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tanfwc · 31st December 2006, 01:56 AM

Hi All,

I have just setup a url shortening website. Let me know what you think of the website. It is kind of plain now, I will add more information to the website as time goes by.

I like to hear feedback about the site.

Thanks in advance.

Website : www.forgeturl.com

Josh · 31st December 2006, 04:34 AM

I wrote a script and setup one of these url shortening websites myself some time ago.

The main problems you have are competing with the very established sites like tinyurl.com and preventing the urls from being used in spam.

Competing with sites like tinyurl.com is not easy - they have been established for years, and will result in you spending large amounts of money and/or time on promotion. Additionally, their url is smaller than yours.

The second issue of urls being used in spam is very hard to stop. Sure, you can delete a url as soon as you're notified that it has been used in spam, but by then the damage is already done. Not to the spammer, but to *you* as you may well be associated with the spam in the eyes of others.

One final consideration is how you will actually benefit from providing this service. Advertising more than likely isn't going to make you rich with it. Cross propotion of other sites/services you run can be beneficial. Whether it's "beneficial enough" to cover your bandwidth costs should it become successfull, who knows.

xadax · 6th January 2007, 05:12 PM

I started something similar last year but lost intrest, I might revive it when I get a spare moment: http://www.url4.me.uk

Dotable Steve · 11th January 2007, 07:16 PM

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The main problems you have are competing with the very established sites like tinyurl.com and preventing the urls from being used in spam.

Spamming is the biggest issue with these type of sites unfortunately, I've yet to see one that doesn't attract spammers and unfortunately a shared server with other resellers isn't really the ideal place to host it, for that reason.

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31st December 2006, 04:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Josh Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Farnham, Surrey, GB Posts: 811	I wrote a script and setup one of these url shortening websites myself some time ago. The main problems you have are competing with the very established sites like tinyurl.com and preventing the urls from being used in spam. Competing with sites like tinyurl.com is not easy - they have been established for years, and will result in you spending large amounts of money and/or time on promotion. Additionally, their url is smaller than yours. The second issue of urls being used in spam is very hard to stop. Sure, you can delete a url as soon as you're notified that it has been used in spam, but by then the damage is already done. Not to the spammer, but to you as you may well be associated with the spam in the eyes of others. One final consideration is how you will actually benefit from providing this service. Advertising more than likely isn't going to make you rich with it. Cross propotion of other sites/services you run can be beneficial. Whether it's "beneficial enough" to cover your bandwidth costs should it become successfull, who knows. __________________ Joshua Powell

6th January 2007, 05:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
xadax Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 39	I started something similar last year but lost intrest, I might revive it when I get a spare moment: http://www.url4.me.uk __________________ • Smooth Development. • PHP & MySQL Web Development • SmoothDEV.COM

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