Date:         Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:13:56 +0000
Reply-To:     mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tool to shorten URL's wihout redirecting?
Comments: To: ron@busdepot.com
Comments: cc: The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>

This seems to have the redirect option choice:
http://www.makeashorterlink.com/options.php
... at the bottom of the page.

--
Bob Stevens
http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare/87westysyncro.msnw

-------------- Original message --------------

> > Wouldn't be this: http://snipurl.com/
> > ... would it?
>
>
> No, that is a redirect service. The link snipurl generates will only work as
> long as snipurl themselves continue to redirect it. This can be a drawback
> when something will be in the Archives for years and years. Not a bad
> solution, but the one mentioned at that time (which I bookmarked but somehow
> lost) was a better alternative. It actually parsed the original URL and got
> rid of any additional characters that did not affect the actual link,
> without changing the domain name (so if the domain was Vanagon.com, it
> remained Vanagon.com). You could do the same thing by trial and error, of
> course, removing pieces of a link and reloading the page to find out what
> works, but this site did it instantly and very effectively.
>
> - Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> www.busdepot.com
> (215) 234-VWVW
>
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