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On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.
Opinion: Why URL shorteners can be dangerous By now, you have likely come across a strange-looking URL. Arranged as various characters, it's not like the usual Web address. Rather, it's a shortened URL from a redirection service, such as Tiny.url or bit.ly.
Facebook Vanity URLs are Cool, but They Can Also Ruin The FunHow many people have registered their Facebook vanity URLs? Last time we checked, less than 5%.
Some More Thoughts On The DiggBarThere are various reasons I only foresee the eventual outcome of this situation to be the removal of the DiggBar entirely. First I want to list five (out of many) fundamental problems inherent to the current DiggBar:
Sites can block the DiggBar, but is it worth it?John Gruber of the blog Daring Fireball doesn't like what Digg's doing with its DiggBar, and has come up with a relatively simple way to block it on his own site.
10 Things Every Newspaper And Magazine Website Must DoType "newspaper industry" into Google News and there's nothing but bad news. Everything from falling profits and job losses to trying to figure out their footing in the new media world.
Google, Yahoo spiders can now crawl through Flash sitesAs anyone who has had the pleasure of doing web design and development through marketing agencies knows, Flash tends to be wildly popular among clients and wildly unpopular among, well, pretty much everyone else.
Web hosting names that make you go "Huh?"There are a lot of web hosting companies out there with unusual, strange, or just plain weird names (and URLs). We have collected some of the strangest ones in this post.
It's Time to Drop the "www"It's no longer necessary to use "www" when referring to websites. It's a waste of storage, a waste of ink, and it takes 2-5 times as long to pronounce as saying the domain by itself. Enter no-www.
StickyThisThis site allows you to shorten URLS and browse your favorite websites by name after you "Sticky" them. Try it!
A Tour of the Google BlacklistI recently decided to devote a day to walking through the Google Blacklist. While some of the findings were to be expected, others proved somewhat surprising. The Google Blacklist is a listing of URLs suspected to be phishing sites.
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