Apr
3rd
Fri
3rd
Really Short URLs..?
Here’s another idea that I’m releasing into the public domain… I like the idea of bit.ly and tinyurl.com… but I want my urls to be shorter. How about a service that shortens URLs in the following way: using a short domain name (eg X.us) to create shorter URLs like http://X.us/1 (for the first URL a user creates — x.us/2 for the 2nd, and so on). So a lot of users would have the same URL, and a visitor to a shortened URL would be prompted to enter which user created it in order to get to the desired long URL. Just an idea… I know it’d be annoying to have to enter in additional info to get to the destination — but it keeps URLs short (and somewhat trusted b/c you need to know who shortened it).
