There are so many new URL shorteners popping up that it’s hard to keep up. Some are advanced while others are rather simple. Sometimes you just want a simple URL shortener without having to go through too much trouble. So, here are 5 fairly new URL shorteners that are simple to use and will take you less than a minute to get your shortened URL.
Good.ly
With Good.ly (beta) you can help charities while shortening URLs. Every time you use a URL shortened by Good.ly to recommend a product anywhere on the Web, and people click and buy the product, they will give 55% of the referral fees earned to charity. The three charities that they support are rotated on a monthly basis. Click here for more info.
Zly.me
This is a very simple URL shortener with its own bookmarklet which allows you to shorten a URL right from your browser. There are also a few advanced options that allow you to password protect your URL, create a custom alias and enable or disable the sharing bar. The sharing bar lets your visitors share your links more easily and quickly on Delicious, Digg, Facebook, MySpace, StumbleUpon and Twitter.
LO.LY
LO.LY stand for “linking out loudly” and is very simple. You enter your URL along with a custom alias (optional) and then click on “shorten” to get your URL. If you sign in using your Twitter account you can save and view your link history and view info about each URL. There is also a bookmarklet you can use to easily shorten links from your browser.
2pl.us
2pl.us is a URL shortener with password protection. You can also create a custom alias, which is of course optional. You can then choose to share your shortened URL with or without a preview. With the preview, people will be directed to a page telling them what the actual URL is before having to click through to it (as seen above).
3.ly
3.ly (or Threely) claims to be the shortest URL shortener in the world. You can choose to add a custom identifier to your URL and once again you can choose to share your shortened URL with or without a preview. The 3.ly previews displays the actual URL along with mirror links and a real-time hit counter (as seen above). Plus, your 3.ly URL never expires – it will last forever.
Which URL shortener do you prefer?
just like http://zly.me/,
it's really simple, quick and easy handy tool.
I prefer the simple ones where you just enter the url you want to shorten and then you click. Thanks for sharing, I think I’ll be using zly.me for my url shortening needs now.
I love using http://bit.ly/ to shorten links. It has an easy bookmarklet that can shorten a link and tweet it in two steps. It has great click tracking tools built in and gives geographic information on the clicks. Check it out!
-Chris
I also use bit.ly. It is easy and trackable. These are the only two things I really care about. Plus, I know they will still be around next year. I am willing to bet at least several of the sites you mentioned will not make it.
I'm also prefer bit.ly. I like it
Thank you
I like 3.ly, it's the shortest, simplest to use, and has all the features I need.
another easy and simple url shortner http://elyd.tk