Try TinyURL!
Here’s another convenient web tool that I’ve been meaning to post about for some time now. It’s called TinyURL and is a free service that converts very long URLs into something very short and manageable. The example given on the TinyURL site is this:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqma
p.x=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bI
gpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH3Q6
OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvN
lygTRMzqazPStrN%252f1YzA0oWEWLwkHdhVHeG9sG6cMrf
XNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsKC
9n8jslz%252fo188N4g3BvAJYuzx8J8r%252f1fPFWkPYg%
252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCP
which converts to something like this
http://tinyurl.com/6
The shorter URL works great for emails and websites, and the TinyURL that you receive never changes or expires. More importantly, the service is free and it takes just a second to convert your URL.
The only problem that I can foresee is that some people might be a bit wary of clicking on links when they don’t know where the links are pointing, so you should keep that in mind.
I definitely recommend giving TinyURL a try; I’m sure you’ll love it!