URL shorteners are a useful tool when sending emails. Not only are long links unsightly, they often break inside email clients becoming useless. I use Gmail for my email client and was delighted to see that bit.ly introduced an application that provides a URL shortener right inside Gmail.
To install bit.ly’s URL shortener:
- Go to Settings > Labs
- Scroll down to the very bottom and click the radio button to enable “Add any gadget by URL”
- Click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the page
- You should now have a gadgets tab at the top of the settings page. Click it.
- In the “Add a gadget by its URL:” box paste this link:
http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/107368512201818821991/bitly-shortener.xml - Congratulations you now have a URL shortener application right inside Gmail!
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December 7th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
very nice find and very useful, especially with the widget interface!!!
Could maybe be a nice idea for me to look at later for my shortenizer scripts I’m trying to get going(ShortURL)
December 8th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Very useful, shortened URLs are getting more and more popular, which is ideal considering cloaking and masking for affiliates
January 5th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
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