Before You Click, Reveal Full URLs Or Before You Shorten a URL, Consider Alternatives
Before You Click, Reveal Full URLs Or Before You Shorten a URL, Consider Alternatives
Initially faucets were created in order to spread the adoption of Bitcoin around the Internet. The original Bitcoin faucet was made by then Bitcoin Core developer Gavin Andresen and, believe it or not, it used to dispense 5 whole Bitcoins to each user.
URL is the abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator and is defined as the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. To visit this website, for example, you'll go to the URL www.webopedia.com.
URL shortening services are Web tools (or services) that allow you to provide a long URL to a specific webpage and obtain a much shorter URL from the service provider. A URL shortener is a good option when you have a lengthy or unattractive URL that you want to share online in social media, instant messaging or even blogs and in email. In this Webopedia Quick Reference we look at how a typical online URL shortener works and offer tips and things to consider when using these redirection services.