I remember the first time I saw a Tiny URL address (in a computer magazine) and being a little puzzled by it. As the genius of the idea slowly sank in I started wondering why no one else had come up with this before.

A few years down the line and it seems like everyone else did have the same idea … now there’s several sites offering the same or similar services … all competing for the ‘Tiny’ crown. So who’s top of the tiny charts?

Just in case you have no idea what I’m talking about I thought i’d let http://www.tiny.cc/ explain it themselves …

Simplify links to your website. Mask an affiliate link. Create personal or unique addresses using a keyword. Tiny.cc turns a ridiculously long URL into a tiny URL… short, meaningful and permanent.

Thanks guys … now let’s have a look at a list of URL shorteners …

tiny.cc - still the original and the best?

snipurl.com - err snippetty snip snip apparently

qurl.com - making long urls shorter … well done!

bit.ly - a nice clean, fresh approach.

A few others worth a look …

http://notlong.com/

http://elfurl.com/

http://metamark.net/

Tags: bit.ly, qurl, snipurl, tiny, url