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Bitly Changes: Link-Shortening, Now with Advertising

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Bitly, the link-shortening service long used by millions, decides it’s going to place an ad between you and your link. Don’t like it? It’ll cost ya.

Bitly Changes: Link-Shortening, Now With Advertising
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  • Host your own URL shortener with Yourls. It's great, loads of useful plugins too. (dot)ink domains are cheap so you can have fun with namel.ink like I did.

    • Or just don’t shorten links? Shortening them just makes linkrot much more likely and also obfuscates where theyre going

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