in reading wired just a few minutes ago i discovered that they were using a url shortening service – like the rest of us – to get users and followers quickly and easily from printed paper to the digital realm with the least amount of typing.
i was stunned to see that they did not have their own in house url shortening: wired.com/whatev should be sufficient and…
- would be nice to add an additional banner or heading to the page that they were referring to
- would work very well for tracking the number of visitors that come to the page and where from
so in a thought along this same parallell i wondered if the industry as a whole could benefit from an industry specific shortner for print to web linking.
two questions immediately arose:
- is there a white label shortening service that a company can put into use to set up their own blend under their current domain
- is there a need for industry specific shorteners?
looking into both
Updated: the domain .mg requires the registrant to be a resident of Madagascar. this is what i was considering for the magazine specific url shortener.
On to the other thought – white label shortening service
