Embarrassed by your tiny URL? Get Natural link enhancement!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by robjones, Feb 27, 2011.

  1. #1
    Personally I have never suffered from this problem, but I notice that this seems to be an affliction suffered by those that use twitter a lot. You know the problem... Short URLs.

    In this day of technological advancement you need not be embarrassed by your short link. A crack team of gurus in Austin TX has come up with a solution to your woes... The URL enhancement tool. No more do you need apologize for a small unimpressive link... When the moment of need arises you can proudly display a URL of massive size.

    To get Natural URL Enhancement... Just visit http://www.joypoppin.com/ . You'll be glad you did, and so will she. :)

    Disclaimer: No, I'm not spamming my site, this was created by a group I know for a contest and it struck me as funny, so I gave em a sig I wasn't using. If the suspicion that this is spam lasts more than 4 hours, be sure to seek medical attention. :cool:
     
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  2. Grimm

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    #2
    That's quite a long link. How do you intend to post it at micro-blogging platforms such as Twitter and stuff? Hrmm.. I'm having a hard time seeing any benefit from it apart from the long URL which can lure other people to click on a long URL instead of a shortened one.
     
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  3. robjones

    robjones Notable Member

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    No argument there... far as I can tell it's a rather elaborate joke they created as part of a contest. It isn't mine, so I cant tell you much more than that. A regular in another forum posted it and I was bored. Adding it to the sig gave him a boost and allowed me to shamelessly piggyback off his warped humor. It'll prob disappear from the sig again today... I have the attention span of a gnat. :)
     
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    WTF Enlargement Url this is stupid and very idiotic ...
     
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  5. robjones

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    It's supposed to be.

    Never mind, ask your parents (better make it your dad) to explain it. :)
     
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    I thought it was about the way you use it, not the size.
     
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    haha.
    Judging by their 'joke', having long URLs can somewhat increase the click-through-rate. Although that depends on the nature of how the URL was used. It also entices people to click it since people rarely get to see long URLs apart from shortened ones. It could also be a link bait strategy as far as I can tell.

    T'was a good website to share, Rob. :)
     
    Grimm, Feb 28, 2011 IP