I've been using bit.ly all along and have zero complaints. Their History view is a great snapshot of what's going on and how much you're affecting it and their FF add-on works like a charm.
Cheers, Art Thompson, Jr. Logical Things - Design + Technology 917-609-1158 [m] 512-692-9865 [w] www.logicalthings.com linkedin.com/in/logicalthings twitter.com/logicalthings On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Wilson, Russell <[email protected] > wrote: > > Some other URL shorteners that have stats are: > > awe.sm (lots of hype on these guys recently - heavily funded) > su.pr (from stumbleupon - interesting integration there) > cli.gs > > I've been experimenting with them all for my blog (dexodesign.com) because > I wanted to offer shortened urls to readers AND use the same service for > some > of the plugins I'm using. Problem is that getting one service across all > the > plugins has been near impossible... I'm still in the process of working on > this > one... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex S. Jones > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Refresh Austin: 4256] Re: Tr.im going away > > > I chose Tr.im for the same reasons Ryan did - useful stats in an easy > to use UI. Additionally I liked the fact that it used the minimal > characters possible, which is important when posting something to > Twitter that you think will be retweeted. The 3 characters that > differentiated Tr.im from Bit.ly, not to mention the longer options > like TinyURL.com can have a significant impact. > > > Alex Jones > www.SilverSpider.com > www.twitter.com/BaldMan > www.RefreshAustin.org > > > > On Aug 10, 2009, at 8/10/09, 11:15 AM, Ryan Joy wrote: > > > > > I chose tr.im because I wanted stats for my shortened links. I didn't > > research many of the other shorteners because tr.im very simply > > provided the service I needed. Although, the frequency of 500 error > > pages recently had become very annoying. I probably would've jumped > > ship even had they continued to operate. > > > > - RYAN JOY > > http://twitter.com/atxryan > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Louis Orenstein<[email protected] > > > wrote: > >> > >> As we all know, tr.im is about to close up shop, and it seems > >> people are > >> a little sad to see it go. > >> > >> I'm curious if people are sad about tr.im going away more for > >> nostalgic > >> reasons, or are there some technical (or other) benefits that they > >> offered over bit.ly (or other URL shorteners for that matter) > >> > >> Tr.im's site says that there was no way for them to monetize URL > >> shortening since users won't pay for it. That seems like something > >> they > >> should have known going in, and while they might not have the money > >> or > >> time to investigate other business models it almost sounds like they > >> threw all of their eggs into one of two baskets: (a) get users to pay > >> for their url shortening (and associated stats) (b) get acquired by > >> another company. Neither of them is working out, but did they have a > >> backup/fallback plan? What would one look like? > >> > >> Did Twitter pick bit.ly just randomly out of a hat? It's definitely > >> true that in markets you don't always have the superior product > >> winning > >> the biggest market share, but if tr.im really was a much better > >> offering > >> than bit.ly I would think they would be able to figure out another > >> way > >> to monetize... but maybe bit.ly always had the "good ol boys club" > >> advantage since I believe I read they have some high-profile > >> investors > >> who may themselves have the ability to influence the market's > >> decisions. > >> > >> Anyone care to discuss / share / enlighten ? > >> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
