In my stats I see visitors from bit.ly. Does anyone know what this is, or if it is a search engine?
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on 10/19/2013
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on 10/19/2013
Hi ologsinquito! Bit.ly is a program used to provide short links to other web pages, if I recall. Popular with the Twitterati and similar to tinyurl which was (I think) the original shortening service for links. It makes www.xyxyxyxyyxyxyyxxxxxxx.com into a short code of mixed letters and numbers of around 8 characters, making it better for social media and also hiding links from spammers. You can see the wiki page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitly for further details.
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on 10/19/2013
Thanks Paula, I was just curious. |
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on 10/19/2013
I had wondered that too. So is that some random person sharing our wizzes on twutter or something? |
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on 10/20/2013
Hi Ologsinquito, i have been using bit.ly for long time now, mainly for promoting my twitter tweets because it helps to shorten a web url. Apart from this, i also use it on my facebook page, google plus etc to drive traffic. The good aspect of having an account at bit.ly is it tells me from where i am getting the clicks on my posts, the number of clicks as well as the countries being targeted. |
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on 10/20/2013
Thanks younghopes, that also helps clear up the confusion. |