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Why you don’t need to roll your own link shortener

July 4, 2009 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

Everyone wants the shortest links possible, mostly thanks to Twitter. There are a number of tutorials on creating your own link shortening service, and for WordPress sites, the Link Shortcut plugin is the most popular option. You don't need it. If your domain (including the … [Read more...] about Why you don’t need to roll your own link shortener

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