If you have a very long URL you want to share to everybody, you can consider about using bit.ly to make it shorter. Take a look at the illustration below. I have this long URL.
http://translate.google.com/#es|en|Penso%20que%20o%20windows
%207%20deveria%20ter%20mais%20temas%20diversificados
It is very long URL, isn’t it? It is so mess if you want to share this URL to your friends. Now, let we see if we use bit.ly to make it shorter. Follow this steps
1. Go to Bit.ly
2. Copy paste your long URL into text field there
3. Click “Shorten” button
4. You will see the result. It is cleaner and easy to copy and share to others.
http://bit.ly/7qYupP
bit.ly - Main Page
You can get more advantages if you sign up in Bit.ly because you can see how many people click your URL. Bit.ly guarantee you if your generated URL is unique. It will not same with everybody who has generated URL from bit.ly too.
