Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks. The short URL can allow blacklisted URLs to be accessed, bypassing site blocks; this facilitates redirection of a user to blacklisted scam pages or pages containing malware or XSS attacks. So if your link is as long as a giraffes neck, coupled with the rest of the tweet, you will definitely find yourself truncating the text and even break the whole thing.
It's also important to note that some countries only allow registrations on what's call the third level — .co.uk for example. This should be for the link domain only; no wildcards. You may think it is a complicated thing to get but it is actually quite simple to set up and cheap too. Here are 5 URL Shorteners that I actively use: Bitly: This website allows you to create an unlimited amount of bitlinks, which come with analytics and tracking. Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page.
MailChimp pulls Google Analytics data each day at 08:15 UTC (04:15 EST) and takes approximately 24 hours to run. Given the choice between spending time and money to find a different home, or just giving up, the latter won out.[22] Google's url-shortener discussion group has frequently included messages from frustrated users reporting that specific shortened URLs have been disabled after they were reported as spam.[23] A study in May 2012 showed that 61% of URL shorteners had shut down (614 of 1002).[24] The most common cause cited was abuse by spammers. See if you are using Classic Analytics (ga.js) or Universal Analytics (analytics.js).