0RL.net
World's coolest URL shortener!
Welcome to 0RL.net.
With this free service, you can shorten long URL's. This site will not use any ads in your re-direction, EVER.
With this free service, you can shorten long URL's. This site will not use any ads in your re-direction, EVER.
0RL.net button!
Add 0RL.net to your browser toolbar or favorites, to shorten URLs of the pages directly from your browser!
Firefox & Opera: press and hold "SHIFT" key while draging this link to your browser toolbar. If you are using IE, just right-click on the link and bookmark it. Now every time you click "0RL.net shorten" in your browser toolbar or bookmarks, it will shorten the URL of the page currently displayed in your browser!
It is normal to get a warning, with some browsers, while adding bookmark/button to the toolbar.
An example
Convert this long URL for Amazon Kindle Touch:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005890G8Y/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=shortener-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005890G8Yinto much shorter URL:
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http://0rl.net/boptionaly you can also mask the URL of the page displayed to the user by adding + sign to the end of the shorten URL:
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http://0rl.net/b+
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Custom tags
Personalize your short URL and make them more SEO friendly and user appealing by filling the optional Custom tags field in the form above. Or just add your tags afterwards to the end of url! For example you can use:http://0rl.net/b/amazon-kindle-touch
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http://0rl.net/b/kindle-touch
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http://0rl.net/b/amazon-kindle
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http://0rl.net/b/kindle
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http://0rl.net/b/coolest-gadget
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Use
Why shorten url?- Prevent long URLs breaking when sending them over email, or copypasting them into Skype, MSN, etc. Nothing like that can happen when sending short URL.
- Posting URLs to social media sites, including Twitter.
- Hide your affiliate links.
- Prevent people from tempering with your affiliate URL, such as stripping your affiliate id so you won't get any credit.