Shortening your URLs is fundamental these days, for sharing links on Twitter without having it clog up your entire 140 character span for example. Other than a better appearance, most proper URL shortener services also offer click-tracking and some even support custom URLs.
If you’re not sure about what something like this actually does, here’s an example:
This page: http://allyouneedislists.com/technology/internet/10-best-and-shortest-url-shorteners/
This page shortened: http://bit.ly/hJq98h
Wow, right?
So here’s a list of these services, have a look and tell us which one you think is best in the poll below!
1 Is.gd
2 Su.pr
3 Bu.tt
4 Bit.ly
5 Goo.gl
6 Cli.gs
7 Tiny.cc
8 Sn.im
9 Tinyurl.com
10 Moourl.com
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