Long URL Please is a Firefox add-on that replaces short URLs with the originals so you can see where links actually link to.

Here’s how my Twitter account looks without Long URL Please:

Now, check out how my Twitter account looks after I installed Long URL Please:

How to use Long URL Please:

1. Download and install Long URL Please add-on. Once installed, restart your browser.

2. Now, every short URLs will be replaced with their original links.

3. You can also change the settings of the add-on. Just go to Tools menu –> Add-ons –> Long URL Please and click Options.

If you don’t want to install the add-on, you can still use Long URL Please by using their bookmarklet. Just drag the bookmarklet below to your bookmarks toolbar and click it whenever you see short URLs to replace it with their original links.

Drag Me: LONG URL PLEASE!

With Long URL Please, you’ll be more confident to surf the web! Have a safer and more productive browsing!

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KNOW THE LATEST TRENDS IN TWITTER

1. Twitt(url)y

Twitturly tracks the URLs flying around the Twitterverse and provides a quick, real-time view of what people are talking about on Twitter.

Each time someone tweets a URL to their followers on Twitter, Twitturly takes note of it and applies it as a vote for that URL. The more votes a URL has in the last 24 hours, the higher it ranks on Twitturly’s Top100. It’s that simple.

2. Twitturls

3. Monitter

Simple. It’s a twitter monitor, it lets you “monitter” the twitter world for a set of keywords and watch what people are saying.

4. Trendistic

5. TwitterLinkr

6. dailyRT – shows the most popular tweets on the web.

SHARE PICTURES ON TWITTER

1. Twitpic

2. yFrog

3. Twitgoo

ADD MORE FEATURES TO TWITTER

1. Seesmic Web

Seesmic Web is a web application helping to easily  manage and build your community directly in your browser. You can now be connected to your Twitter community from home, school, work, or, actually, everywhere you might need it! Process your messages in an email-like interface, view and add to your Twitter lists and save your searches synced with Twitter.

2. HootSuite

3. Br.st

4. Brizzly!

5. TwitHive

TWITTER TOOLS FOR MOBILE PHONES

1. Logpost – free Twitter client for mobile phones.

2. TweetDeck for iPhone

3. Seesmic for Blackberry and Android

4. Twinkle (iPhone)

5. Tweetr for iPhone – costs $3.99

Tweetr has been designed to make tweeting easier. With tweet scheduling, tweets are queued on our server and sent out at the precise minute you queued it for. This way you can get maximum exposure for that super important tweet.

6. Twitelator Free (iPhone)

7. GPS Twit – costs $0.99

GPS Twit is an application that you can run on your phone to make it easy for your friends to find you. The application is currently compatible with Twitter, however we plan to add support for other services such as Facebook, BrightKite, and more.

8. OpenBeak (BlackBerry)

9. Echofon (iPhone)

10. MoTwit (Palm OS)

11. Tweetie (iPhone) – costs $2.99

TWITTER TOOLS FOR DESKTOP

1. TweetDeck (Mac/Windows/Linux via Adobe Air)

2. Twhirl (Mac/Windows/Linux via Adobe Air)

3. Seesmic (Windows and Mac/Linux via Adobe Air)

4. Twitteroo

5. Tweetie (Mac)

6. DestroyTwitter (Mac/Windows/Linux via Adobe Air)

FIND FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS

1. Twubble

2. Twellow – yellow pages for Twitter

3. TwitDir – a Twitter Directory

MISCELLANEOUS STUFFS

1. Phweet – lets you talk to your Twitter friends for free!

2. TweetBeep

If you love Twitter, you’ll love TweetBeep! Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company, anything, with hourly updates! You can even keep track of who’s tweeting your website or blog, even if they use a shortened URL (like bit.ly or tinyurl.com).

3. BackTweets – search for links on Twitter.

4. Twittascope – your Horoscope tweeted to your Twitter account daily.

5. GroupTweet

GroupTweet turns a standard Twitter account into a group communication hub where members can post updates to everyone in the group using direct messages. When the group account receives a direct message from a group member, GroupTweet converts it into a tweet that all followers can see.

6. Twalala

Twalala is a client for Twitter that allows you to control what you see, and more importantly, what you don’t see in your Twitter stream.

7. Twittercal

It’s a free service that connects your Twitter account to your Google Calendar. Add events  in a snap from your favorite Twitter client.

8. TwInbox – update your Twitter status directly from Microsoft Outlook.

9. Flip My Tweet!

10. Twitter Grader

Twitter Grader is a free tool that allows you to check the power of your twitter profile compared to millions of other users that have been graded.

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Check out these awesome websites that lets you create “Self-destructing messages”:

* The services/websites below are all free of charge and doesn’t require any registration.

1. Destructing Message

Here’s their own description about their service:

DestructingMessage.com is a free service which enables you to send a self-destructing message to someone. This means, once they read the message they will no longer be able to read it again after the timer has reached zero. This ensures your message is read by no one but the reader and all evidence of the message is erased. Messages are also anonymous unless you add any identifiable information to your message.

Visit Destructing Message

2. Privnote

Here’s their own description about their service:

Privnote is a free web based service that allows you to send top secret notes over the internet. It’s fast, easy, and requires no password or user registration at all.

Visit Privnote

3. KickNotes

Here’s their own description about their service:

KickNotes is a completely free service used to send and receive self-destructing online messages.

Using KickNotes, you can (for example) compose a message which will delete itself after the first time it’s viewed. You can also compose a message which will delete itself after ten minutes but can be viewed an unlimited number of times within those ten minutes. You can even compose a message which self destructs after ten views or ten minutes (whichever comes first). With KickNotes, you’re in control of your messages!

Visit KickNotes

4. SDMessage – lets you send a message that will self-destruct within 60 seconds of viewing.

5. This Message Will Self Destruct

Here’s their own description about their service:

TMWSD is a secure, auto-deleted messaging service. This means two things.

1. We encrypt your message before we store it.
2. The first time the message is retrieved we delete the encrypted content.

Visit This Message Will Self Destruct*

* The owner knows that “thismessagewillselfdestruct.com” is a long domain name so instead of going there, you can just visit tmwsd.ws or xn--uih.ws

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Breadcrumbs are the links, usually above the title post, that look like “Home > Category > Post Title”. Maybe you are wondering now why should you use this and actually, Yoast has an answer to that.

Breadcrumbs are good for two things:

1. They allow your users to easily navigate your site.
2. They allow search engines to determine the structure of your site more easily.

Here is an example of Breadcrumbs on my blog:

Here is the list of Breadcrumbs WordPress Plugins:

1. Yoast Breadcrumbs

2. Breadcrumb Trail

3. Breadcrumb NavXT – the successor to the popular WordPress plugin Breadcrumb Navigation XT.

4. WordPress Breadcrumbs

The instructions on how you can install the plugins are on the website itself. If there’s any problem with the plugins, you can contact their respective authors.

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