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Title: A little needed from Neil. please? What's a tinyurl?
Source: none
URL Source: http://tinyurl.com/b5gpr
Published: Jun 26, 2005
Author: me
Post Date: 2005-06-26 13:34:13 by Itisa1mosttoolate
Keywords: tinyurl?, please?, little
Views: 126
Comments: 9

This is driving me crazy Neil. I hope you have an answer.

The following url:

http://tinyurl.com/b5gpr

takes me here http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Standard+Oil+Co%22+%2BHitler a search for "Standard Oil Co" +Hitler

how did it do that?

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#1. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)

It's a redirect. It's common among expired web pages that send you somewhere, maybe to the new updated web page hosted on another site or maybe even to the infamous goatse is the webmaster has a sense of humor.

Dude Lebowski posted on 2005-06-26 13:36:07 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#2. To: Dude Lebowski (#1)

.....maybe even to the infamous goatse ....

wtf

The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size

Itisa1mosttoolate posted on 2005-06-26 13:38:36 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#3. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#2)

.....maybe even to the infamous goatse ....
wtf

Never send to know for whom the goatse tolls...

Dude Lebowski posted on 2005-06-26 13:39:25 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#4. To: All (#2)

Title should be

A little help needed from Neil. please? What's a tinyurl?

The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size

Itisa1mosttoolate posted on 2005-06-26 13:41:01 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#5. To: Uncle Bill, and everyone else (#4)

http://tinyurl.com/caomg

The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size

Itisa1mosttoolate posted on 2005-06-26 13:47:50 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#6. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#5)

http://tinyurl.com/caomg

Seriously. tinyurl is a web host. the /caomg or /b5gpr are directories or personal web sites. They have no content except to redirect you somewhere.

Dude Lebowski posted on 2005-06-26 13:51:11 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#7. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)

See http://tinyurl.com/ for an explanation. Tinyurl.com is an independent service.

Pinguinite for Pinguins

Neil McIver posted on 2005-06-26 14:57:43 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#8. To: Neil McIver (#7)

Thanks, I had just found it, but is there a good reason for using it?

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Itisa1mosttoolate posted on 2005-06-26 15:19:41 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#9. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#8)

Well, I suppose there's a market for the service. Some people might have a web address they want to publicize but which is so long it's hard to remember and type. Long URL's can be a problem when sent by email since the receiving email package might line wrap it onto 2 lines, disabling them. This service can provide an alias URL that points to the same place but is quite small, easy to remember and safe to email.

They might make money by throwing up an advertisement as people click through. Downside is you're trusting them to keep the alias active. They could shut it down when you least expect it.

Pinguinite for Pinguins

Neil McIver posted on 2005-06-27 1:18:06 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

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