Teeny tiny URL’s. We’ve all seen them, and many of us use them. Originally people started to use URL shortening services because they just got far to long and cumbersome to use for ordinary purposes. Now that the internet has developed to the extent it has, not to mention the massive expansion of social media, many of the URL shortening services now offer link tracking and metrics. What does this mean for us? With these new tools at our fingertips, we can use mini-URLs for … [Read more...]