Ever sent a long URL in an email only to have it break in many of your recipients email program? Email clients sometimes break the lines in a long URL causing them to become unclickable.
BudURL offers shortened URLs that will not break under most circumstances. An added advantage of using BudURLs is link click tracking. Here is how the service is described on the BudURL website:
“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!
“BudURL is easy to use! Just paste in a large, unruly web address in the box above and click the “Shrink It!” button. You’ll get a unique BudURLâ„¢ that you can use anywhere you’d like such as social networks, instant messages, emails, ad campaigns, electronic newsletters, etc.”
Try it on these two URLs – they take you to the same place.
http://bobstovall.com/how-fast-does-google-index-your-wordpress-posts/
You can shorten any URL for free on the BudURL website. If you want to track clicks, you’ll need to open a free starter account. More options are available for a small monthly fee, but up to 250 URLs can be added to a free account.
Get a BudURL or open a BudURL account by clicking here.
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Here is another source for shortened URLs:
http://tinyurl.com/
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http://tinyurl.com/
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