If there’s anything u.nu has going for it, it’s its URL, it’s short..very very short. It works exactly the same way other short URL services work (minus the bookmarklet).
Visit the site, enter the URL you’re looking to shorten and voila the shortest short URL you’re liking to come across, e.g. http://u.nu/6e.
Although it doesn’t provide the quality of analytics you’ll find with short URL services such as bit.ly and is.gd but by entering a “?” after the short u.nu URL (e.g. http://u.nu/6e?). you’ll see a few basic stats such as original URL, date created and number of times used.
Via the Apps Room on Friendfeed, i’ve also discovered there’s r.im and a.gd
Whilst we’re on the topic of short URL’s, I highly recommend reading our post on the industry here.
Time for Twitter to stop this url madness and add proper hyperlink functionality, then count the chars of the name of the link, instead of the URL. Or let them follow Boris’ advice: http://thenextweb.com/2009/04/23/tiny-opportunities-tiny-urls-services/
Wonderful app. for all short-url needs.
And it have a pretty api :) (ofcourse)
but it is not the shortest domain. It is just one of the shortest domains.:)
I love this services. Whoever thought of a url shortener for the first time is a real genius! It is amazing how simple things can make a huge difference when you are 24/7 online.
If you’re looking for the bookmarklet, one can be made easily using the api. For instance, use this one
javascript:void(location.href=’http://u.nu/unu-api-simple?url=’+escape(location.href))
Already use it a couple of times, it’s fast and I’m already implementing it as an option in a project.
Thanks for sharing
I was using Tiny URL before ! Now I think I should upgrade to this one ! :)
Cheers !
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The actual shortness of a url shortener doesn’t really concern me that much. I would rather have ease of use (such as Digg’s service) or powerful stats such as Cli.gs.
I personally use http://z.pe, it is as short as http://u.nu
kvt.me generate shorter url than any other site.
This is the best Shortest Url ever!
No more than 6 characters!
i mean http://kvt.me
Have you seen:
http://to.
That’s right, an A record for the ccTLD .TO.
World’s shortest URL shortener.
RFC-1035 compliant browsers don’t even need
the trailing “.”