Zeldman blogged on this topic today at this URL: http://www.zeldman.com/2009/08/10/shorten-this/
Or, the hand-rolled short version, provided by the Wordpress Short URL plugin is here: http://zeldman.com/x/50 - Larry On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:10 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > > According to TechCrunch there is a reason why Twitter switched to > bit.ly > > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/url-shortening-wars-twitter-ditches-tinyurl-for-bitly/ > > For me url shortening was purely for url shortening so I've been using > is.gd since it seemed to generate short urls and it was supported by > TweetDeck. It's quite possible that I might have been using tr.im if > they listed it higher on their list of supported services. > > Considering the Twitterspace, unless you're backed by a VC or intend > it to be a loss leader the competition seems pretty wide which > apparently doesn't seem to be the case for tr.im. They mention they > looked into getting bought. They might have a great service, but > unless there's a feasible revenue model associated with it, I suspect > potential buyers are going to be very limited. If they were hoping to > be acquired by Twitter, I wouldn't have hoped on that, given that > Twitter is not generating revenue as far as I know. As far as I can > tell, it doesn't look like they had a realistic business plan in place > given the landscape. > > tr.im does seem to be a good name, but for me short urls are > unreadible when I look at it in whole. I still don't know what I'm > clicking on per se, so whether it starts with http://tr.im/ or > http://bit.ly/ > I really don't see one being superior over another name-wise. If > anything, I'd probably chose which one generated the shortest url so > as to save space in my tweet. Furthermore, what the url shortening > service is branded seems less important when you consider how it will > be primarily used. Once integrated with an app, visibility of the > brand is probably going to be negligible. A lot of Twitter apps > provide url shortening either via a built in tool or automagically. > > I haven't been using it, but as I've mentioned, I could care less what > the service was called. And if TechCrunch's research is correct, > Twitter picked bit.ly because of several factors. > > - > Warren > > > -- Larry Kubin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
