# All URL Shorteners are Not Equal; Pick a Speedy and Reliable One [URL Hacking]

<http://lifehacker.com/5496415/all-url-shorteners-are-not-equal-pick-a-speedy-and-reliable-one>

- Host: [lifehacker.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/lifehacker.com/)
- Saved: March 18, 2010 (2010-03-18T16:27:07Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a0c7efc9b3fa/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a0c7efc9b3fa.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best.More »

## Facts

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