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How To Earn $3000 In 3 Days Using The Best Link Shorteners ( Step By Step Guide)

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Things I Hate About the Internet: URLs (Part 3)

Link shorteners tend to be unnecessary and harmful. Aside from some very special cases, don't use them.

Nowadays, sending a full URL is pretty easy, even for the bloated URLs with extra junk I mentioned in Part 2. Just copy and paste, and on the other side many programs will automatically turn it a clickable link. So a lot of the time you just don't need a link shortener.

I could stop there, but this wouldn't be Things I Hate About the Internet without pointing out some actual harms that link shorteners can cause.

First, it obscures the true nature of a link, which opens the door for all sorts of abuse.

Second, it makes the URL more fragile. Remember how in Part 1 I said that URLs are at the mercy of their domains? Well now you have two to worry about: the original website you were trying to link to and the link shortener. If either one of those goes down, your link doesn't work.

The Internet Archive started the 301Works project to archive URLs created through link shorteners, but it's woefully incomplete and out of date. I don't think there's any any archival project that could keep up with the dozens or even hundreds of link shorteners out there. (Plus, as Joshua Schachter points out, there are major implications for privacy in archiving shortened URLs.)

I can think of only two cases in which using a link shortener is acceptable:

When you post a link on Twitter, it automatically gets shortened using Twitter's own link shortener, t.co. I think this isn't as harmful, first because Twitter usually shows the original link anyway (so you have some idea of what you're actually clicking) and second because t.co is run by Twitter so it'll probably last as long as Twitter itself. (But don't share a t.co URL elsewhere!)

When you have very limited space, such as on a flyer, bulletin board, or video announcement, then you could use a link shortener. But consider creating a shorter URL on your own website instead if you know it needs to be communicated in this way.

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Paywall, you say? Ad.fly you scream? Creators content you squeal? See. I respect all creators content that I use. I also credit them. I don’t steal or do anything wrong according to Electronic Arts. All content created, regardless who it’s by (even my content) belongs to EA. To charge for that content is against THEIR TOUs , yes.. I decided to look this up since people felt butthurt. Unless EA has a problem with me uploading complete sims, then I am doing nothing wrong. The people that are charging are.

Possible rebuttals:

-”Well, even if technically you aren’t doing anything wrong it’s still about morality.” Ahhh , okay. Morality? Hmph. I give credit and don’t claim anything. Speaking of morality EA states that althought using adfly doesn’t go against their TOU when it comes to content, creators should be aware that certain ad shorteners can give users viruses and they should stray from it. SO... if we’re going to talk about my morality, let’s talk about theirs as well. 

Once again, I love the creators for the sims and I appreciate everything yall do. I will never steal, claim, or resell any of your things. But let’s not be a pot calling the kettle black, k? 

On a sidenote, no creators have actually reached out to me with any issues. It’s only the people who like to secretly use downwithpatreon and then act like they’re gunho  for creators! 

-EA also said “It’s not illegal to reupload content, however the community might hate you.”  Hmph. I don’t know the community and they don’t know me. Simple. If you really have the patience to get mad over someone reuploading a deleted, paywall-hidden, or adfly-protected-virus-producing package file then geez... let’s talk about YOUR morality.

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Skipping Link Shorteners

Hey lovelies, I didn’t forget, I just fell asleep. I have all the following extensions installed in my Chrome browser to keep me safe.

AdBlock

Skip Shorte.st ads

Adskipper

AdFly Bypasser

AdSkip

adf.ly killer

You can remove them at any time, but I’ve been using these for around a month or 2 with no issues all at once. Happy ad skipping!

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Cannot do otherwise Inner man Use URL Shorteners?

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In the past, I had been using bit.ly but had switched to Goo.gl, well - seeing it's Google. And everything works better with Google; this was the first time something I used let alone Google had not worked as planned. And it just wasn't my links, none with respect to the links with Goo.gl were workings. No immortal mischief, unless they were linking your Black Friday & Cyber Monday traffic thru these shorteners. Ouch.<\p>

In any case this brings up the whole question of whether or not my humble self should use a link shortener?<\p>

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Should You Ultimate purpose URL Shorteners?

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Hall the past, IT had been using end.ly but had switched to Goo.gl, well - now it's Google. And everything works better with Google; this was the senior time something I used with Google had not worked as planned. And it shaping wasn't my links, none of the links over and above Sentiment.gl were working. No high-minded loss, unless he were linking your Black Friday & Cyber Monday traffic thru these shorteners. Ouch.<\p>

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A URL link shortener works by redirecting your shorter congregate to the longer one themselves have entered into their database. If this is a permanent 301 redirect, then your SEO benefits should pass through to your longer link. No despoliation done. But if the shortening service uses a 302 dying filiation then SEO is not passed thru to your longer link insofar as the scout out engines singly read this link as temporary.<\p>

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Are You Using Cloaking Devices for Your Links?

Are You Using Cloaking Devices for Your Links?

I was in our forum today and this thread title stuck out: “Are You Cloaked?”

Obviously, if you’re a Star Trek fan like I am, the first thing that comes to your mind is the Klingons and their cloaking devices they use on their ships to hide themselves from the Starship Federation and any other enemies.

People also use a variety of “cloaking devices” to hide their affiliate links or mask them so…

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Annoying short links

Ever go down through your news feed at work and click on a link of something you’re interested in only to find it’s been blocked due to URL shorteners being blocked for security reasons?

Or maybe you’re one of the more security conscious out there and are afraid to click on ‘blind links’.

Well, be afraid no more.  You used to have to track down the service that shortened the link and see if they…

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