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The Progress Bar » bit.ly http://theprogressbar.com Connecting the threads between emerging technology, media, identity, progress and bars Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:49:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Domain names are Dead Due to URL Shortners http://theprogressbar.com/2009/04/02/domain-names-are-dead-due-to-url-shortners/ http://theprogressbar.com/2009/04/02/domain-names-are-dead-due-to-url-shortners/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:16:32 +0000 relaxedguy http://theprogressbar.com/archives/2009/04/domain-names-are-dead-due-to-url-shortners/

TechCrunch says if (url-shortening service) bit.ly Is Worth $8 Million, TinyURL Is Worth At Least $46 Million. I personally can’t stand short url’s and I bet domain name marketers are even more upset. Why pay a lot of money for a seemingly-great url when it’s going to get morphed and truncated into a mini-url owned by a third party? Much of bit.ly’s success is due to the fact that for some reason it’s the default url for a Twitter dashboard called Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck is cool because it also lets you update your Facebook status at the same time.

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