Comments on: URL shortening is hot--but look before you leap

Fueled by Twitter's popularity, services to abbreviate Web addresses are taking off. They bring a host of problems, but some are working to fix them.

I like http://hugeurl.com/ .

[marketing_guy]

Another url shortening site that does the same and is UK specific is http://ushort.co.uk - Relatively new so all Keywords should still be available :-)

[marketing_guy]

just a test to see if cnet does in fact pick up url's <a href="http://ushort.co.uk">http://ushort.co.uk</a>

[timothymasters]

looks like new url shorteners pops up every minute. my favorites are http://bit.ly (real time stat) and http://quu.nu (real time stat & simple interface)

[JamesBarger]

If you want a URL shortener that solves the trust problem, try <a href="http://z-9.us/">http://z-9.us</a>. Instead of re-directing you to the target page, or trapping you in a frame, this URL shortener always lands you on a page at z-9.us, which simply shows you the complete, long URL, where you can then click it, if you want to. In other words, you get to look at the long URL before you leap there.