Sometime the links or website addresses become very long and so complicated to type in, send or remember. There are nowadays very many free services to shorten links making them suitable to SMS, email, tweet, post, simplify typing and save.http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Sat, 26 May 2012 04:12:05 ESTCopyright 2012 Thomas Karanja, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/computers-and-technology/tutorial/how-to-shorten-links-and-website-addresses-21976.htm<p>Sometime the links or website addresses become very long and socomplicated to type in, send or remember. There are nowadays very many freeservices to shorten links making them suitable to SMS, email, tweet, post, simplifytyping and save.</p><p>You can shorten them using Services like tiny.url or bit.ly</p><p>You can choose an optional name. And - if you have anaccount - you can see how many people clicked on your link using bit.ly.andothers. TinyURL also lets you add a "link shortener" to your browser</p><p>Others like SnipURLalso creates a list of all shortened URLs you've ever made, making themavailable for easy access in your "my snipURL" folder</p><p>This shortening services takes long URLs and outputs a veryshort one that's easy to email, include in newsletters, Post in forum and blogsor add to your own bookmarks or favorites list.</p><p>With also the growth of internet marketing where the internetmarketer get&nbsp; an affiliate link which issometimes very long or sometimes holds key information of his login username, it isbetter to shorten the links to hide his identity details or make it easier topost his link and be able to count the number of visits his link has created.</p><p>NOTE: Article links often change. In case of a bad link, use thepublication's search facility, which most have, and search for the article orheadline.</p>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:35:54 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/computers-and-technology/tutorial/how-to-shorten-links-and-website-addresses-21976.htmTRCB.comComputers and Technology / Tutorial