . Once you enter that, it'll ask you to enter a title. You can type anything you want in here. For instance: Great Jazz Discussion Forum! Horrible Jazz Discussion Forum! Stupid Jazz Discussion Forum! What the hell is this?! All the above links lead to the same place but each has a different name. Does that help? Quote
Claude Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 But how does it work? Do they keep all the URLs you enter on a server? Isn't that kind of, I don't know... creepy? Maybe not. I guess everything's someplace. Yes, of course, for the system to work they keep a database which links the real adress to the tiny URL. If you post the tiny URL on a website (like I did above) and people click on it, the owner of TinyURL gets the referrer URL (this page) and knows where people use the tiny URLs. If you use a tiny URL in an email the owner of TinyURL will know the IP address of the person who receives the email and clicks on the link. But no more than that (not the email address!). I don't know if this information is of much use, but of course you should not use this service when you think the information you provide could be misused. Quote
Claude Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 Tonym, A simple trick if you want to know which code other forumers use in their posts. Hit the Quote button and you will see everything in the quoted post. Quote
JSngry Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Posted January 25, 2004 ...for the system to work they keep a database which links the real adress to the tiny URL. If you post the tiny URL on a website (like I did above) and people click on it, the owner of TinyURL gets the referrer URL (this page) and knows where people use the tiny URLs. Is there money to be made from this, or are these folks just incredibly altruistic? Quote
couw Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 ...for the system to work they keep a database which links the real adress to the tiny URL. If you post the tiny URL on a website (like I did above) and people click on it, the owner of TinyURL gets the referrer URL (this page) and knows where people use the tiny URLs. Is there money to be made from this, or are these folks just incredibly altruistic? who needs money, when you can get POWER? Mwuhahahaaahaaa! Quote
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