Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Ever heard of TinyURL?

Probably. But there are a couple of features that you may never have seen. For all of you who have never heard of TinyURL, it is a web service which allows you to shorten ANY long web address or URL. You can visit their web page HERE. So now, on to the features. If you explore the website for a while, you will notice that there is a sidebar FULL of links. The first one you should click on is the one that says "Make Toolbar Button" or you can just click HERE. What you want to do on this page, or section, is just drag that link into your bookmarks bar. If you are using IE 7 or 8, you may have to follow the alternate instructions below. Or just follow the instructions HERE. This feature allows you to make the web page you are on a TinyURL without even leaving the page. Just click the bookmark you created. Another feature is called "preview." With this, TinyURL will show where the user who clicked on the link is going, and can then either procede, or cancel. To enable this feature, just add "preview." before the TinyURL (ex. http://preview.tinyurl.com/2tx). That would take you to Google, but TinyURL would display a message about where you are going. That's it for now, but be sure to keep checking back for the following: 1. My YouTube Account HERE 2. My Twitter Page (follow me) HERE 3. My NEW and upcoming website (that's not up yet) at http://www.wizardshroom.com/

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