Web addresses get nip and tuck--and spam By Paul Festa CNET News.com (Dec 23) - There are several services that can be used to shorten a url. Three are discussed here -- TinyURL, Shorlify, and Make a Shorter Link. TinyURL is probably the best known and used. Article notes that abuse by spammers is becoming a problem. Also, volume of use is making TinyURLs longer.
Posted by Gwen at December 30, 2003 05:02 PM