http://openthoughts.me/blog/2009/05/16/twitter-automatically-replaces-long-links-with-bitly-urls/ Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:22:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://openthoughts.me/blog/2009/05/16/twitter-automatically-replaces-long-links-with-bitly-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-13 jithinkr Mon, 18 May 2009 02:42:05 +0000 http://openthoughts.me/blog/?p=86#comment-13 it seems it works only for non twitter links and when it exceeds the 140 word limit. Every letter counts! It's interesting to know that twitter switched from tinyurl to bitly. bitly definitely provides more functionality to the shortened links than to tinyurl. Tinyurl better do something or else they may lose the battle! it seems it works only for non twitter links and when it exceeds the 140 word limit. Every letter counts!
It’s interesting to know that twitter switched from tinyurl to bitly. bitly definitely provides more functionality to the shortened links than to tinyurl. Tinyurl better do something or else they may lose the battle!

]]> http://openthoughts.me/blog/2009/05/16/twitter-automatically-replaces-long-links-with-bitly-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Anshu Prateek Sun, 17 May 2009 19:20:38 +0000 http://openthoughts.me/blog/?p=86#comment-12 one more nice read on the topic.. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_crowns_bitly_as_the_king_of_short_links_he.php one more nice read on the topic.. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_crowns_bitly_as_the_king_of_short_links_he.php

]]> http://openthoughts.me/blog/2009/05/16/twitter-automatically-replaces-long-links-with-bitly-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Anshu Prateek Sun, 17 May 2009 19:18:25 +0000 http://openthoughts.me/blog/?p=86#comment-11 And the switch over from tinyurl has been pretty new.. last fortnight only.. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/bitly-eclipses-tinyurl-on-twitter/ And the switch over from tinyurl has been pretty new.. last fortnight only.. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/bitly-eclipses-tinyurl-on-twitter/

]]> http://openthoughts.me/blog/2009/05/16/twitter-automatically-replaces-long-links-with-bitly-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Anshu Prateek Sun, 17 May 2009 19:12:58 +0000 http://openthoughts.me/blog/?p=86#comment-10 I discovered it too today only :P but it doesn't work always.. example of it not working.. http://twitter.com/anshprat/status/1828551908 I discovered it too today only but it doesn’t work always.. example of it not working.. http://twitter.com/anshprat/status/1828551908

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