Post Tagged with: "url"

/ March 12, 2011 5:33 pm

Trick.ly – Password Protect Your Short URL

I’ve already featured some great URL shortening services in the past but this time, I’m going to show you a cool way on how you can protect your short URL with Trick.ly. Trick.ly is another free URL shortening service but with an added feature. It gives your short link a “password-protection” so only people you choose can view it. You [...]

/ June 4, 2010 3:45 pm

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 [...]

/ May 5, 2010 11:48 am

Saf.li – URL Shortener Service That Checks Links For Viruses And Phishing

There are a lot of URL shortener services out there but most of them just shorten the links without even scanning it if it has viruses, malware or other threats that can harm your computer, so when you receive a short link and when you click it, your computer might get easily infected. However, on my previous post, I showed [...]

/ May 4, 2010 2:16 pm

Long URL Please – Replace Short URLs With Their Original Links

When your friend send you a short URL, I’m sure you have no idea where it links to but if you trust your friend, you’ll probably click that link. But what if that is a stranger? How will you know if the link he sent you is safe? That’s when Long URL Please comes in. Long URL Please is a [...]

/ April 6, 2010 9:16 pm

How To Change The URL Of Your Facebook Profile And Fan Page

Some of my friends are asking me how to personalize the URL of their Facebook profile, and here’s the answer to their simple question. If you have changed your username before, you won’t be able to change it anymore. Facebook only allow their users to change their username “once” so be very careful when choosing and changing it. This username [...]