Comments on: What happens if short URL services go away? http://www.adamstruve.com/2009/12/what-happens-if-short-url-services-go-away/ Entrepreneur, Web Developer, and General Geek living in Puerto Rico Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: adamstruve http://www.adamstruve.com/2009/12/what-happens-if-short-url-services-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-3158 adamstruve Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:26:48 +0000 http://www.adamstruve.com/?p=63#comment-3158 I have a project coming up that will heavily use the Disqus API, so I'm sure I'll learn more as I dig in. Thanks for the comments. I have a project coming up that will heavily use the Disqus API, so I'm sure I'll learn more as I dig in. Thanks for the comments.

]]> By: ledfrog.com http://www.adamstruve.com/2009/12/what-happens-if-short-url-services-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-3157 ledfrog.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:15:49 +0000 http://www.adamstruve.com/?p=63#comment-3157 I think everybody is just out to copy everyone else. As soon as Twitter came out, micro blogging (I like that term by the way) started becoming the standard just like text messages beat out actual phone calls for the younger generations. I'm pretty sure every company out there with something to provide links to will have a short URL soon attached at the hip.<br><br>This new breed of short URLs are actually a combo of being short mixed with "domain hacks" (where the domain is split by multiple periods). I remember starting a blog years ago on my own domain hack, myst.erio.us and, today, I still own a REAL short domain: <a href="http://2d.net" rel="nofollow">2d.net</a>.<br><br>Leveraging traffic--it always seems to come down to that magic word: traffic! I think everybody is just out to copy everyone else. As soon as Twitter came out, micro blogging (I like that term by the way) started becoming the standard just like text messages beat out actual phone calls for the younger generations. I'm pretty sure every company out there with something to provide links to will have a short URL soon attached at the hip.

This new breed of short URLs are actually a combo of being short mixed with “domain hacks” (where the domain is split by multiple periods). I remember starting a blog years ago on my own domain hack, myst.erio.us and, today, I still own a REAL short domain: 2d.net.

Leveraging traffic–it always seems to come down to that magic word: traffic!

]]> By: adamstruve http://www.adamstruve.com/2009/12/what-happens-if-short-url-services-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 adamstruve Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:03:16 +0000 http://www.adamstruve.com/?p=63#comment-3156 I wonder why a service like Disqus needs a url shortening service? Are they planning go automatically generate disq.us urls for full length urls posted in comments? If they were to do that they could be trying to leverage the traffic. You could click on a url in a disqus comment and then you're on the page, but with a disqus toolbar at the top. I wonder why a service like Disqus needs a url shortening service? Are they planning go automatically generate disq.us urls for full length urls posted in comments? If they were to do that they could be trying to leverage the traffic. You could click on a url in a disqus comment and then you're on the page, but with a disqus toolbar at the top.

]]> By: ledfrog http://www.adamstruve.com/2009/12/what-happens-if-short-url-services-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 ledfrog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:52:38 +0000 http://www.adamstruve.com/?p=63#comment-3154 I have often wondered this myself. I honestly don't understand the appeal of a short url for any use other than reducing the character count on a Twitter post. It's funny you mentioned seeing short urls in books. I noticed this as well and never really understood it. I guess the idea is to make it easier for the reader to type in.<br><br>Sort of off topic, but I have also heard of people selling or renting subdomains and although for a split second that didn't sound too bad, once you think of it, it's really not such a great plan given the fact that whoever owns the second level domain can just disappear one day. I have often wondered this myself. I honestly don't understand the appeal of a short url for any use other than reducing the character count on a Twitter post. It's funny you mentioned seeing short urls in books. I noticed this as well and never really understood it. I guess the idea is to make it easier for the reader to type in.

Sort of off topic, but I have also heard of people selling or renting subdomains and although for a split second that didn't sound too bad, once you think of it, it's really not such a great plan given the fact that whoever owns the second level domain can just disappear one day.

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