If it's for your own marketing purposes, why not just come up with your own domain name that's as short as you can think of? for a few bucks a year you can register pretty much anything as long as someone else hasn't taken it 3-letter domains are pretty much impossible to get, but pnmr.info is available, for example.
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Dustin Puryear <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Brad Bendily > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (no subject) > > What stops people from making short urls to point to some malicious website? > This thought alone makes me not want to click on any short url. > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Tim Fournet <[email protected]> wrote: >> oops, http://shadyurl.com >> >> >> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Tim Fournet <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I like http://shardyurl.com >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> what's up with the short URL's? >>>> >>>> I want to put one on my business card so its small, quick and easy for >>>> getting my vCard into smart phones. >>>> >>>> Honestly, I almost trust the short URL's linking to my page better than >>>> some QR code vCard service's. Of course, I probably won't put my email in >>>> my vCard if its crawl-able on my page. >>>> >>>> Of course short URL services like QR services must make money too. I >>>> figured google's would be best since its obvious they track things, but >>>> they make them public. >>>> >>>> According to Wikipedia, Panara bread doesn't let you get to them (tinyurl) >>>> from there wifi. >>>> >>>> Many social network and other sites block them (but I just want it on my >>>> card). >>>> >>>> Libia already shut down one ly service. How's Bit.ly still working? >>>> >>>> So Far, I found tinyurl.com, bit.ly, and goo.gl thoughts? >>>> >>>> Yea, I want it for .vCard Services, but also just as a link to my web page >>>> (and/or places page) I figure, I could use one, and let the user pick what >>>> they want to do. get my vCard, review, my business, and .... >>>> >>>> Heck, thoughts on a good secure way to make a page with all three? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Patrick M. BLA/LMT -- Rigger >>>> >>>> Communications & Media Consult -- Massage Therapist >>>> >>>> PnM Resources -- Follow me #: 800-901-1089 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > > -- > Have Mercy & Say Yeah > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
