Url shortener!

Discussion in 'Programming' started by Okenyon, Oct 1, 2011.

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  1. #1
    I want this coded as a tool on my site - are they easy to set up?

    maintain? costing?

    etc
     
    Okenyon, Oct 1, 2011 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    There are free scripts. Just be careful of spam etc. I ran one and had some interesting chats with my hosting company.
     
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    Vooler Well-Known Member

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    The one who develops should integrate it for you actually, besides there us usually only a single db table required to fuel such application.
    And there wont be any maintenance cost as far I know.

    Cost effective one you can buy with support: http://www.scriptbaba.com/demos/shorturl/

    regards
     
    Vooler, Oct 3, 2011 IP
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    CarlBlogger Well-Known Member

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    OSSEO Active Member

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    No need to code or invest money . just get code from that websites owner and use :)
     
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    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    The concept is trivial. When someone asks your site to shorten a URL, you create a unique, short string of characters. Store it, and the original URL in your database.

    When someone goes to your site with a short URL as an arg, look up the original URL and do a redirect [header("'Location: $real_url.')";]
     
    Rukbat, Oct 8, 2011 IP
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    So may of these sites around now - is it worth it?
    Especialy when cloaking affililiate links - they can get quite funny about it.
     
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  9. shanmarsh2

    shanmarsh2 Peon

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    I was just thinking about this same thing. My quick idea would be to use Google’s URL Builder and then run that tracking url through your preferred url shortener.
     
    shanmarsh2, Oct 20, 2011 IP