Sep, 2009 : Brinkster Launches URL Shortener - br.st
📅 - Links are scanned when they are first submitted to be shortened, when a preview link is accessed, and when a short link is clicked on.
Brinkster, a web host solution provider, announced last week that it has launched a new URL shortening service it is calling br.st, throwing its hat into an already quite well-served market associated with several of the most popular social networking services.
URL shortening services offer users a way of including long web links in posts on services like Twitter and Facebook. There are more than a dozen services in the highly competitive market, including market leader Bit.ly and well-known TinyURL.com. These services first gained popularity with newsgroup and web forum users, but have seen an explosion in popularity as a result of the extreme popularity of Twitter, adds the company.
It further avers that br.st's angle in the URL shortening game will be the analytics it provides. Many of the tools currently in the market offer users tracking on the number and source of the clicks on their shortened URLs. According to Brinkster, br.st intends to do it better.
It also says that br.st displays statistics in the user's own time zone automatically, and can compare three metrics (total, country, region/state) graphically. Along with statistics, br.st will provide some advanced malware scanning
Brinkster, a web host solution provider, announced last week that it has launched a new URL shortening service it is calling br.st, throwing its hat into an already quite well-served market associated with several of the most popular social networking services.
URL shortening services offer users a way of including long web links in posts on services like Twitter and Facebook. There are more than a dozen services in the highly competitive market, including market leader Bit.ly and well-known TinyURL.com. These services first gained popularity with newsgroup and web forum users, but have seen an explosion in popularity as a result of the extreme popularity of Twitter, adds the company.
It further avers that br.st's angle in the URL shortening game will be the analytics it provides. Many of the tools currently in the market offer users tracking on the number and source of the clicks on their shortened URLs. According to Brinkster, br.st intends to do it better.
It also says that br.st displays statistics in the user's own time zone automatically, and can compare three metrics (total, country, region/state) graphically. Along with statistics, br.st will provide some advanced malware scanning
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