May 22nd, 2009 | admin | No Comments Yet
adTwitter has been using TinyURL for its own URL shortening needs. Up until now, that is. As several sites have noticed, Twitter has silently replaced TinyURL with bit.ly but one should not count out ReTwurl as a new upcomer. TechCrunch doesn’t find that very surprising, naming Betaworks as common ground for both bit.ly and now Twitter-owned Summize.
1.) The Future of Kl.am Short URL for Social Media Stats - From TomCheredar
2.) 5 Very Weird URL Shorteners - From Mashable
Will Twitter buy bit.ly next? They should, the fact that they’ve been relying on external infrastructure for their URL shortening needs this long is surprising.
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