When I need to post long links and would like to make them into short links I use a very easy tool called snipURL.  This is a great tool if you post on twitter and you need to keep your character count low.  For example, if I wanted to have a link to a webpage that I have about using free traffic exchanges,  I would rather post this short link -

http://snurl.com/fevbf

instead of this long link -

http://www.cre8tivemedia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=66

It is definately much easier on the eyes and will take up less space.  The downside is that I do not have my website in the url (cre8tivemedia.org) but if you are affiliate marketing and you are using a capture page like -

http://www.thespiderwebsystem.com/cre8tivemedia

you may be better off snipping it and not allowing people to see “thespiderwebsystem.com” especially if you are not the owner of the site and are relying on your username to be in the link to earn commissions on referrals.

Matt Bryant

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