Create Expiring Meaninful Expiring URLs


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Temporary URLs are not a new thing. TinyURL is a well know URL shortener, but whats missing from most URL Shortener sites is the ability to customize your URL to make it more meaningful.  MeaningfulURL does just that, it allows you to create a temporary URL that is easier to remember.  Your URL works for 3 days and can be used in any number of combinations.  Say for instance you want to send Dave a download link to a new product you have created, you could use “thanks.to/dave” as the URL.  Here are some more of the possibilities….

thanks.to, apologize.to, happy-birthday.to, greetings.to, goodluck.to, best-wishes.to, bestwishes.to, congrats.to, vote.to, merry-christmas.to, welcome.you.to, enter.to, special.thanks.to, big.thanks.to, many.thanks.to, say.iloveyou.to, need.you.to, invite.you.to, appreciation.to, our.thanks.to, our.appreciation.to, we.apologize.to, invite.to, your.vote.to, and propose.to.

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Web 2.0 

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8 Responses to “Create Expiring Meaninful Expiring URLs”

  1. Bricklaying Techniques on MyAvatars 0.2 January 31st, 2008 10:14 pm

    > Your URL works for 3 days

    That’s what’s going to kill this. I’ve used tinyurl and it’s great for putting out quick urls and getting stats on the clicks etc. But a URL that’s only valid for 3 days, what’s the point?

    But it’s worse that than, suppose you send your Grandmother an email (cos she likes to think she’s hip and cool and can surf the web) and say you’re sorry you missed her 80th birthday party at the staring window. So you put up a nice picture of you and the grand kids and send her the link:

    we.apologize.to\grandma

    Then 3 days later the link expires and some one else uses it and sticks up a link to something rude to send to their mates, thinking the url adds to the joke. Now grandma, who only accesses her email every weekend at the library, will get a heart attack causing shock when she sees…. well.. I’ll leave that bit to your imagination.

    My verdict: great idea, poor execution.

  2. Fahad on MyAvatars 0.2 February 1st, 2008 12:36 pm

    This service could come in handy some day.

  3. Natasha on MyAvatars 0.2 February 2nd, 2008 6:06 pm

    good site

  4. verygood on MyAvatars 0.2 February 16th, 2008 7:06 pm

    So if you have known the case that your grandmother checks her email once a week, then don’t sent the URL to here too early, or just don’t use this service.

    The URL expires in few days is a good idea, or there are many people want to use happy-birthday.to/mywife or thanks.to/John, if someone had taken it forever, it would be useless to others.

  5. Soli on MyAvatars 0.2 March 2nd, 2008 12:19 pm

    I love the idea of having the URL for three days so that we are assured that we are current.

  6. xbox 360 on MyAvatars 0.2 June 1st, 2008 4:48 am

    Sweet. I always use tinyurl, but I think I’ll be switching to this service soon. Thank you for sharing the info.

  7. Camps Bay Guest House on MyAvatars 0.2 June 23rd, 2008 2:46 pm

    Yeah, the flaw in this system is the fact that it’s only valid for 3 days. Otherwise it would be far superior to tinyurl.

    Good idea though, it just needs some refinement.

  8. Garden Directory on MyAvatars 0.2 July 1st, 2008 9:59 pm

    Very useful, thank you.

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