
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
|
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
|
|
| Decent URL | http://hongkiat.decenturl.com/tech |
No
|
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| DigBig | http://digbig.com/4wxab |
Yes
|
||
| Doiop | http://doiop.com/l3a46l |
No
|
No
|
|
| Dwarfurl | http://dwarfurl.com/9ca0c |
Yes
|
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| EasyURL | http://easyurl.net/55a7a |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| EzURL | http://www.ezurl.eu/1 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| FhURL | http://fhurl.com/b10024 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Fly2 | http://fhurl.com/b10024 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Is.gd | http://is.gd/eMM |
No
|
No
|
|
| X.se | http://www.x.se/xskb |
No
|
No
|
|
| LiteURL | http://www.liteurl.net/a9sh |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| lnk.in | http://lnk.in/5z5f |
Yes
|
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| Metamark | http://xrl.us/bkd33 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Minilien | http://minilien.com/?nhSqU4SkQp |
No
|
No
|
|
| MooURL | http://moourl.com/woot/?moo=f9cmd |
Yes
|
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| MyURL | http://myurl.in/sSBTd |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| NanoRef | http://nanoref.com/hongkiat/AvF62w |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Ne1 | http://you.ne1.net |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Not Long | http://hongkiat.notlong.com |
No
|
No
|
|
| Nutshell URL | http://nutshellurl.com/1yb |
No
|
No
|
|
| Redirx | http://redirx.com/?0jxn |
No
|
No
|
|
| RubyURL | http://rubyurl.com/1CO1 |
No
|
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| Shim | http://yourname.shim.net |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Shorl | http://shorl.com/gabrafihobidra |
Yes
|
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| ShortenURL | http://www.shortenurl.com/6thpj |
No
|
No
|
|
| Shoter Link | http://shorterlink.com/?ABC123 |
No
|
No
|
|
| Shortlinks | http://shortlinks.co.uk/kkx |
No
|
No
|
|
| ShortURL | http://hongkiat.shorturl.com |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Short URL | http://url.lotpatrol.com/?x=892 |
No
|
No
|
|
| Get Shorty | http://get-shorty.com/shorty/hongkiat/ |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Shrinkr | http://shrinkr.com/13 |
No
|
No
|
|
| ShrinkURL | http://shrinkurl.us/vDC |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| SHurl | http://shurl.net/afw |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| SimURL | http://simurl.com/wugses |
No
|
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| Sitelutions | http://ByInter.com/you |
No
|
No
|
|
| SnipURL | http://snipurl.com/28bo6 |
Yes
|
||
| ShredURL | http://shredurl.com/4de |
No
|
No
|
|
| Smallr | http://smallr.com/35m |
No
|
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| StartURL | http://starturl.com/gsukp |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Tight URL | http://tighturl.com/7vk |
No
|
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| Tiny Link | http://tinylink.com/?jqdZqSlzo4 |
No
|
No
|
|
| TinyURL | http://tinyurl.com/6 |
No
|
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| TraceURL | http://traceurl.com/rdS?r=1507&l=15 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Ulimit | http://hongkiat.euro.st |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| URL.co.uk | http://url.co.uk/f2ktz |
No
|
No
|
|
| URL Cutter | http://urlcutter.com?39024 |
Yes
|
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| URLcut | http://urlcut.com/1pxhz |
No
|
No
|
|
| URL Hawk | http://urlhawk.com/5k9 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| URl.ie | http://url.ie/dkx |
No
|
No
|
|
| Url Tea | http://urltea.com/367u |
No
|
||
| U76 | http://u76.org/o2 |
No
|
||
| WapURL | http://wapurl.co.uk/?CGL8HL3 |
Yes
|
||
| Xil | http://xil.in/2323/ |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| YATUC | http://yatuc.com/b$t |
Yes
|
||
| Yep It | http://yep.it/l4_74e |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| 6URL | http://www.6URL.com/1P77 |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| 301URL | http://301url.com/K |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| URL Pie | http://www.urlpire.com/?QQATP |
No
|
No
|
|
| Pi URL | http://piurl.com/5 |
No
|
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| URLvi | http://urlvi.be/kzawc |
Yes
|
||
| Shrtnd | http://shrtnd.com/444/ |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| FwdURL | http://fwdurl.net/258 |
No
|
No
|
|
| G8L | http://g8l.us/8uq |
No
|
No
|
|
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;
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