Comments on: ASK STEVE #6 – TinyURL (or clone) could become next Digg or Del.icio.us

By: Ivan

Ivan — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:41:58 +0000

We’ll be working on the URLs this week.
The RL, kind of got stuck from the beginning. Might change this later.

By: Steve Poland

Steve Poland — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:23:06 +0000

I’d clean up the URLs so that they don’t have a question mark or parameters in them. I’d also just call the service ‘Yoorl’, without the capitalization of ‘RL’. But that’s just my opinion.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:03:16 +0000

We sure hope we can, Ed.
We just need help spreading the word

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:55:44 +0000

That’s a very interesting idea. There may be some privacy issues for TinyURL to open this data up, but a new company could certainly do it.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:08:06 +0000

Thanks Steve.
Maybe I misunderstood something, but some of the things you suggested are ALREADY implemented in YooRL:
“I would do a Google Maps mashup based on the IP of users accessing …… TwitterVision, showing location accesses in real-time — or simulating how the URL spread.”

- Exactly that is in the DASHBOARD (except it’s not using google maps).

“Also note, you’ll likely want to issue different tracking URLs for the same URL — so that users can track their own instance of a URL; but then on the back-end, keep track of all the same URLs as one URL for your hot lists.”

- This is the default behavior (people can track instances of URLs, see general URL stats, and doain stats).

I’d also like to note, that “flash” is not detected automatically (though, maybe it should ), it’s input by the user who posts a YooRL.

Once again, thanks, for your post! Maybe you could find YooRL useful for tracking the links YOU share on your blog?
-Ivan