first of all this is ironic, my anti-spam word is pwn and i had clicked every single rickroll link (thinking maybe the second one would be to something else) and I was just curious to see where the links went.

I am still working on my amazing script which will not only shorten links, but provide you with the peace of mind that the link you are going to will most likely NOT contain malicious software or a fraudulent website.

You have a Croatian web-page skrati.net (“skrati” equals shorten in eng.) where you can type your arbitrary adress that looks like http://skrati.net/youradress. I’m not sure is there an international site like this, but you can contact author and is he willing to do the translation.

[quote comment=”8890″]I’ve seen TinyURL links a lot in New Scientist[/quote]

Yeah, but like I said – to me it looks a tad bit unprofessional. Plus when the links break, New Scientist cant do anything about it. If they were using an in-house system they could go and edit the URL in the database when it became unavailable, thus extending the lifetime of their print articles.

Hey, this is an excellent tip. I didn’t know Get Shorty and will certainly look into it.

And yes, magazines have this problem with links. When it’s not some cumbersome full link in the printed pages, I find myself looking for their articles online many times, just to find the links they cite.

Thanks!

I’ve seen TinyURL links a lot in New Scientist