Category Archives: urlborg

data portability for URL shorteners

Yesterday, Dave Winer wrote: One easy way to lower the cost of URL-shortening is to use our own domain names in place of tinyurl.xom, bit.ly, tr.im, et al. Any one of those services could take the lead here by allowing … read more →

from now on, urlBorg requires authentication to create short URLs

I don’t like it, but I had to do it. From now on urlBorg will ask you to login if you want to create a short URL. The reason is that spammers took advantage of the URL shortening service to … read more →

drupal + urlBorg

nsyll just released the drupal urlBorg module!

TwitVim support for urlBorg

TwitVim, a Vim plugin that allows you to post to Twitter and view Twitter timelines, has now support for urlBorg. Cool! Details at mortonfox.livejournal.com.

short URLs are gestures of attention

Nektarios is developing a drupal plugin that will make use of urlBorg. He asked me why, urlBorg creates a new short URL every time he makes an API call, even if the target URL is the same. Wouldn’t it be … read more →

urlBorg + summize.com

summize.com is a search engine for twitter -and a great one! urlBorg now queries summize.com for each short URL and displays the results in the preview page. This way it is easier to guess or understand what the link is … read more →

better stats for urlBorg

urlBorg lets users see more detailed stats now. There are many ways to access the click stats: Click the “more info” link at the bottom of any “preview page” Login to your account and click the short URL on any … read more →

some great comments -thanks!

I asked urlBorg users to rate the app in the AppEngine application gallery and got some enthusiastic comments: One of the best url shortening tools – jim.hellas – May 24, 2008 UrlBorg has a very simple interface, provides personal account … read more →

urlBorg: making your life easier

urlBorg has two new features: 1. It will keep a record of all the “short URLs” you’ve created, with stats (number of clicks). This is a nice way to keep track of the URLs you’ve created but also to see … read more →

urlBorg previews (mp3, maps)

At the top of each page on urlBorg you will se a link named “account”. Click on it and login using your GMail account. You will be redirected to your urlBorg account page, where you will se the option “enable … read more →