urlao.com - Make Your Long URL Short and Pretty

urlao.com is an application that turns your long, ugly, difficult url’s into short, pretty, manageable ones. Using urlao.com is simple. First you copy the long, nasty url into the box for ugly url’s click and watch your long url transform into a short pretty url. Short urls are easier to manage and you can easily copy them onto your blogs, email, webpages, etc.. without any hassle. No signing up is involved just visit the site and use the application as much as you would like. You can also edit your link. In order to edit and track your redirect you need to create a password. Stop dealing with 200 character url’s visit urlao.com and get a short manageable url.

“urlao ("earlao") creates a short URL out of a big one, here's an example:

Original:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Cupertino,+Santa+Clara, +California,+United+States&daddr=new+york,+ny&sll=37.0625,-95.677071&sspn= 52.152749,73.300781&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=39.571822,-98.085937&spn=50.61825, 73.300781&z=4&om=1

229 characters (2 SMS)

Shortened urlao URL:

http://urlao.com/FromSFtoNY

27 characters

This way you can paste URLs in Twitter, e-Mails, SMS, Chat rooms etc. without breaking anything.”

urlao.com has a very cute interface, the pink and grey background make a great combination. The site is ad free so you are not distracted by consumer ads or gimmicks. The site is simple to use, simply enter the long unattractive url and instantaneously receive a shorter more attractive one. Giving users the ability to edit their url’s is a nice feature.

urlao.com could give visual examples of when shorter url’s are more convenient. Although the site is pretty straight forward it could contain some more content such as information on the founders, etc..