Great List Of URL Shortening Services

URL shortening services are very useful especially when we need to send long URLs to our friends and family via email, IM, SMS or phone conversations. In addition, many people prefer short URLs because they are easier to remember and easier to type in IM or SMS and it also look nicer than its original long URL. There are also some people who are using these services to hide their affiliate links or bypass firewalls that block websites according to URLs. But probably, the most common reason now why people are using these services is because of Twitter which has a 140-character limit only.

I have here a great list of URL shortening services that you find on the web. Some of these services have a bookmarklet that you can drag and drop to your bookmarks toolbar so the next time you want to use their service, just click that bookmarklet and voila, the link will be shortened instantly!

NOTE: These URL shortening services that I collected do not require any registration and all of them are free to use.

1. CanURL

2. MooURL – web’s cutest URL shortening service

Drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar.

3. Decent URL – making ugly URLS decent

4. Doiop

5. Is.gd – the shortest URLs around

6. Metamark

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7. Tiny URL

8. Not Long

9. NutShellURL

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10. Redirx

11. Shorl

12. ShortURL

13. Bit.ly

14. J.mp – powered by Bit.ly

15. Short URL

16. ShrinkURL

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17. Short Links

18. SnipURL

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19. StartURL

20. TightURL – tighten up long URLs to make short ones

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21. TinyURL

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22. URL.co.uk

23. URLcut

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24. URL.ie

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25. Yatuc

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26. Yep That URL

27. Threely – the 3 letter URL shortener

28. 307.to

29. 6URL

30. A.nf

31. A.gg

32. Adf.ly – let your links take flight

33. Afx.cc – get short

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34. Bac’n – shorten your bacon links

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35. Chilp It

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36. Cligs

37. Cutt.us

38. FFF.to

39. FLQ

40. Fly2.ws

41. Fwd4.Me

42. Gl.am

43. Hex.io

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44. Idek.net

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45. Jijr

46. Lil’ Text

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47. nn.nf

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48. Ow.ly

49. Pnt.me

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50. Really Tiny URL

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51. Redir.ec

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52. Ri.ms

53. Rick Roll It!

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54. Short.ie

55. Shrt.fr

56. Shw.me

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57. Sm00sh

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58. Sp2.ro

59. Spedr

60. Shrink Links

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61. Srs.li

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62. Surl

63. Tinyarro.ws

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64. Tiny.cc

65. toGOto

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66. Tra.kz

67. Trunc.it

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68. TwitterURL

69. TwitURL

70. Tweetburner

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71. U.nu

72. Ur1.ca

73. Url.az

74. URLi.nl

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75. URLKiss – a better way to shorten URLs

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76. Wipi.es

77. Xrl.in

78. eXtreme URL

79. Zud.me

80. zz.gd

81. l.pr

82. URLz.at

83. Shrten

84. Saf.li

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85. KXK.me

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