Solution for Long URL’s

Problem

Those long URL’s (Uniform Resource Locater) can be annoying. Many of us have had the experience of finding a really great Web page that we want to share with others but the URL is soooo long that it doesn’t copy and paste on one line and creates a broken link. The extra work it requires to get the link to work can be annoying.

Solution

TinyURL.com provides an elegant solution. Copy the URL, paste it into TinyURL and and a tiny URL magically appears.

Example:

This long URL
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Portland&1s=OR&1a=80
1+SW+10th+Ave&1z=97205&1pn=Central+Library&2c=Po
rtland&2s=OR&2a=4040+N.E.+Tillamook+Street&2z=97
212&2pn=hollywood+library&r=s

becomes this short URL
http://tinyurl.com/5rxey7