Free Web Tool Friday: Bitly
This week’s “Free Web Tool Friday” is written by Eric Saber, Account Specialist here at Patron Technology. If you like this post, make sure to download our guide that has a list of 25 free web tools at the bottom of this page.
Over the last few years as Twitter has exploded in popularity, there has become a need for a new way to share links within the constraints of the 140-character limit. The problem is that many hyperlinks (URLs) are much, much longer than that limit. URL shortening services (tools that convert a long link to a shorter one, but redirect to the same website) have been around for a while and Twitter even provides this service automatically now, but it’s just not as robust as bitly.Read the Article