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Run your own URL shortener « David Goss — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:07:11 +0000

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By: ShortURL

ShortURL — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:58:20 +0000

Unfortunately spammers will often ruin many services and cause problems like this. Luckily we see the industry is cracking down tighter on URL shortener abuse and it should pay off.

By: Adderall

Adderall — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:49:38 +0000

@ Mr.T i had the same problem and no answer would love some help.

By: Dustin, Product Launch

Dustin, Product Launch — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:19:20 +0000

That’s actually good to know. I was thinking about using the URL shorteners myself to track clicks as our list starts to build. I’m a fairly new customer so I need to see what you guys offer in that respect as well.

thanks for the info.

Dustin

By: Mr. T

Mr. T — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:33:13 +0000

Anyone had similair problems when links include wordpress or blogspot?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:27:45 +0000

LR, all URLs are susceptible to abuse. As you said, EEPurl is slightly less susceptible by restricting it to internal use only, but that won't outright prevent it from ever getting blacklisted. The ones that are open to the public are at greater risk, but it's interesting to see bit.ly taking action. We monitor our own URL reputation on an ongoing basis using a combination of our own internal scanning tools plus services from ReturnPath.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:58:50 +0000

Just in case you don’t want to re-invent the wheel, there’s an open source url shortener script at yourls.org that lets you host a URL shortener on your own domain (and make it private so only you can use it)

I’ve started using my own short domains instead of the big URL shorteners for just that reason (branding). It also helps to make sure your domain isn’t blacklisted because you can set it so that only you have access to it.

You can find some neat short domains using domai.nr

I wish the post above included which URL shortener caused the problem so others could avoid that one in future marketing efforts. I guess running potential newsletters through spam filter checker tools is a good practice anyway.

By: L. R.

L. R. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:52:27 +0000

If URL shorteners are subject to problems, why wouldn’t any shared URL… for example the URL that y’all use to track link clicks in your emails? Or your own shorteners like EepURL?

Of course, these are confined to your own users to less likely to be outright abused.. but as ReturnPaths article said, the best you can probably do is be REACTIVE to problem sites. Right?

How do you guys manage your redirect domains?