Comments on: Short urls contest: bit.ly versus urlborg

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:58:10 +0000

This is great information, I am excited.

http://yiyd.com

By: Nikos Anagnostou

Nikos Anagnostou — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:22:04 +0000

@sotomi Thanks!

By: sotomi

sotomi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:28:33 +0000

I am a user of urlborg and I find it nice and clean.
I tried bit.ly. I don’t find anything special to make me change to it. Just one feature may be useful -to me- (but I suppose vrypan can incorporate it in urlbord) the one with the custom keyword, which on the other hand is of minor importance.
Needless to say I was impressed by your comparison! Nice work.

By: Nikos Anagnostou

Nikos Anagnostou — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:09:32 +0000

@vrypan Changed the table to reflect your input. Keep it up!

By: vrypan

vrypan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:12:27 +0000

urlBorg’s API is available in both XML and JSON formats. Stats are also available through the API.

The “custom short domain” goes beyond a simple feature. It allows site owners to keep ownership of the short URLs created, as the live in a short domain they own and not the default “ub0.cc” domain.

Thank you Nikos!

By: vrypan|net|log » urlBorg vs. bit.ly

vrypan|net|log » urlBorg vs. bit.ly — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:04:54 +0000

[...] Sounds like the latest url shortener, called bit.ly, got a lot of attention. As an answer to my rant, that you have to involve an a-lister to get some attention, my good friend Nikos stepped forward and did a crash test: bit.ly vs. urlBorg. [...]