TinyURL - Wikipedia

TinyURL is a URL shortening web service, which provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched the service ... TinyURL FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch URLshorteningservice TinyURLTypeofsiteURLshorteningOwnerTinyURLLLCCreated byKevinGilbertsonRevenueSubscription,AdvertisingURLwww.tinyurl.comRegistrationYesLaunchedJanuary 2002;20 yearsago (2002-01)[1]Current statusActive TinyURLisaURLshorteningwebservice,whichprovidesshortaliasesforredirectionoflongURLs.KevinGilbertson,awebdeveloper,launchedtheserviceinJanuary2002[1]asawaytopostlinksinnewsgrouppostingswhichfrequentlyhadlong,cumbersomeaddresses.TinyURLwasthefirstnotableURLshorteningserviceandisoneoftheoldeststillcurrentlyoperating. Contents 1Service 1.1PreviewshortURLs 2Impact 2.1Similarservices 2.2Twitter 3TinyURL-whacking 4Seealso 5References 6Externallinks Service[edit] TheTinyURLhomepageincludesaformwhichisusedtosubmitalongURLforshortening.ForeachURLentered,theserveraddsanewaliasinitshasheddatabaseandreturnsashortURL.Accordingtothewebsite,theshortenedURLswillneverexpire. TinyURLoffersanAPIwhichallowsapplicationstoautomaticallycreateshortURLs.Thisisdonebysimplyreadingtheresultreturnedfromtinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=URLENCODED_SOURCE_URL. ShortURLaliasesareseenasusefulbecausetheyareeasiertowritedown,rememberordistribute.Theyalsofitintextboxeswithalimitednumberofcharactersallowed.SomeexamplesoflimitedtextboxesareIRCchanneltopics,emailsignatures,microblogs(suchasTwitter,whichnotablylimitsallpoststofirst140andlater280characters),certainprintednewspapers(suchas.netmagazineorevenNature),andemailclientsthatimposelinebreaksonmessagesatacertainlength. Startingin2008,TinyURLalloweduserstocreatecustom,moremeaningfulaliases.ThismeansthatausercancreatedescriptiveURLsratherthanarandomlygeneratedaddress.Forexample,https://tinyurl.com/wp-tinyurlleadstotheWikipediaarticleaboutthewebsite. PreviewshortURLs[edit] TopreviewthefullURLfromtheshortTinyURL,theusercanvisitTinyURLfirstandenablepreviewsasadefaultbrowsercookiesettingorcopyandpastetheshortURLintothebrowseraddressbar,andprependtheshorttinyurl.com/xwithpreview.tinyurl.com/x.AnotherpreviewfeatureisnotwelldocumentedattheTinyURLsite,butthealternativeshortenedURLwithpreviewcapabilityisalsoofferedtoshortcutcreatorsasanoptionatthetimeofcreationofthelink.[2] Impact[edit] Mainarticle:URLshortening Similarservices[edit] ThepopularityofTinyURLsinfluencedthecreationofatleast100similarwebsites.[3]Mostaresimplydomainalternativeswhilesomeofferadditionalfeatures. Twitter[edit] PeoplepostingonTwitteroftenmadeextensiveuseofshortenedURLstokeeptheirtweetswithintheservice-imposed140characterlimit.TwitterusedTinyURLuntil2009,beforeswitchingtoBit.ly.[4]Currently,Twitterusesitsownt.codomainforthispurpose.ThoughTwitterhasextendeditslimitto280characters,itautomaticallyshortenslinkslongerthan31charactersusingitst.codomain. TinyURL-whacking[edit] TheTinyURLmethodofallocatingshorterwebaddresseshasinspiredanexplorationactivityknownasTinyURL-whacking.Randomlettersandnumberscanbeappendedafterthefirstforwardslashtinyurl.com/,inanattempttofindandrevealinterestingsiteswithoutfindingandcopyingapreviouslyknownreferrer'slink.[1][5] Seealso[edit] URLredirection URLshortening Bitly References[edit] ^abcKatieDean(March16,2004)."Honey,IShrunktheURL".Wired.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonDecember21,2016.RetrievedNovember17,2016.Sothe24-year-oldWebdeveloperfromBlaine,Minnesota,launchedTinyURL.cominJanuary2002,afreesitethatconvertshugestringsofcharactersintomoremanageablesnippets. ^"HowtoPreviewShortenedURLs(TinyURL,bit.ly,is.gd,andmore)".2009-04-11.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2014-03-25.Retrieved2014-05-30. ^90+URLShorteningServicesArchived2008-08-30attheWaybackMachine,Mashable.Com,8January2008,page84 ^Weisenthal,Joe(May6,2009)."TwitterSwitchesfromTinyURLtoBit.ly".BusinessInsider.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonMarch8,2013.RetrievedFebruary15,2013. ^NewScientist,vol.179,issue2404,19July2003,page84 Externallinks[edit] Officialwebsite Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TinyURL&oldid=1078293039" Categories:URLURL-shorteningservicesHiddencategories:WebarchivetemplatewaybacklinksArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataOfficialwebsitenotinWikidata Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages CatalàEspañolFrançais한국어Italiano日本語PortuguêsРусскийSuomiSvenska中文 Editlinks