Bit.ly - The URL Shortener Techies Love

Super long url’s getting you down? They are something of a hassle, what with their seemingly never ending letters, symbols and characters. Help is to be had however (lots of it actually).

Take Bitly for instance. This url shortener has quickly become a darling amongst tech bloggers, who have fallen for it like no other. It does what your standard url shortener does, namely, shorten urls for sharing in emails or IMs. Bitly doesn’t stop there, though. Bitly is perfect for professionals in the tech industry. It’s got an open API and platform, along with stats, an archive and page thumbnails. Bitly can also process bits of page content to be displayed for matching with other similar content. Also, of note, Bitly’s parent company, Betaworks, invest in Twitter, so there may be a connection there in the near future.