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Better Way to Make Tiny Shareable URLs

Posted: April 15, 2009 | Filed Under Add-ons

In need of shortening a long URL into a short one?  Now, I don’t have to tell you that there are a plethora of services out there to do this for you, however I think I may have found my new favorite way of doing so in Firefox.

Shorten URL extension for Firefox

Shorten URL, an extension for Firefox will do this for you.  From the context menu, you can quickly shorten any link or web page’s URL into one that is easier to share.  Once installed, you can launch the link shortener in a number of different ways.  Right-clicking any link will give you the “Shorten this link URL” in the context menu.  Also right-clicking on any page will do the same.  You can even even launch the link shortener for a specific frame too.

Here are some of the other Shorten URL features:

  • Automatically copy to clipboard (disabled by default)
  • Automatically post to Twitter (disabled by default)
  • Supports 35 URL shortening services

To learn more or to install, be sure to check out their Google code profile or their page on the Firefox Add-ons site.  It has become my new favorite way to shrink a link.

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  • nice tool, but I prefer Ubiquity. It can be also used in the address bar. Is ubiquity for geeks? :-)
  • I second that comment. Ubiquity lets you do so many things, besides url shortening. I myself mainly use translate, twitter, shorten url and insert map commands.

    Love ubiquity,
    Neel.
  • Thanks for the review, Mitch : )
    Other secret feature if you're using TwitterFox, if you enabled the "Post to Twitter" option and is logged in from TwitterFox, TwitterFox panel will be opened instead of Twitter home after you shorten a URL.
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