Comments on: Be safe while using Shortened URLs

By: Ajith Mohan

Ajith Mohan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:46:36 +0000

Hi Aravind,

This is such an amazing information.Yeah correct,internet security is the one of the major affair in web world.Expect more like these type posts.

Thanks,
Ajith

By: Ajith Mohan

Ajith Mohan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:45:33 +0000

Hi Aravind,

This is such an amazing information.Yeah correct,internet security is the one of the major affair in web world.Expect more like this posts.

Thanks,
Ajith

By: aravind jose

aravind jose — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:02:43 +0000

Cool.
I wonder why I missed them !!

But, this could be done only to TinyURL and SnURL, right??
There are many more URL shorteners out there.

We might ask Aalaap (creator of lin.cr, linkbun.ch, canyouopenthis.com) to find a way around this if he can.
But, for the time being, Use http://CanYouOpenThis.com

By: Dave L

Dave L — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:35:27 +0000

I spoke too soon - http://peek.snurl.com/28pff is an even URL shortener, I just didn’t notice the “peek” button on their control before.

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By: Dave L

Dave L — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:51 +0000

I’ve started switching to http://preview.tinyurl.com/5zv7nk — it’s only 7 characters more, though would be nice if a service standardized on this. Eventually I’d expect they would have to, as the hidden redirect aspect gets abused more often.

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By: aravind jose

aravind jose — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:24:53 +0000

@ Dave & @Sathya & @*ALL*

As sathya pointed out, you can get to know where the link will take you by using services like SNAP which loads a preview of the target page in a small frame.

And herez a graphical way to ping a server:
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/{WEBSITE_NAME}

By: Sathya

Sathya — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:55 +0000

@Dave you can try using http://canyouopenthis.com this shows if the site is up or down and provides a snapshot of the site as well.

By: aravind jose

aravind jose — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:56:38 +0000

Sadly, I couldn’t find any service that shows the target location it is linking to.
Infact, DIRECT REDIRECTION is considered as a GREAT FEATURE on those sites.

So, for the time being, we can only be cautious while using those !!

By: aravind jose

aravind jose — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:54:21 +0000

@Manan
Many of my friends had this trick played on them and consulted me.
@Sathya
This is indeed an important aspect to keep in mind while using those links.

By: Dave L

Dave L — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:52:22 +0000

This could actually be the death of Twitter. If you look at TwitterBuzz.com, a lot of the links are bad or ads already. Do you know of a service that provides a tinyurl-like shortened URL, but shows you the link, or info about it, before taking you to it?

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