urlBorg is one of the 100s of services that will help you create a "shortcut", for a long URL.
urlBorg just tries to "get it right".
Because it is much easier to send via email a link that looks like this http://ub0.cc/0/2C
instead of...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&loc
ation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2
FB000RW2LHG%3Fpf%5Frd%5Fp%3D334547101%26pf%5Frd%5F
s%3Dcenter-6%26pf%5Frd%5Ft%3D101%26pf%5Frd%5Fi%3D1
63856011%26pf%5Frd%5Fm%3DATVPDKIKX0DER%26pf%5Frd%5
Fr%3D1V5ZE2GXASFG1FGB9DE9&tag=vrypannetwebl-20&lin
kCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325.
No?
Or maybe you want to send this link to a mobile phone, using SMS, where the maximum message size is 160 characters
Or maybe you don't want to show that the link above contains an affiliate id
Or maybe, you have your own special reason, we would never guess :-)
urlBorg is pretty stable now. It is running on Google AppEngine and is designed to take advantage of the scale this platform can offer.
I hope a more stable version will soon be out.
Liked it? Had problems? Need help? Let us know!
This is a one-man project (so far?) :-)
My name is Panayotis Vryonis. For any requests or ideas, feel free to contact me: panayotis@urlb.org
I would like to thank Stefanos Karagos of anabubula.com for the great logo!