URL Shortening Services

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bit.ly

bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier - long links can break or consume extra characters in a short messaging ... Learn more

Pros: Amazing real-time statistics, and demographics. Twitter seems to be starting to use it as its default URL shortener.
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Is.gd

An even shorter domain name, for even shorter links. Learn more

Pros: quite good. among the shortest URLs Cons: quite slow when compared to tinyurl
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TinyURL

TinyURL is a web service that provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched the service in January 2002 so that he would be ... Learn more

Pros: It's by far the standard. Cons: URLs are generally much longer than those of other services ...
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j.mp

j.mp is a URL shortener that mirrors bit.ly. Learn more

Pros: Really short URLs. Great API (I've used it). Very useful stats on any URL—not just ones ... Cons: It mirrors bit.ly, so the slug can be a bit ...
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Goo.gl

Google URL Shortener at goo.gl is a service that takes long URLs and squeezes them into fewer characters to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or ... Learn more

Cons: Limited functionality at the moment. "Google URL shortener is not a stand-alone service; you can't use it to shorten links directly...only available from the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner."
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Snipurl

Take the ugly long URLs all over the web and snip them into a snipurl that is short, snippy, secure, memorable, and easy to share. Learn more

Pros: Great service quick and easy, automatic copy/paste function Cons: Resulting URL can be a little longer than other services, ...
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a.gd

offers stats, Tagging, Link expiration, Password protection, Bulk Submission

Twitter usage
easy to handle your long URLs;
easy to hide your affiliate links and "buy it now!" URLs;
easy to ... Learn more

Pros: buk submission Cons: slow, but effective
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To.

to./
The shortest url shortening service. All it does is shorten.

Sample link - to./3bm2 Learn more

Pros: Short - Functioning url in 8 characters Simple Cons: It only shortens Unknown
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icanhaz.com

icanhaz.com has been popular since day one. Who’d have thought a short URL service (with cats) could be so much fun, not to mention a great playground for ... Learn more

Pros: icanhaz.com is great when you want a short url that can be read, like icanhaz.com/followers. Provides ... Cons: URLs are longer than other services like bit.ly and is.gd.
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ow.ly

from Hootsuite. Learn more

Cons: Uses iframes.