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Why Twitter's T.co Is a Game Changer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-wants-a-piece-of-that dept.

macslocum writes "If Twitter is so inclined, the company could turn the new t.co shortening service into a powerful analytics tool that solves the marketing and tracking issues of off-site engagement."

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  1. Identica by Compaqt · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is probably a good time to mention the Linuxy, freeish, openish alternative to Twitter:

    http://identi.ca/

    And if you don't like Identi.ca, create your own microblogging system with StatusNet:

    http://status.net/

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  2. Re:Just what we need by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not only that, any links via URL shorteners are rendered useless if the service goes down.

  3. Un-bit.ly links by InvisiBill · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out the Browser Extensions section of http://bit.ly/pages/tools for an addon that will show you the unobfuscated links. As an example, here's a bit.ly link for my site: http://bit.ly/bHnUhd

    I would expect similar tools to pop up for any URL shortening service that becomes decently popular.