Twitlik.com - URL Redirection Service

To quote Elvis Costello, the Internet has become “mighty crowded”, and many addresses have become just too long as a result. Every now and then we feel like sharing some of these. This is not a problem if we are e-mailing them, but when it comes to contexts where there is a limit of characters it is a different story. This issue has been addressed by a healthy succession of URL shorteners, and this tool does exactly that. TwitLik allows you to convert any long and tricky Internet address into a new, shorter one that will take you to the very same page but that is 20 characters or less long.

In addition to making for easy sharing, a shorter URL also lessens the chance of making a mistake when you are keying in the URL in your browser, and saves procedural headaches and tantrums.

The company also abides by a policy whereby they check the URLs that are shortened in order to ensure that you will come across no inappropriate links, and that you will not be redirected someplace that is better left alone. That is certainly commendable, and a good point any way you look at it.

“Take those messy, too long to remember, complicated URLs (or website addresses) and shorten them to something someone could easily remember.”

It is a viable alternative when it comes to sharing links in an easy and direct way.

How is the shortening process carried out in technical terms?