When you want to utilize every bit of that 140-character Tweet limit to communicate your latest find or endeavor, every character matters. So I thought I’d compile a character count of most URL shortening services out there and give you a round, hard number of just how short did the developer mean when he said “short”?
Feel like I’m missing something, or have a service to add to the list? Leave a comment, Tweet, or Email me.
The list will be ordered in ascending order, from the lowest to highest count, and will be presented in this format:
(Service name)
(Snarky commentary, whenever appropriate)
(Shortened URL format)
(Character Count)
Here we go.
tr.im
The Serious Contender
15
(Admittedly, not going to stay this way for very long)
is.gd
The Tried-And-True
17
17
18
18
18
twurl
The Fine Local Product
19
19
19
The Make-Up-Your-Own-Keyword
bit.ly
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
22
The Twitter-Tracker Tweetburner
22
23
23
23
TinyURL
The Granddaddy
25
26
