How-To Shorten Long Web Addresses (aka URLs) Using Bit.ly

Shorten Long URLs, bit.ly

Some website links are way to freakin’ long. You may want to copy and paste the address into a messenger or post it on a forum but the huge

address is a pain to deal with. There is a service I started using at the beginning of this year which takes any long web address and shrinks it into a very short one in return.

The service is from the website Bit.ly. It is 100% free to use. It is not necessary to sign-up for a free membership to use but doing so allows you to keep track of all the short web links you have created. A really cool feature that I like is that you can also customize your web links. So if the site spit out a URL with the address of www. bit.ly/Y73r94J, you can change it so something like, www. bit.ly/MyCustomLink.

In the following Shorten Web Links Using Bit.ly video tutorial I will take you step-by-step and you will easily learn the following…
1. Introduction to the website www.Bit.ly
2. How-To Shorten a Long Web Address Link Using Bit.ly
3. How-To Create a Custom Name (aka Link) for the Shortened URL bit.ly created for you
4. How-To Post Your Shortened Address Link on the ClearTechInfo.com Help Forums


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