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Possible to find out *who* created short google url (like goo.gl/something)? [migrated]
I was wondering: is it possible for other people to find out who created a short goo.gl url (that I created with using my own google account)? That is, can they trace it back to my google account?
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POST data send and change URL to the same [migrated]
I have a URL shortening service, Which I have made in PHP. It receives the URL to shorten via POST method via the form on the main page. I want to create a Bookmarklet for this service.
It should be ...
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How can I create shorter URLs to sites on my computer?
I was wondering if I could use my Windows 7 hosts file to create shorter URLs for sites? OR is there another way. I tried ones like the following but I'm guessing it only works with IP Addresses?
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Copy title attribute from <a title=…> to clipboard in Chrome
On Twitter, users use short URLs (ie: http://t.co/DPbRAjVM).
The title attribute of the <a href="..." title="..."> tag is the actual URL.
Is there a Chrome extension that you can use to copy ...
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How can I make shortcut text for long URLs in Firefox and Chrome?
How can I make shortcut text for long URLs in Firefox and Chrome?
For example, I want to open http://gmail.com simply by typing mail in the browser.
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Aside from shortening URLs and making them nicer to look at, what do you get from URL shorteners that you can't get from direct URLs?
Aside from shortening URLs (for character limitations like in Twitter) and making them nicer to look at, what do you get from URL shorteners that you can't get from direct URLs? I'd specifically like ...
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Using goo.gl url shortener with oauth on command line
I am wondering if anybody came up with a command line tool that allow to shorten a url with goo.gl service via Oauth authentication.
I am aware of solutions like this which allow shortening url with ...
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Are there “URL-unshorteners” (at proxy or as FF add-on)? [closed]
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Is there a Firefox addon to show unshortened URLs in a tooltip?
Looking for a tool to expand shortened urls
I want to see things like http://bit.ly/aoe2k0 as ...
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Is there a website or service that will perform a server-side Readability manipulation? [closed]
I use (and love) the Readability Bookmarklet all the time. Today, I came across a very long and in-depth article that I want to share on my blog that has a really horrible reading format. Is there an ...
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Is there a Firefox addon to show unshortened URLs in a tooltip? [closed]
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Looking for a tool to expand shortened urls
I need a FF addon to do something like Unshorten and present the real URL in a tooltip. The addon should be FF3.6 compatible. ...
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url shortener with IP tracking [closed]
Is there any url shortener with IP tracking? I have tried bit.ly but it only tracks ip country. Any other redirect service with IP tracking?
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How does http://to./ work? [closed]
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How does hxxp://to./ work?
I'm pretty confused because this URL shortener doesn't have a domain suffix. How does this work?
http://to./
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Chrome Extension - Shorten URL from the Context Menu?
Does anyone know of a chrome extension to shorten a URL from the context menu? i.e. Right clicking anywhere on the page and creating/copying the link?
I have switched to Chrome and the tinyUrl plugin ...
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Use Google URL Shortener in Chrome
I would like to use the Google URL Shortener in Google Chrome. Has anyone figured out or heard of a way to do this yet?
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Looking for a tool to expand shortened urls
The interwebs seem to be infested with shortened urls (Twitter I'm looking at you). I'm always reluctant to click these as it is a leap into the unknown. Are there any browser plugins or Greasemonkey ...
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How does the http://to./ domain work? [closed]
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How does http://to./ work?
Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) posted a tweet a few days ago, congratulating http://to./ for launching the shortest URL shortener, and breaking ...
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Workaround for blocked URL shortening services?
I come across URLs from bit.ly, tinyurl, is.gd, etc. all the time. Unfortunately, these services are blocked by my employer. Is there a tool that unravels these URLs on my machine via some other ...
