tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post2315261596957474180..comments2009-03-07T16:32:56.735-08:00Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322322127591539602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post-63731771078892298472009-03-07T16:32:00.000-08:002009-03-07T16:32:00.000-08:00I read that the inventor of tinyurl is making 1M dollars a month... I have no idea how. My guess, is that they sell tracking services.<BR/><BR/>Going out of business, I agree totally. Another problem I have seen is that the shorteners **SEEM** to reuse hashes sometimes, so a shortened url only goes to the right place for a period of time. <BR/><BR/>Sigh, just wish twitter did as well as Friendfeed on this stuff.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322322127591539602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post-57976400128265487972009-02-26T22:56:00.000-08:002009-02-26T22:56:00.000-08:00Every time I see a shortened URL I wonder what will happen when that url shortener goes out of business. Those urls will be lost completely, I'm thinking.<BR/><BR/>Also, most of the shortener companies don't seem to have a business model (or do they?). The one exception is adjix, which slaps an ad bar across the top. Twitter resolving urls would pretty much kill their business..ealdenthttp://mendicantbug.com/noreply@blogger.com