I love this new URL shortener.  It makes the blog sites look so much cleaner.  I use the short ones on my other sites as well.  I'm glad Active Rain has made theirs so easy to use.

Via ActiveRain Corp.:

How many times have you tried to link your ActiveRain post on Twitter or another site only to get the response that the url is too long?  Well Happy Holidays, ActiveRain has a gift for you.

Once you have written and posted a blog post you now have the option of generating a shorter url. 

Simply go back into your post and click Generate short URL.  Take a look at the screen shot below:

I hope many of you find this useful and take advantage of the new url. Here is what Lenn's shortened URL looks like once we generate the shorter URL for the post in the screen shot above.



The shortened URL for this post is http://actvra.in/45. As you can see, the shorter structure uses the actvra.in domain.

In order to see how many times someone has clicked on that shortened URL, you can go to the 'statistics' area of your 'my home' page in order to track performance. It will show you how many times each shortened URL has been clicked.

And an added bonus to deal with the continual onslaught of spam......

Let's call it a stocking stuffer.  To help with the spam you may see occassionally, we've now made it so only logged in members can leave links in comments.  Our hope is that it cuts the spam down drastically.  Fingers crossed!

Happy Holidays!!!

Kerrie Greenhalgh

 

 

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Posted by Monica Hess on 12/22/2011 07:14 PM   Comments (5)  
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5 Comments on ActiveRain's New URL Shortener

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652,493 Points 9 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

I have not used it but it seems like it is great for social media sharing and probably for online adds.
7:16pm • #1
150,493 Points 2 Featured Posts

I'm going to use it more often in Active Rain.  I have been going to www.tinyurl.com for my others.  Pretty cool...it just looks nicer.
7:27pm • #2
526,187 Points 54 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Monica - I also posted on this a few days ago - I love the ActiveRain shorten URL feature.  Quick & easy and it is done!
7:41pm • #3
630,102 Points 5 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

Have not used it, but will be so noted.
7:57pm • #4
201,522 Points 7 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Wow, I love AR, I learn something every day, had not seen the URL shorterner.  Thanks for pointing out
8:30pm • #5


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