Creating shortened URLs

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   Hello world.  This time I will introduce a technique that creates a short url from your long web URL.  Like this one:

http://goo.gl/74Hll

  This link is a shortened URL of http://arnelirobles.blogspot.com/ .  If you try to click these URLs, you end up at the same location.

     This is achieved by doing a technique called URL shortening - "a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) may be made substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page" (taken from http://goo.gl/r54bB).    

   Actually, URLs aren't really shortened.  It uses short HTTP redirect on a domain name which links to a web page with a long URL.   This is often used in Twitter.

   Now to shorten your URL you need a URL shortening service.  I used the Google URL Shortener.  There are lots of URL Shortening services on the web like TinyUrl.com, XR.com,  and Tiny.cc just to name a few.  

     Even Mozilla firefox has an addon that enables you to create shortened URLs. However, I do not prefer this since it redirects to another site before the intended site. You may visit their wesite at this link http://goo.gl/HUxPZ. 

    For a detailed list of URL Shortening Services you may visit http://goo.gl/0z2nq/. 

    God bless everyone!