Snip URL is an online tool you can use to make those ridiculously long URLs shorter. So instead of a long URL, intimidating URL, you get this:
http://snipurl.com/beedlebard
Cool, right? I used Tiny URL for a couple of years, especially when sending emails. And if you’re on Twitter, you probably know that Twitter automatically makes your long URLs short using Tiny URL. But Snip URL offers some awesome features that leaves Tiny URL in the dust:
Keep your snips organized
Keeps track of each snip you create in reverse-chronological order, and allows you to modify them later.
Track your links
You can see how many people have clicked on your Snip. This feature tracks clicks and unique clicks. Once you copy and paste a snip into Twitter, it won’t be replaced with a Tiny URL, so now you can track how many people click on your Twitter links.
Hey look! Four people have already clicked my Amazon Affiliate link for the new Harry Potter book, and I just created that Snip for this example about three minutes ago! There’s an interesting strategy for you creative online money-makers out there. ☺
Social bookmark your snips
Add your snip to social bookmarking sites quickly and easily. It’s a great way to see your clicks increase more quickly!
Access it from your toolbar
You can add Snip URL to your toolbar, so you don’t have to manually go to the website every time you want to create a snip.
Browse other people’s snips
Snip URL is like its own social bookmarking site; you can browse other users’ snips and see what’s interesting by how many times each snip has been viewed
RSS your snips
You can set up RSS feeds of your latest snips. This can be useful as a sidebar widget on your blog or website.
There are also some more advanced ways you can use Snip URL, like setting up API keys, and multi-snip (snip many URLs at once). But really, who doesn’t love tracking their traffic? If you’re not a fan of track-clicking features in stats programs like Google Analytics, Snip URL is the way to go.
You can read more about Snip URL here: Tiny URL or Snip URL – How Do You Track Your Online Marketing?
So start snipping away, and please let me know how you like it.
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Sounds pretty cool but I think I’m just used to the tiny url that I used in Twirl but the statistic tracking stuff is pretty cool.
-Gerald Weber
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Sounds pretty cool but I think I’m just used to the tiny url that I used in Twirl but the statistic tracking stuff is pretty cool.
-Gerald Weber
Houston search engine optimization’s last blog post..10 Rules the Best Online Copywriters Follow
Great find! I guess we have a new alternative to TinyURL now. Thanks for sharing it.
Yan
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Great find! I guess we have a new alternative to TinyURL now. Thanks for sharing it.
Yan
Blog for Beginners’s last blog post..Duplicate Content: Penalty or Policy?
I heard Snip is taking over TinyURL , TinyURL needs to do some action here.
Shanker Bakshi’s last blog post..Google is Dead Here is Another Unexploited Goldmine
I heard Snip is taking over TinyURL , TinyURL needs to do some action here.
Shanker Bakshi’s last blog post..Google is Dead Here is Another Unexploited Goldmine
Indeed.. Looking at the reviews and stuffs it’s really better than tinyurl
Great share!
Erwin Tan’s last blog post..Unleashing The Niche Genius In You
Indeed.. Looking at the reviews and stuffs it’s really better than tinyurl
Great share!
Erwin Tan’s last blog post..Unleashing The Niche Genius In You
I don’t prefer one over the other as they are both blocked by my office’s firewall… something to keep in mind for all you URL shorteners out there – a lot of us can’t follow those links & don’t bother with sites that use them.
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I don’t prefer one over the other as they are both blocked by my office’s firewall… something to keep in mind for all you URL shorteners out there – a lot of us can’t follow those links & don’t bother with sites that use them.
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Tiny URL was one of the first of these great kind of shortening services, so to be honest, it’s due an upgrade to keep up with new technology. I’ll definitely grab myself a Snip URL account though!
Tiny URL was one of the first of these great kind of shortening services, so to be honest, it’s due an upgrade to keep up with new technology. I’ll definitely grab myself a Snip URL account though!
Hi Diana,
Excellent post. I found SnipURL a few months back and used it mainly for email marketing to start out with, but there are many other uses when it comes to tracking your messages.
There are many other services like SnipURL that cost, so Free is an added benefit, but the overall goal is to see if your readers, visitors and Opt-In subscribers are connecting and using the links you provide them.
If the result is not happening, then maybe a tweak of a link or different placement, or change in message will grab their attention and see value in what you provide them.
Thank you for the reference at the end of your article to a Hub Page I wrote on using SnipURL, I appreciate that.
Keep up the great content,
Mike Witt
http://www.WorkFromHomeSmart.com
Mike Witt’s last blog post..Shaping our Children’s Lives-3 Business Philosophies that Instill Leadership in our Kids
Hi Diana,
Excellent post. I found SnipURL a few months back and used it mainly for email marketing to start out with, but there are many other uses when it comes to tracking your messages.
There are many other services like SnipURL that cost, so Free is an added benefit, but the overall goal is to see if your readers, visitors and Opt-In subscribers are connecting and using the links you provide them.
If the result is not happening, then maybe a tweak of a link or different placement, or change in message will grab their attention and see value in what you provide them.
Thank you for the reference at the end of your article to a Hub Page I wrote on using SnipURL, I appreciate that.
Keep up the great content,
Mike Witt
http://www.WorkFromHomeSmart.com
Mike Witt’s last blog post..Shaping our Children’s Lives-3 Business Philosophies that Instill Leadership in our Kids
At least it looks nicer this way..
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At least it looks nicer this way..
Ben Pei’s last blog post..How To Make Money Blogging With ‘Featured Sites’
I was just going to relax and read this morning then in the meantime I got your blog to read. Really good one.
regards
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