Don't you hate it when someone sends you an e-mail or chat message with an URL that looks like this:
      Or comments on your blog / website that have these huge links that will screw up your website layout?

      

      Set an example and use any of the services listed below that will make the URL short to re-direct someone to the correct website with the long URL. All short URL's lead to the main page.

Services making short URL's

URL Shortner Example Short URL: http://shorten.07x.net/s.php?s4s Make your long URLs into short URLs with custom tags or by default ids! Easy to remember! Get how may times clicked and reverse URL (Get URL form tag or id name).

SHRED URL Example Short URL: http://shredurl.com/P3 Shred your long URLs into short URLs!

Doiop Example Short URL: http://doiop.com/s4s Works with a keyword on the end of the short URL

Dwarf URL Example Short URL: http://dwarfurl.com/17075 Optional: URL protected by password

Shrinkster.com Example Short URL: http://shrinkster.com/12vw Another URL snipping service, worth a try!

Mem URL Example Short URL: http://memurl.com/vedini Optional: Adding keywords to the URL

Not Long Example Short URL: http://site4sites.notlong.com Works when subdomain is available and can be passworded

Shorl Example Short URL: http://shorl.com/nosisomidudri To make a long story short: Shorl makes long URLs short.

Snip URL Example Short URL: http://snipurl.com/site4sites Optional: Nickname, Private key and Title

Tiny URL Example Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/site4sites

Trace URL Example Short URL: http://traceurl.com/go/2/site4sites Many advanced options (Use Demo account to test)

XADDR Example Short URL: http://xaddr.com/4xn

Rurl Example Short URL: http://rurl.org/ik7 Short urls are perfect for mobile communication.

Path Example Short URL: http://www.path.to/site4sites/ Make long urls into short urls, Very simple and easy

Tubeurl Example Short URL: http://tubeurl.com/mohangoogle Make long urls into short urls

Zurl Example Short URL: http://zurl.ws/nL Make long urls into short urls, Developing site

Fyad Example Short URL: http://fyad.org/wqfr Take a long url and shorten it with fyad.org.

Rubyurl Example Short URL: http://rubyurl.com/4SNh RubyURL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier.

Linkslash Example Short URL: http://linkslash.com/site4sites This short URL service is free to use and you don't have to register to use all of it's functionality (except URLs editing). Professional Short URL cloacking service.

Iurl Example Short URL: http://iurl.in/3n Using our service you will be able to replace your long links with short links and you can even know how many clicks the link got and from where the clicks are coming from with date and time as well and the best of all it is FREE!

Metamark Example Short URL: http://xrl.us/site4sites Free Short URL redirection service. Make a long URL short with this service.

Fff.to Example Short URL: http://fff.to/Ot Short and handy redirection URLs. Referral links hiding. Full statistics of your redirect link usage. Traffic distribution system. Easy link management. Completely free of charge. Registration is NOT REQUIRED

Get-shorty Example Short URL: http://get-shorty.com/shorty/co/s4s/ Shorty is a simple tool for creating shorter, human- readable links from long URLs. You install Shorty on your server, so the links you create with it never go away. You can also manage your links and see how often people click on them.

Decenturl Example Short URL: http://site4sites.co.decenturl.com/s4s To make an ugly web address much nicer, just paste it in and click the button. We’ll try to find a decent title, or you can type in your own.

Urlpass Example Short URL: http://urlPass.com/3uwp urlPass is a free service that allows you to dramatically reduce the length of long and cumbersome URL's (otherwise known as web addresses or links).

ElfURL Example Short URL: http://elfurl.com/ao18d We make giant URLs shorter. Some say our elves make the smallest URLs around. Our URLs aren't 'tiny' but they're certainly small. Why use our elves? They provide free stats – that’s why!

FON Get Simple Example Short URL: http://fon.gs/site4sites Make big url small

BudUrl Example Short URL: http://budurl.com/cpqg BudURL was designed from the start to give small businesses and marketers insight into previously invisible click traffic. Not everyone has access to Google Analytics and most of those that have it don't know how to use it. BudURL makes link tracking amazingly simple. Shorten the link, put it somewhere, and watch the clicks roll in. It's that easy!

URL.ie Example Short URL: http://url.ie/vve Welcome to URL.ie, a free URL truncation service. Generate a short URL for your unsightly long one, and share that URL with others, who get automatically forwarded to your original URL, with no temporary redirect pages / ads / popups / cookies.

Jmp2 Example Short URL: http://jmp2.net/j7R Jmp2.net is a tool to make URLs smaller and easier to pass back and forth. Enter any URL Into the form below and press "Shorten It". This will generate a very small URL for you. Enter any URL and try for yourself!

W3t Example Short URL: http://w3t.org/c/site4sites Make any web address smaller to use in your blog, journal, forum, or email. Includes a Firefox extention to automate the process.

Tweetburner Example Short URL: http://twurl.nl/p0ystk Make any web address smaller.

Moourl Example Short URL: http://moourl.com/udh25 Welcome to the web's cutest URL shortening service. If you have a really loooong URL, just paste it in the text field below, and we'll milk it, creating a moourl for you. It lasts forever, It's automatically copied to your clipboard, and It's really cute.

Thinfi Example Short URL: http://thinfi.com/0az With thinfi you can convert a long tricky url into a short and simple one. You may be aware of the existence of several similar sites and therefor I have created something new. With thinfi you can convert Internationalized Domain Names and also add password protection to all your links.

Biglnk Example Short URL: http://biglnk.com/site4sites Url Shortening & Redirection Service

Sh0rt Example Short URL: http://www.sh0rt.com/BVLQA/ With this free service, you can shorten long URL's. This site will not use any ads in your re-direction, EVER.

SiteFwd Example Short URL: http://siteFwd.com/site4sites Create Free small URL on the Fly!

EasyURL Example Short URL: http://site4sites.easyurl.net http://easyurl.net/site4sites or http://site4sites.atu.ca http://atu.ca/site4sites or http://site4sites.goshrink.com http://goshrink.com/site4sites or http://site4sites.redirects.ca http://redirects.ca/site4sites Take those messy, way too long to remember, complicated URLs (or web addresses) and shorten them to something someone could easily remember (or type in). Simply paste in that long URL into the Long URL field box and click on shorten URL and you're done!

Other Services

Huge URL A parody website to all of the above services. Create URL's that are huge. Because bigger is better, right?

LinkNark Use NickNark to uncover the URL behind any of the URL's created by one of the services listed above. This can be useful if you don't trust the short URL, hiding the real URL.

Titanurl Use NickNark to uncover the URL behind any of the URL's created by one of the services listed above. This can be useful if you don't trust the short URL, hiding the real URL.

LongUrl Expand short URLs on any webpage with the LongURL Mobile Expander.

Shorttext shortText is a simple tool to post text online, with minimum fuss. No sign ups, no sign in, just instant web presence for your information. shortText now supports direct linking to your images and video. Twitzer is a Firefox Extension which lets you post text more than 140 characters.

Tinypaste TinyPaste is a service that lets you take large amounts of text and put it all in one place, and then gives you a tiny url to share it with your friends.

Do you know more services that can make a huge URL short? Send those links to me through E-Mail and I'll add them to this article.