
We use URL shortening services on daily basis, they are extremely useful in Internet conversations, let it forum threads, IM chats, etc. These services are also life-savers in communication channel where you are limited to specific no. of characters per session – Twitter for instance. Some even use them to hide away affiliate links they shared or bypass firewalls that block websites according to URLs.
As long as they turn your long whining URL short, it’s a good job. TinyURL is perhaps the famous amongst, but it’s cool to know more so we get to swap from one to another (if you ever get bored). Here we’ve compiled 68 URL shortening services on the Internet that’s still working. Why the ‘still working‘? Some services were forced to shut down thanks to spammers. Together with the list, we thought you might also want a list of bookmarklet-supported URL Shortening services in a Firefox bookmark file so you can shorten any URL on the fly with Firefox. Everything after jump.
68 URL Shorteners
| Service Name | After shortened (sample) | More Options? | Bookmarklet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2N | http://a2n.eu/tech |
No
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No
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| Beam.to | http://beam.to/hongkiat |
No
|
No
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| B65 | http://b65.us/28x |
Yes
|
No
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| CanURL | http://canurl.com/s0hui |
No
|
No
|
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| Decent URL | http://hongkiat.decenturl.com/tech |
No
|
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| DigBig | http://digbig.com/4wxab |
Yes
|
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| Doiop | http://doiop.com/l3a46l |
No
|
No
|
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| Dwarfurl | http://dwarfurl.com/9ca0c |
Yes
|
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| EasyURL | http://easyurl.net/55a7a |
Yes
|
No
|
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| EzURL | http://www.ezurl.eu/1 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| FhURL | http://fhurl.com/b10024 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Fly2 | http://fhurl.com/b10024 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Is.gd | http://is.gd/eMM |
No
|
No
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| X.se | http://www.x.se/xskb |
No
|
No
|
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| LiteURL | http://www.liteurl.net/a9sh |
Yes
|
No
|
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| lnk.in | http://lnk.in/5z5f |
Yes
|
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| Metamark | http://xrl.us/bkd33 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Minilien | http://minilien.com/?nhSqU4SkQp |
No
|
No
|
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| MooURL | http://moourl.com/woot/?moo=f9cmd |
Yes
|
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| MyURL | http://myurl.in/sSBTd |
Yes
|
No
|
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| NanoRef | http://nanoref.com/hongkiat/AvF62w |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Ne1 | http://you.ne1.net |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Not Long | http://hongkiat.notlong.com |
No
|
No
|
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| Nutshell URL | http://nutshellurl.com/1yb |
No
|
No
|
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| Redirx | http://redirx.com/?0jxn |
No
|
No
|
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| RubyURL | http://rubyurl.com/1CO1 |
No
|
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| Shim | http://yourname.shim.net |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Shorl | http://shorl.com/gabrafihobidra |
Yes
|
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| ShortenURL | http://www.shortenurl.com/6thpj |
No
|
No
|
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| Shoter Link | http://shorterlink.com/?ABC123 |
No
|
No
|
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| Shortlinks | http://shortlinks.co.uk/kkx |
No
|
No
|
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| ShortURL | http://hongkiat.shorturl.com |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Short URL | http://url.lotpatrol.com/?x=892 |
No
|
No
|
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| Get Shorty | http://get-shorty.com/shorty/hongkiat/ |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Shrinkr | http://shrinkr.com/13 |
No
|
No
|
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| ShrinkURL | http://shrinkurl.us/vDC |
Yes
|
No
|
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| SHurl | http://shurl.net/afw |
Yes
|
No
|
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| SimURL | http://simurl.com/wugses |
No
|
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| Sitelutions | http://ByInter.com/you |
No
|
No
|
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| SnipURL | http://snipurl.com/28bo6 |
Yes
|
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| ShredURL | http://shredurl.com/4de |
No
|
No
|
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| Smallr | http://smallr.com/35m |
No
|
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| StartURL | http://starturl.com/gsukp |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Tight URL | http://tighturl.com/7vk |
No
|
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| Tiny Link | http://tinylink.com/?jqdZqSlzo4 |
No
|
No
|
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| TinyURL | http://tinyurl.com/6 |
No
|
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| TraceURL | http://traceurl.com/rdS?r=1507&l=15 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| Ulimit | http://hongkiat.euro.st |
Yes
|
No
|
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| URL.co.uk | http://url.co.uk/f2ktz |
No
|
No
|
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| URL Cutter | http://urlcutter.com?39024 |
Yes
|
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| URLcut | http://urlcut.com/1pxhz |
No
|
No
|
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| URL Hawk | http://urlhawk.com/5k9 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| URl.ie | http://url.ie/dkx |
No
|
No
|
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| Url Tea | http://urltea.com/367u |
No
|
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| U76 | http://u76.org/o2 |
No
|
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| WapURL | http://wapurl.co.uk/?CGL8HL3 |
Yes
|
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| Xil | http://xil.in/2323/ |
Yes
|
No
|
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| YATUC | http://yatuc.com/b$t |
Yes
|
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| Yep It | http://yep.it/l4_74e |
Yes
|
No
|
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| 6URL | http://www.6URL.com/1P77 |
Yes
|
No
|
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| 301URL | http://301url.com/K |
Yes
|
No
|
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| URL Pie | http://www.urlpire.com/?QQATP |
No
|
No
|
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| Pi URL | http://piurl.com/5 |
No
|
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| URLvi | http://urlvi.be/kzawc |
Yes
|
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| Shrtnd | http://shrtnd.com/444/ |
Yes
|
No
|
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| FwdURL | http://fwdurl.net/258 |
No
|
No
|
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| G8L | http://g8l.us/8uq |
No
|
No
|
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We believe this isn’t close to a complete list. If you got more, we appreciate a heads up.
Bookmarklets for Firefox

[Firefox only] We compiled all URL shorterning services that supports bookmarklet into a bookmark file so you don’t have to. Download shortcut.html (right-click, save as), import it into your Firefox browser as bookmark and start to shorten any URL with any services that serve your mood on the fly. For those who are not familiar with Firefox bookmark importing, here’s a small guide.
How to import for Firefox?
Step 1
Download shortcut.html. In Firefox, go to Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks.

Step 2
In Bookmark Manager, go to File Import. Select ‘From File’, look for shortcut.html and click Ok.

List of URL shorterners should appear as a folder under your Bookmark Toolbar. If it does not, most probably is because you did not enabled Bookmark Toolbar on Firefox.

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Comments
shoabn May 13th, 2008
u missed mine http://curlit.in
:)
ReplySyahid A. May 13th, 2008
Really lovely collection HK. TinyURL will always be the most remembered because it is one of the pioneers of URL shortening.
ReplyKay May 13th, 2008
What a complete list!
ReplyKay May 13th, 2008
What a complete list! Dugg!
ReplyAsk Bjørn Hansen May 13th, 2008
Hi there,
Nice list. :-)
Metamark does have a bookmarklet, look for “Bookmarklets” on http://metamark.net/ …
– ask
ReplyFachia May 13th, 2008
I think I know one of the most uses url shortening service in my country, Indonesia, it is http://urlcantik.com/ but I think it is only Indonesian use this free url shortening service. But it may be so easy for everyone to shorten their URL there.
ReplySteve Yu May 14th, 2008
That is a very looooong lists!!!!
ReplyBoltClock May 14th, 2008
WeeIT!
ReplyA.C. May 22nd, 2008
A very simple one I use very often is brrr.at
Best,
ReplyCordobo
Pwenton Dwenton May 23rd, 2008
niiiiiiiiiice
Replythumbs up
Chin May 23rd, 2008
awesome list
ReplyBob Schriver July 7th, 2008
Hey. I’d just like to give you a heads up on a URL shortener I’ve created, http://½.WS (also available at http://onehalf.ws). It uses internationalized domain names to bring you the shortest URL’s possible.
Thanks for creating this awesome list, and, just so you know, is.gd does have a bookmarklet, its about halfway down this page http://is.gd/instructions.php.
ReplyBill P July 9th, 2008
GR8 list, thanks for th input…
http://www.urlcover.com is also another great resource to use when it come to short url services. It provides a simple and easy to use short url creator for free url redirection with options to add expiration date and password protect feature. :)
Thanks!
ReplyNick August 4th, 2008
I’m not sure if you intended to be the authority on all the url shorteners out there, but I feel I ought to add my own for completeness: http://pnt.me/
Thanks for keeping up the list.
ReplyBromptonWeb August 5th, 2008
Here another one that very tiny..
http://1iny.com
Cheers
ReplyWekiki August 16th, 2008
Wow! That was a great list! http://sn.vc also a great one to be include.
ReplySteve August 24th, 2008
There’s another one at http://www.nipurl.com.
ReplyRonny Johnsen October 12th, 2008
Have difficulties with never-ending URLs? Diggurl will solve all your problems.
Visit http://www.diggurl.com to create shortened/redirected URLs to any long URL.
# Free! No registration required.
Reply# Manage your shortened URLs.
# Set temporary download links and protect them with password.
# Hide your URLs from search engines and bots.
# Cleaner bookmarks in your web browsers.
# Continuous URLs in emails.
# AJAX interface;
# Bulk URL shortening;
# Password-protected URLs;
# Temporary URLs;
# Custom tags;
# Custom tags for bulk URLs (automatically assigned tags like tag1, tag2, tag3 and so on);
# Redirects statistic – referer domain, referer page, visitor’s IP (+ link to geographical information about each visitor), date;
# URLs and hits statistics can be seen even without registration (IP-based authorization);
# Registered users: edit/delete URLs;
# Mass upload URLs from file;
# Export links to CSV file;
jiri Kutil December 1st, 2008
Put multiple links into one short link
http://1link.in
ReplyqAmp December 7th, 2008
You missed http://www.Shakky.com
ReplyVitaliy Berdinskikh December 25th, 2008
B65.us is down
ReplyJoseph January 8th, 2009
There is one at http://www.foco.us/shorturl/ to.
ReplyDee January 31st, 2009
Free Site Redirect and Short URL Service
Provides Free Short URL and Site Redirection Service.
* Free Short URL’s
* Free Unlimited Redirects
* Free Counter
* Free E-mail Notifications
* Links Never Expire (For as long as the service is available)
* No Registration Required
* No ADS
* No Pop Ups
* Instant Redirect – Transparent to the user
** No Adult Sites Allowed
Web 2.0 Short URL Service.
Short URL Service Site
ReplyStree.Walker February 11th, 2009
Thats really awesome, teens of url shortening list, so i bookmarked, i can choose the cooolest one,
Replytry notlong.com -> it’s a subdomain-like url shortening,
gesf February 26th, 2009
… and this one: http://urlms.com/
Replyurl360 March 9th, 2009
not forgetting this URL Shortening service by url360.me
ReplyJack March 19th, 2009
You missed http://clockurl.com
Cheers
Replyjacksoking March 25th, 2009
http://www.1083.cc is a good website to short your url too.
ReplyMate April 6th, 2009
Did you see LongURL.NET (http://my.longurl.net)?
It is web service for URL shortening but you can put your own ad at the top. You can put ad link for your site or some affiliate link code. You can also buy cheap target traffic (ad showing by keywords)
http://my.longurl.net have some features which is unique and is not suported in other url shortening services. You can put your own ads at the top of the redirected page. You can also put your ads on URLs of other users. You can install longurl plugin at
Replyyour blog or forum and get money for advertising on their network.
Jimboco April 9th, 2009
There’s also: http://pt2.me
ReplyMichael Johnson April 16th, 2009
Nice list, i usually use http://PonyURL.com it does the job fine for me and i have had good experience with using their service.
Replyopen-tube April 23rd, 2009
Nice list. Though there are so many tinyurl.com has captures 75% of the market share
http://open-tube.com/top-5-url-shortening-services-market-share/
ReplyShortenURL April 27th, 2009
This is a nice list. I prefer using tinyURL & budURL for general purpose and bit.ly for the twitter.
ReplyJohn Howard May 8th, 2009
Nice list, but not exhaustive. I’d like to see http://z.pe listed. It is shorter than any of the service here
ReplyMowa May 15th, 2009
Great list! But there’s also http://veeox.com
ReplyMike May 16th, 2009
You may also find URLMorph.com useful too.
ReplyVera J May 16th, 2009
Big fan of http://www.lurl.me, use it for loadsa stuff and friends I told using it too. Just plain simple straightforward. Good job!
ReplyChloe May 17th, 2009
What a great, handy list.
Here’s another one: http://www.path.to
ReplyJwS May 19th, 2009
Hi,
You forgot one especially designed for ADULT urls
http://www.pr0n.net
Thanks
ReplyDavid May 23rd, 2009
What about http://tr.im
ReplyNick May 25th, 2009
Snipie URL shortening for iPhone and iPod Touch
Replyvisit snipie.com on your iPhone or iPod Touch for instructions
Carl June 10th, 2009
I use Squeerl.
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off2url.com June 20th, 2009
Quite an impressive list! But you’re right, it isn’t complete. There’s off2url.com, another free service
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