While checking into QR codes, I found out more about shortened URLs - (uniform or universal resource locator) that's simply an internet web address that would normally start with www...
Some URLs are quite long, and for ages now there have been alternatives. Perhaps the most famous would be TinyURL. Let's see how this works.
My erixlife blog URL in full is http://erixlife.blogspot.com
The Tiny alternative would be http://tinyurl.com/c2wq94r but that's only two characters less than the original, so not really very helpful.
An improvement is http://tinyurl.com/erixlife but there doesn't seem much point in changing from the original, except to disguise the URL.
Google have a URL shortener service and their offering is goo.gl/lZfmN
That is certainly shorter, but difficult to type accurately I believe, as of course they are all case sensitive.
Because this system diguises the original URL, inevitably the bad guys have moved in, and as a consequence many shorteners are blocked or ignored by ISPs and search engines. However if you ever wish to check the full original URL go to http://www.findhiddenurl.com/index.php - gosh that's a long URL !
