How it works
The most common service that creates this is Tinyurl.com Basically you copy and paste (or type) the URL you want shorten and it automatically creates a shorter URL which is basically a shortcut URL. (I could go into more technical detal on how this works but I don’t think we really need to or care how it gets done, as long as it gets done..right?) Have you created a shortcut on your desktop for a folder on your computer? well, basically this tiny URLs are the same thing. So what you do is you take that shortcut URL or tinyURL that was created and copy and paste it to your twitter.
UPDATE MARCH 22, 2009
I found exactly what tiny urls was missing. A way to track this links. If you post things on twitter, wouldn’t you like to know how many people clicked on it? are you writing stuff and people area actually paying attention? or are they passing you by and you don’t even know it? well, here it is.
it’s called BudURL.com you can get a free account and create your tiny urls, then it will automatically keep track of the clicks they get. If you want a more extent detailed tracking you can actually upgrade your account to have access to this.
