Comments on: URL Shorteners, WTF? http://blog.payne.org/2009/05/07/url-shorteners-wtf/ Working to improve the signal-to-noise ratio Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chip Correra http://blog.payne.org/2009/05/07/url-shorteners-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Chip Correra Fri, 15 May 2009 19:53:22 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=216#comment-741 Because betaworks believes that real time streaming is disruptive, and bit.ly is important infrastructure to social distribution Here is the un-shortening explaination: http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2009/04/19/699/ Having said this, seems like most could build a URL shortener for themselve in a few hours, including all the click analytics. Because betaworks believes that real time streaming is disruptive, and bit.ly is important infrastructure to social distribution

Here is the un-shortening explaination:
http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2009/04/19/699/

Having said this, seems like most could build a URL shortener for themselve in a few hours, including all the click analytics.

]]> By: Steve Kane http://blog.payne.org/2009/05/07/url-shorteners-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Steve Kane Mon, 11 May 2009 01:57:48 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=216#comment-726 yes, but the url shorteners are where the clicks can be sorted tracked counted etc twitter can only know the shortened url, not the starting point and destination and click etc etc etc no? yes, but the url shorteners are where the clicks can be sorted tracked counted etc

twitter can only know the shortened url, not the starting point and destination and click etc etc etc

no?

]]> By: payne http://blog.payne.org/2009/05/07/url-shorteners-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-724 payne Sun, 10 May 2009 14:04:02 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=216#comment-724 Steve: I get those angles, but I'm still wondering why 'url shortening' is a stand-alone business. The near real-time sorting, indexing, and searching of URLs feels like a feature on Twitter, or whatever place those URLs are getting shared. Steve: I get those angles, but I’m still wondering why ‘url shortening’ is a stand-alone business.

The near real-time sorting, indexing, and searching of URLs feels like a feature on Twitter, or whatever place those URLs are getting shared.

]]> By: Steve Kane http://blog.payne.org/2009/05/07/url-shorteners-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Steve Kane Sat, 09 May 2009 22:36:49 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=216#comment-723 not sure how i feel about it but-- the rationale is that URls are a valuable currency, and being able to sort and index and search URLs (that is, whatever URLs are being posted and clicked in realtime, or over time) is a valuable pole position this is a first cousin to the current excitement about "realtime search", e.g. twitter search and the like -- the idea being that spider-ing web pages tells you one thing (and one thing that is hugely useful and valuable) but spidering what people are posting and doing as they do it is also a big search opportunity clear as mud? not sure how i feel about it but–

the rationale is that URls are a valuable currency, and being able to sort and index and search URLs (that is, whatever URLs are being posted and clicked in realtime, or over time) is a valuable pole position

this is a first cousin to the current excitement about “realtime search”, e.g. twitter search and the like — the idea being that spider-ing web pages tells you one thing (and one thing that is hugely useful and valuable) but spidering what people are posting and doing as they do it is also a big search opportunity

clear as mud?

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