[Chrome Extension] goo.gl URL Shortener - Shorten URLs with Google

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:47:09 +0000

Many of you have probably seen URLs in the form of goo.gl, right? This is a URL shortening service provided by Google. Sometimes you find a really funny post on a forum and want to show it to a friend. Then you have to copy its URL, but forum URLs are usually very long, and copying them takes forever.... That is when a short URL comes in handy. With the goo.gl shortener, you can turn a URL of several dozen characters into one with fewer than 10 characters. It is also useful when you want to share a file with a friend. So how do you create a goo.gl short URL? Just open the site you want to shorten, then click the button of the Chrome extension called "goo.gl URL Shortener." The "goo.gl URL Shortener" extension also lets you copy the short URL, view its information, and get a QR code.

Funp: Easily Become a Popular Blogger

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:24:11 +0000

Worried that nobody reads what you write? Want to raise the visibility of your blog? Funp can help you get there easily. The idea is simple: you write a post on your blog, then submit it to Funp, and Funp puts the latest posts on its front page. Imagine how much visibility your post would get if it appeared on a page that thousands of people are looking at all the time. Of course, because so many people use Funp, posts move off the front page quickly. To stay on the front page for long, your post needs to be “pushed” (Funp’s term for recommending a post) by many people. The more people push it, the more likely it is to be seen.

Some people wonder whether Funp really increases blog visibility. I think that as long as your article is good enough, it can also bring a lot of traffic. Don’t believe me? Try an experiment. Spend 5 days without pushing anything to Funp, and record the number of visits on the 5th day. Then pick another 5 days, and every evening between 7 and 9 PM, publish your article on Funp. On the 5th day of that second period, record the visit count and compare the two numbers to see which one is higher.

URL: http://funp.com/

URL Shortener on Lin's Blog

[Chrome Extension] goo.gl URL Shortener - Shorten URLs with Google

Funp: Easily Become a Popular Blogger