URLTeam

Urlteam
url shortening was a fucking awful idea
URL	http://urlte.am
Status	Online!
Archiving status	In progress...
Archiving type	Unknown
Project source	Old: urlteam-stuff tinyback tinyarchive New: terroroftinytown-client-grab terroroftinytown
Project tracker	http://tracker.archiveteam.org:1337/ (HTTPS)
IRC channel	#urlteam (on hackint)

TinyURL, bit.ly and other similar services allow long URLs to be converted to smaller ones on their specific service; the small URL is visited by a consumer and their web browser is redirected to the long URL.

Such services are a ticking timebomb. If they go away, get hacked or sell out millions of links will be lost (see Wikipedia: Link Rot). Archive.org/301Works is acting as an escrow for URL shortener databases, but they rely on URL shorteners to actually give them their databases. Even 301Works founding member bit.ly does not actually share their databases and most other big shorteners don't share theirs either.

301Work cooperation

The fine folks at archive.org have provided us with upload permissions to the 301Works archive: http://www.archive.org/details/301utm. They unfortunately do not want to make them downloadable, but the same data is in our torrents too, just in a different format (we use pipe-delimited, xz-compressed files while 301works uses comma-delimited uncompressed files).

Tools

• fetcher.pl: Perl-based scraper by User:Chronomex
• TinyBack: Python 2.x-based, distributed scraper (formerly used)
• Terror of Tiny Town: currently used by ArchiveTeam

Terror of Tiny Town

The easiest way to help with scraping is to run the Warrior and select the URLTeam 2 project. You can also run ToTT outside the warrior; to do so, follow the instructions at https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/terroroftinytown-client-grab.

Researching URL Shorteners

Here's what to do when you've come across a new URL shortener that should be archived. At minimum, please follow the first step. Anything beyond that is more helpful.

• Add it to the Alive section of this page in alphabetical order and the current date (hint: 5 tildes (~~~~~) will do that automatically). Please include whatever information you have, but at the absolute minimum, we need the domain.
• Check the homepage. Is there a public method to create a shorturl? If so, create one and include it in the wiki. If not, note that in the wiki.
• If you were able to create a shorturl, try making a second. Is it sequential? For example, if the first link was foo.bar/dbE4g and the second link is foo.bar/dbE4h (or very close to it), it's probably sequential. If you get foo.bar/dbE4g followed by foo.bar/g4rTh, it's probably random. Note on the wiki whether the shorturls are random or sequential.
• Run curl -I http://url.short/validshortcode and see which HTTP status code is returned. Also note whether it returns the destination in the Location: header. Note both on the wiki.
• Run curl -I http://url.short/invalidshortcode and see which HTTP status code is returned. Note that on the wiki.
• Check the homepage, and see if they give a total number of shorturls that their service provides. If so, note that on the wiki.

Common numbers

Suitable for use as sequence numbers.

26 letters + 10 digits	36
26 lower case letters + 26 upper case letters + 10 digits	62
36 possibilities ** 3 characters	46656
62 possibilities ** 3 characters	238328
62 ** 4 characters	14776336
62 ** 5	916132832
62 ** 6	56,800,235,584 (too big to cover completely)

URL shorteners

Non-warrior projects

Name	Est. number of shorturls	Scraping done by	Status	Comments	# in dump
http://goo.gl	?	User:Scumola	started (2011-03-04)	goo.gl throttles pulls ; (this apparently didn't make it in the last old-style dump)	0
http://ff.im	?	User:Chronomex		only used by FriendFeed, no interface to shorten new URLs	1,189,782
http://4url.cc	1279 (2009-08-14)	User:Chronomex		dead (2011-02-15)	1,279
http://litturl.com	17096 (2010-04-15)	User:Chronomex		dead (2010-11-18)	17,096
http://xs.md	3084 (2009-08-15)	User:Chronomex	done	dead (2010-11-18)	3,084
http://url.0daymeme.com	14867 (2009-08-14)	User:Chronomex	done	dead (2010-11-18)	14,867
http://tr.im (old)	1990425	?	got what we could	dead (2011-12-31)	1,990,425
visibli (hex)	16777216	User:Chfoo Warrior	In progress Done. 15104865 301MB	Using links.sharedby.co/links/ as URL prefix. These results are already in the torrent. Latest version uploaded to IA	?
http://post.ly (Posterous)	?	Warrior/EC2	done	dead (divided up in 11 files in the last old-style dump)	153,281,595
http://zapd.co Zapd	326592	User:Chfoo	Done. 144093 1.7M	xxxx.zapd.co. Uploaded to IA	0
http://bre.ad Bre.ad	120932351	User:Chfoo	Incomplete (59771889 examined). 54506 1.2MB	de.ad (2013-11-18). Uploaded to IA Got what I can without overloading their EC2 instance.	0
http://arseh.at	?	?	?	also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	23,655
http://bit.ly	?	?	?	divided up into 3,835 files in the last old-style dump, totaling 39 GB (compressed!); also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	1,507,816,439
http://is.gd	?	?	?	divided up into 125 files (totally 8.5 GB) in the last old-style dump; also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	302,434,257
http://kl.am	?	?	?	Dead (as of 03:00, 3 December 2015 (EST))	1,870,335
http://links.sharedby.co	?	?	?	in a file called links.sharedby.co-links.txt.xz in the last old-style dump	9,298,101
http://ow.ly	?	?	?	divided up into 23 files (totaling 4.5 GB) in the last old-style dump; also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	328,901,265
http://surl.ws	?	?	?	Yes, there really are only 48 listed.	48
http://tny.im	?	?	?		1,614
http://snipurl.com	?	?	?	divided up into 8 files in the last old-style dump (for a total of 6.8 GB compressed, though); also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	368,750,225
http://tinyurl.com	?	?	?	divided up into 60 files (totaling 9.4 GB) in the last old-style dump; also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	470,413,092
http://tr.im (new)	?	?	?	in the last old-style dump as a file called tr.im-relaunched.txt.xz	1,266,068
http://ur1.ca	?	?	?	(Note this is named "ur" followed by the digit one, not L.)	8,432,282
http://vbly.us	?	?	?	also worked on as a Warrior job, see below.	114,924
http://xym.kr	?	?	?		144
twitter-unrolled-urls-spritzer-stream	?	?	?	in a 4.6GB file named: twitter-unrolled-urls-spritzer-stream-20111015-20130318.txt.xz ; there's a note about it in the README file	257,993,902
Name	Number of shorturls	Scraping done by	Status	Comments	# in dump

# in dump refers to the number of short URLs included in the last old-style dump, URLTeamTorrentRelease2013July.

For the latest TinyTown updates, please see chfoo's spreadsheet.

Warrior projects

Pink background refers to currently running projects; gray background to ones that aren't currently making new short URLs.

Use {{subst:urlteam blank warrior entry|}} to add new entries.

Warrior project name	Est. # shorturls	Last scraped date	Initially scraped date	# checked	Example URL	Incr	Comments
0rz-tw +/-	?	2023-06-3	2015-12-20	0	http://0rz.tw/6eX6j	?	Has a list of existing URLs on front page; all 5 characters long
1r-hu +/-	?	2014-12-02	2014-12-02	1,346,050	?	?	Done
2-gp +/-	?	2015-12-20	2015-12-14	17,780,989	http://2.gp/GDYZ (created 21:34, 21 November 2015 (EST))	Y	4-character alphanumeric (excluding "similar looking letters"); seems to check that URL resolves; returns 302 for existing AND non-existing shortcodes (just returns "Location: /" for non-existing ones); checked all 4 character ones, and some 5 characters in 2015-12-14 through 2015-12-20 scrape
2jump-info +/-	?	2014-12-02	2014-12-02	298,949	?	?	Banned
2-ly +/-	?	2015-12-20	2015-12-14	21,739,150	http://2.ly/xr	Y	looks very similar to 2.gp (but not an alias); returns 302 for existing AND non-existing shortcodes (just returns "Location: /" for non-existing ones); checked all 4 character ones, and some 5 characters in 2015-12-14 through 2015-12-20 scrape
adjix +/-	?	2015-1-24	2014-12-13	8,615,100	?	?	Appears down; uses custom code
alturl-com +/-	?	2015-05-27	2015-03-06	39,367,900	http://alturl.com/wqok	?	Appears to redirect to http://shorturl.com ; Probably sequential/loweralpha; uses custom code
ar-gy +/-	?	2014-12-18	2014-12-17	3,303,100	?	?	Appears down; Argyle Social, main page 404s, existing urls still work
arseh-at +/-	?	2015-01-15	2015-01-11	1,842,350	?	Y	Appears down; new shorturls: sequential
awe-sm +/-	?	2015-04-04	2014-12-24	967,591,000	?	?	main page redirects, doesn't allow for new urls to be publicly shortened, existing urls still work; uses custom code
bitly_6 +/-	50,000,000,000	2023-06-3	2014-11-22	4,297,969,800	https://bit.ly/1Zmfo8z	N	done: non-sequential 6 characters; current: non-sequential, 6 characters; uses custom code
bull-hn +/-	50,000	2015-11-15	2015-11-15	20,555	http://bull.hn/l/19JQE/	?	Vanity URL shortner for a recruiting company, "Bullhorn Reach"
burl-se +/-	1,500	2015-11-08	2014-11-06	3,250	http://burl.se/428	Y	200 re-checked on 2015-11-08
ccl-hu +/-	?	2015-12-15	2015-12-15	97,261	?	?	seems to always return 301, even for non-existing links; random sample didn't find any real ones (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST)); nothing found in 100,000 checks -- I think it's dead.
chilp-it +/-	?	2015-12-15	2015-12-15	20,000	http://chilp.it/1d9c9d1	N	seems to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 21:52, 21 November 2015 (EST) ; returns 301 for existing AND non-existing shortcodes (just returns "Location: http://chilp.it/404.php" for non-existing ones); non-incremental; appears to just use lowercase letters and digits; attempted scraping FAILED -- need to look into why
da-gd +/-	165,000	2023-06-3	2015-12-14	1,297,450	http://da.gd/dZdp8	N	source code: https://github.com/relrod/dagd - Of note, this shortener will pass along anything after the slash: da.gd/g -> google.com; da.gd/g/mail -> google.com/mail
df4-us +/-	25,133	2015-12-18	2015-12-18	47,850	http://df4.us/mn4	?	daringfireball.net private shortener : Alive 12-17-2015, no public method to create new URLs. Alphabet appears to be a-z 0-9, most results are 3 characters or less (df4.us/mn4, df4.us/8, df4.us/ib) Valid URLs 301, location is included in header. Invalid URLs 302 to http://daringfireball.net ; on 2015-12-18 -- did a scan of everything up through 3 characters; last found one was seq # 31903 (om7) ; run a rescan next year
db-tt +/-	?	2015-12-12	2015-12-05	43,421,600	https://db.tt/FnHZSr77 https://db.tt/b5gwXppx	N	Official shortner for Dropbox ; most 8 characters; seen a few that are 7 characters) Only found 21 redirects in over 40 million searches; the space has over 200 *trillion* possibilities.
dld-bz +/-		2015-12-15	2015-12-05	48,897,650	http://dld.bz/dGjTy	?	"private URL shortening service"; found 8,639,481 in first scrape; we've pretty much covered everything through 4 characters, plus part of 5
dwurl-hu +/-		2015-11-16	2015-11-16	3,473,050	http://dwurl.hu/gMEtiA ( created 01:36, 2 November 2015 (EST))	N	Allows public shortening; appears to give 6 character, mixed case alphabetic (no digits), non-incremental URLs
feedly_8 +/-	?	2015-01-03	2015-01-03	129,762,450	?	?	Banned; uses custom code
fwdurl-net +/-	?	2023-06-3	2015-11-16	9,817,561	http://fwdurl.net/uDRZ4TGAj6V (created Nov 16, 2015) http://fwdurl.net/aYwa (created Dec 17, 2013) http://fwdurl.net/bjkDtwYAoWSF (created Dec 4, 2015)	?	responds very slowly; stats (including creation date, & hit count) available by suffixing "!"
hec-su +/-	518175	2023-06-3	2015-12-21	0	https://hec.su/cm5B	Y
isgd_6 +/-	934,134,706 (as of 2013-05-20)	2023-06-3	2014-11-22	2,286,564,700	http://is.gd/mBNPCM	?	done: sequential up to ZZZZZ ; new shorturls: non-sequential, 6 characters; uses custom code
jdem-cz +/-	1,424,052	2015-12-15	2015-12-15	1,000	http://jdem.cz/bw388	Y(?)	random (?) last digit; attempted scraping FAILED -- need to look into why
kcy-me +/-	?	2015-11-22	2014-11-06	5,239,050	http://kcy.me/28trr	?	Shortening service for http://karmacracy.com ; requires free account to create short URLs ; ran initially for one day, re-checked a year later
korta-nu +/-	?	2015-11-22	2015-04-11	12,767,850	http://korta.nu/9ob	?	Initial run ended on 2015-05-27; doing a 2nd pass through the 3-character values starting 2015-11-22
lnk-sk +/-	24,000	2023-06-3	2015-12-18	2,200	http://lnk.sk/6aw	Y	site is alive as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST); returns 302 for both existing and non-existing URLs
lurl-no +/-	2,518	2015-12-18	2015-12-18	3,700	http://lurl.no/aZ	Y	site is up, says "Note: as a result of huge amounts of spam, new lurls are currently disabled." as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST); grabbed all of them on 2015-12-18.
migre-me +/-	269,383,546	2023-06-3	2015-11-08	68,498,715	http://migre.me/sd9AB	Y	up to 5 characters, mixed case alphanumeric, currently around sot00 (as of 03:01, 14 December 2015 (EST)); Interestingly, the 3,822,506 codes from 4JXAG to 50000 are all empty. 4JXAG was created at "07/06/2011 17:06:46" while 50000 was created at "07/06/2011 03:00:00". 50je0 was created at 07/06/2011 17:05:05[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]. So it looks like it was handing out both ranges for a few hours, then cut over to just 5's, leaving three million empty. Fascinating.
mysp-ac +/-	?	2015-04-04	2015-02-09	16,245,049	?	?	uses custom code
nig-gr +/-	?	2015-12-06	2014-11-06	15,145,600	?	?	Home page is a blank black screen. (as of 01:38, 9 November 2015 (EST)); re-scan of 2-character range (nothing new found); and 4 character range on 2015-12-06 (started on the 4th, ran till the 7th)
ow-ly +/-	?	2015-03-10	2015-01-20	367,074,900	http://ow.ly/UVFi7	Y	owned by Hootsuite; new shorturls: sequential ; (aliases: http://htl.li , http://ht.ly , http://owl.li ); uses custom code
ph-ly +/-	?	2015-04-04	2014-12-13	989,290,500	?	?	Related to the pond called Philadelphia, where links are born and raised, doesn't allow for new urls to be publicly shortened, existing urls still work
piciurl-hu +/-	?	2015-12-01	2015-04-11	255,950	http://piciurl.hu/7wr	Y	Initial scrape done on 2015-04-11; new scrape done on 2015-12-01 (up to seq# 11043)
p-ly +/-	62,000	2015-12-09	2015-12-09	17,015,150	http://p.ly/abcd	?	(aka re.p.ly) ; it has a shut down message (added sometime between May 1, 2012 and June 14, 2012) but promises to keep existing URLs working as of 01:03, 10 December 2015 (EST) (had 61,306 short URLs as of May 1, 2012); this WB entry shows some short URLs (5 characters, alphanumeric)
pub-vitrue-com +/-	?	2014-11-22	2014-11-16	15,067,550	?	?	Now part of Oracle; uses custom code
qr-cx +/-	2,377,573	2015-12-08	2015-12-08	5,200	http://qr.cx/Us5p	?	not allowing new shorturls as of 02:09, 9 December 2015 (EST); They made a full dump available after we emailed them! Here: http://qr.cx/dataset/qrcx_all_06eec9b9-1f29-4860-bd91-49c2d517d87d.7z[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] (IA item coming soon)
rod-gs +/-	?	2015-12-05	2015-12-05	6,250	http://rod.gs/1Fl	Y	up to 3 characters, alphanumeric, creating new ones appears to hang (as of 02:14, 2 November 2015 (EST)) (returns 301 for existing; 404 for non-existing); searched up to 1aqa on 2015-12-05
sharedby-co_6 +/-	?	2023-06-3	2015-01-29	46,587,150	?	?	(Also see http://vsb.li. Double redirects via USERNAME.sharedby.co/share/XXXXXX ) (and http://shrd.by ); uses custom code
shar-es +/-	?	2015-04-08	2014-12-13	1,031,784,400	?	?	Still resolves URLs, but the homepage is 404; related to http://sharethis.com ; uses custom code
shrt-st +/-	?	2014-11-06	2014-11-06	738,600	http://shrt.st/vpz	Y	Appears down; doesn't allow new urls to be shortened, existing urls still work.
srtn-us +/-	?	2015-12-01	2014-11-06	55,800	http://srtn.us/10zd	Y	still resolves URLs, but site just shows blank page; first scrape on 2014-11-06; re-checked from seq# 47929 through 48441 on 2015-12-01
snipurl +/-	?	2015-03-06	2015-01-24	181,015,750	?	Y	new shorturls: sequential ; snipr.com / snipurl.com / snurl.com / sn.im - Appears incremental - Ex: http://snipr.com/27nvst http://snipr.com/27nvtt. snipr.com and snipurl.com work but appear infected with malware. ; uses custom code
snipurl_range2 +/-	?	2015-04-20	2015-03-06	293,372,600	?	?	see snipurl entry; uses custom code
spne-ws +/-	?	2015-12-20	2015-12-20	134,600	http://spne.ws/9iN	?	Silicon Prairie News private shortener ; Valid HTTP code is 301. Invalid is 301 as well, but to "http://www.siliconprairienews.com/?awesm=spne.ws_1&utm_medium=spne.ws-root&utm_source=direct-spne.ws&utm_content=root" - Alphabet is A-Z a-z 0-9, most appear to be 3 or less characters. No apparent method to publicly create new URLs. ; 6,898 found in first scrape; re-check in a year or so
t7-hu +/-	?	2014-12-13	2014-12-13	585,800	?	?	Doesn't make any more shorturls
tighturl-com +/-	?	2014-11-22	2014-11-16	3,123,300	http://tighturl.com/30xu http://tighturl.com/30xv	Y	(alias: 2tu.us); appears to do case folding; uses custom code
tinyurl_7 +/-	10,000,000,000	2023-06-3	2014-11-22	2,799,333,900	http://tinyurl.com/mxzufis	N	done: sequential to zzzzzz; current: non-sequential, 7 characters; uses custom code
tinyurl-hu_4 +/-	?	2015-11-01	2015-08-13	20,308,700	http://tinyurl.hu/4q22	?	uses custom code
trap-it +/-	?	2015-02-20	2015-01-01	3,130,300	?	?	first scrape (only covering 5-character codes) from 2015-01-01 through 2015-02-20; next scrape (starting at 0c4uk) began on 2015-12-04 -- unable to load anything (although manual checks of previously found ones seemed to work)
tr-im_gravity4 +/-	?	2014-12-12	2014-12-01	42,813,150	?	?	done: sequential to 42pzz ; dead (2014-JUL-17) ; Appears incremental - Ex: http://tr.im/44tn2 http://tr.im/44tn4
ur1-ca +/-	?	2014-12-20	2014-12-17	10,874,150	?	?	new shorturls: sequential ; FOSS, run by StatusNet; claims to offer a download of their database, but it just contains garbage
u-to +/-	?	2023-06-3	2015-05-02	54,190,499	?	?	Doesn't allow new shortened URLs, as of 01:57, 19 November 2015 (EST)
u4-hu +/-	?	2014-11-16	2014-11-16	178,250	?	?	Appears down
vbly-us +/-	?	2015-11-09	2015-01-11	628,650	http://vbly.us/2mwv	Y	new shorturls: sequential; 2015-11-09 scape from 2jp6 up to 2mwv (seq # 123000)
vgd_6 +/-	?	2023-06-3	2015-02-14	1,919,914,800	?	?	uses custom code
viddy-it +/-	?	2014-12-18	2014-11-16	832,351,700	?	?	dead; viddy; partially saved
waa-ai +/-	?	2014-11-16	2014-11-16	2,151,400	?	?	Requires free login to create shorturls
xco +/-	?	2014-11-22	2014-11-06	80,319,800	http://x.co/1IxUV http://x.co/1IxUW	Y	Appears incremental, but custom ones also exist (up to 10 characters); requires (free) GoDaddy account to create short URLs; uses custom code
xrl-us +/-	?	2015-01-10	2014-12-12	161,601,700	?	?	self-saved; Thank you Metamark for the database dump!
xrl-us_lowercase +/-	?	2015-01-14	2015-01-10	28,675,900	?	?	see xrl-us entry
y-ahoo-it_5 +/- y-ahoo-it_6 +/- y-ahoo-it_8 +/-	?	2015-04-04	2014-11-06	?	?	?	Partial y-ahoo-it_5: 982,090,300 checked between 2014-11-06 and 2015-02-25 y-ahoo-it_6: 1,670,279,150 checked between 2014-11-06 and 2015-04-03 y-ahoo-it_8: 1,952,022,300 checked between 2014-11-06 and 2015-04-04 . Now dead.
yatuc +/-	?	2014-12-13	2014-12-13	597,150	?	?	Not accepting new urls; uses custom code
yoolink-to +/-	?	2015-11-08	2014-11-16	333,450	http://yoolink.to/1dwa	Y	Up to 3 characters scraped on 2014-11-16 (a small 2 character segment re-scraped on 2014-11-22); 4 characters (up to 1dwa) scraped starting 2015-11-08
Warrior project name	Est. # shorturls	Last scraped date	Initially scraped date	# checked	Example URL	Incr	Comments

Alive

(please keep list alphabetized, and list verification dates inline)

Sources include: http://blog.go2.me/2009/01/exhausting-review-of-link-shorteners.html^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]} (last updated 2009-08-14), http://code.google.com/p/shortenurl/wiki/URLShorteningServices^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]} (Updated May 19, 2011; not fully integrated yet), https://www.hashtags.org/platforms/twitter/list-of-url-shorteners/^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

• adf.ly - incremental, but displays interstitial ads, so requires custom code; Ex: http://adf.ly/bnpYL ; http://adf.ly/1RP4DP (current as of 01:38, 10 November 2015 (EST))
• adfoc.us - displays interstitial ads; appears to block curl; so requires custom code
• at.cmt.com - Country Music Television - Appears to be a vanity domain hosted on ow.ly infrastructure.

• bc.vc - displays interstitial ads ; Example: http://bc.vc/8nCbMs
• budurl.com - Appears non-incremental, apparently all custom names; only paying clients allowed to create URLs (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
• buff.ly - Buffer App ; ex: http://buff.ly/1fPIjQf (301 - existing; 404 - non-existing), non-incremental (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
• buzurl.com - Example: http://buzurl.com/li04 ; link broken, home page is blank as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)

• cl.ly - CloudApp ; requires application to create short URLs

• cur.lv (CoinURL.com) ; Subdomains include: bit, go, in, jump, link, me, my, n, name, now, to.

• decenturl.com - Not at all easy to scrape.
• del.ly - sprinklr
• dlvr.it - Requires free login; then requires connecting to another service; URLs are shortened when sent through. ( as of 01:36, 2 November 2015 (EST))
• dogeurl.com - Alive 12-21-2015 Non-incremental, alphabet A-Z a-z 0-9, 6 characters long, with custom option Valid: 301 to destination, Invalid: 302 to https://dogeurl.com/invalid.php
• doiop.com - Appears non-incremental
• durl.me -- appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)

• easyurl.net - Appears non-incremental. Ex: http://easyurl.net/afd2f

• fav.me - Used by DeviantArt. Ex: http://fav.me/d31sfml
• flip.it - Flipboard
• flpbd.it - Flipboard
• fnd.us (See offical shorteners)
• fos.hu – incremental alphanumeric, but shares pattern with an image sharing service

• gkurl.us -- appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)

• none that start with h

• ity.im -- shows adverts, not clear if it still works as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)

• none that start with j yet.

• kics.it – Restricted access to shourturl creation

• lien2.com - http://lien2.com/go/a6cx ; seems-non-incremental, only 583 shortened urls (as of 02:27, 29 November 2015 (EST) )
• linkbucks.com
• lin.io - uses frame/toolbar (site is alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST))
• ln.is - linkis.com (also provides a way to comment on the linked page) ; ex: http://ln.is/vine.co/v/UA0PH -- the destination server appears to be included in the shortcode, which should make it harder to scrape (as of 02:56, 12 December 2015 (EST))
• lnq.me - http://lnq.me/DnXtHO ; 6-character, alphanumeric, seems-non-incremental ; http://lnq.me/preview/en/ -- which seems to some kind of bizarre guessing if you put in less than 6 characters (as of 20:33, 21 November 2015 (EST) )
• lt.tl - site is up, says "Service will be back soon..." as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• ly.my - alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST)

• m112.hu
• me2.hu
• mgnet.me - for torrent magnet URIs.
• miniurl.hu
• MinURL.fr - site alive as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• moourl.com – Random (alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST))
• my.dot.tk/tweak - Appears non-incremental

• nblo.gs -- no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
• nbx.ch -- private shortener; appears up as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• news.me -- no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
• nohref.hu – Allows custom shorturl & deletes links after a specified time period (or 1 year without use)
• notlong.com - Appears to be alpha-only - Ex: http://yeitoo.notlong.com/ ; doesn't seem to be allow creating new shorturls, as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
• nutshellurl.com - Appears incremental. 301s to a redirector script, which then 301s you to the destination.

• none that start with o yet.

• p.pw -- sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
• pear.ly - Used by pearltrees.com. Ex: http://pear.ly/6J1H (returns 301 for existing AND non-existing shorturls as of 15:30, 5 December 2015 (EST))
• pnut.co - see nutshellurl.com Ex: http://pnut.co/3a (returns 200 on a HEAD request; will need to use GET requests)
• po.st -- "social sharing platform"; no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
• poeurl.com - Path of Exile URL Shortener - Public interface, but with a whitelist of sites. Appears to be incremental, and a small set so far. Alphabet is A-Z a-z 0-9, three characters as of 12-21-2015. Valid URLs: poeurl.com/uFg, HTTP 301 w/ Location: header. Invalid: HTTP 301 to Location: home.php?e=invalidurl
• prsm.tc - getprismatic.com ; ex: http://prsm.tc/GB2HP2 -> http://getprismatic.com/story/1428656915049?share=MzY4MjEx.MTQyODY1NjkxNTA0OQ.gH9aD6dy4y7zDFgIYQcLrW9KaeE -> (via some convoluted mess) http://scvincent.com/2015/04/10/when-reviews-really-matter/ ; non-redirects still get redirected to http://getprismatic.com/404

• qik.li - site appears to allow public shortening as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• qurl.com - site appears to allow public shortening as of 01:03, 10 December 2015 (EST) (also runs a image sharing service)

• r.ebay.com

• sdai.ly – Allows custom shorturl
• shorl.com - Doesn't appear guessable - Ex: http://shorl.com/tisikestibahu - Alive as of 12-17-2015. Alphabet is "Koremutake", an alphabet of 128 phonetically unique phonemes, which is documented here: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/599ba4c17599cd213005. Will need custom code to accommodate a custom alphabet, but it is absolutely guessable.
• shorte.st - sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape
• shrinkurl.us - Still resolves, but does not allow creating new URLs ("The URL you entered was not valid or did not exist.")
• smarturl.eu / joturl.com - Doesn't appear guessable, HTML redirect.
• smarturl.it - smartURL
• soa.li - Gigya inc.
• soc.li - Gigya inc.
• soli.dm - Solid Media Group - Domain registered 2014-05-26, Google search shows 566 results as of 12-16-2015. Alphabet: A-Z a-z 0-9 (typically 5 characters long). Valid HTTP Code is 301, invalid is 404. Nonsequential shorturls, no public ability to create shorturls.
• spnsr.tw - sponsoredtweets.com
• surl.co.uk - Many shortening options.

• techme.me - Techmeme
• tinyarrows.com / ta.gd / ri.ms / ➡.ws / ➨.ws / ➯.ws / ➔.ws / ➞.ws / ➽.ws / ➹.ws / ✩.ws / ✿.ws / ❥.ws / ›.ws / ⌘.ws / ‽.ws / ☁.ws - Appears non-incremental: uses user-defined words for URLs (e.g. http://➡.ws/URLTEAM)
• tiny.cc - Appears non-incremental (alive as of 18:21, 12 December 2015 (EST))
• totesz.hu/x – Allows custom shorturl
• trib.al -- Does not appear to allow public creation of new short-URLs; owned by SocialFlow
• twitthis.com -- requires a Twitter account to create shortURLs (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
• trunc.it -- closed, but still resolving existing URLs as of 17:43, 12 December 2015 (EST); http://trunc.it/pssga ; returns 301 for existing and non-existing shortcodes

• urlcut.com - "We are not currently accepting new redirects at this time." ; existing ones seem to still work, e.g. http://urlcut.com/1xvha (as of 02:09, 2 November 2015 (EST)) ; it returns 302 for both existing *AND* non-existing URLs, preventing its scraping with the default code (as of 00:49, 5 December 2015 (EST))
• usite.hu/link.php – Numeric incremental, public database
• u.to ; requires GET (not HEAD) requests; returns 302 with target in Location header, 404 for invalid ; Example: http://u.to/HzA-Aw ; as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)

• vk.cc -- no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))

• none that start with w or x yet.

• y2u.be - meant for YouTube videos, simply redirects anything to the corresponding YouTube ID, i.e. http://www.y2u.be/7458qm becomes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7458qm (as such, not relevant to URLTeam)
• yep.it -- allows custom shortcodes; validates provided URL; example: http://yep.it/bgnhpu ; seems non-incremental, only lowercase letters; appears to make the whole database available via: http://yep.it/stat.php?page=5719 (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))

• none that start with z yet.

"Official" shorteners

• ask.fm - Ex: http://ask.fm/a/40k05kgp -> http://ask.fm/Q7Niki/answer/42128504404 ; seems non-incremental
• bln.gs - Blingee (format: bln.gs/b/28fss0 and bln.gs/b/1)
• CokeURL.com - Coca-Cola (examples: CokeURL.com/3yuz9 ; CokeURL.com/vs5s ; Cokeurl.com/theaterseat )
• di.sn - Disney - Appears to have a few different schemes: di.sn/rht, di.sn/6015ByMqD, di.sn/6006IwjY, di.sn/a05C. Valid response = 301 to URL with "Location: " header. Invalid response: 301 to /error?url=theinvalidurlgoeshere in "Location: " header. No apparent public method to create URLs.
• fb.me - Facebook
• flic.kr - Flickr
• fnd.us - Fundrazr.com
• fxn.ws - Fox News (Examples: fxn.ws/18KBPhy, fxn.ws/1MqIqKs, fxn.ws/1jAAK0M) - Valid response: 301 with URL in Location: header. Invalid response: 302 with www.foxnews.com in Location: header. Space appears to be too large to search.
• g.co - Google (used for Google products and services)
• getpocket.com/s/ - Pocket
• goo.gl - Google
• go.usa.gov - USA Government (and since they control the Internets, it doesn't get much more official than this)
• git.io - GitHub only URLs - Public form at git.io, only accepts github.com URLs. URLs appear to be sequential for some operations. Valid URLs: git.io/xYTU, git.io/vtrEf, git.io/bQ6v7Q - Valid = 302, invalid = 404.
• gty.im - Getty Images (format: gty.im/488068439; links by editorial number)
• gu.com - The Guardian (weird format - https://gu.com/p/3f7ca )
• hub.me - HubPages
• ift.tt - IFTTT
• igg.me - Indiegogo http://igg.me/at/defendbitcoinmagazine ; http://igg.me/at/1NaE6yoZIaY most seem to use chosen names
• lnkd.in - LinkedIn
• mfi.re - MediaFire
• msft.it - Microsoft (or maybe something called "Sprinklr"?)
• mysp.ac - Myspace
• nydn.us - New York Daily News
• off365.ms - Office 365
• pocket.co - Pocket
• post.ly - Posterous
• qr.ae - Quora
• redd.it - Reddit
• reut.rs - Reuters
• rsg.ms - Rockstar Games
• skfb.ly - Sketchfab
• spoti.fi - Spotify
• stanford.io - Stanford University
• su.pr - StumbleUpon
• sx3.se - swedishstartupspace.se
• t.co - Twitter
• ti.me - Time Magazine
• tmblr.co - Tumblr (redirects to www.tumblr.com which does the actual redirection); Z4fZpx1gfu_mU ;

ZIKCSm1uGRMbv ; ZAvEqsfi4_rO ; Zqar4t1x8GPpN ; ZJ8Wby1L9QRac The shortcodes are TOO LONG for terroroftinytown to handle...

• tw.appstore.com - Apple App Store
• uoft.me - University of Toronto
• upl.nu - Ung Pirat (Youth Pirate Party, Sweden)
• vstphl.ly - Visit Philly
• wapo.st - Washington Post
• wh.gov - White House (format: wh.gov/i3lXR) (as of 20:53, 5 December 2015 (EST), has no database, just expands wh.gov into www.whitehouse.gov)
• wp.me - Wordpress.com
• youtu.be - YouTube
• hrts.me - University of Hertfordshire. Seems to be 5 characters long. a-z with usage of capitals and non capitals. Includes numbers. Mainly used on https://twitter.com/UniofHerts

bit.ly aliases

A bit.ly alias works just like a bit.ly URL. The shortcode is the same, it sets the same bit.ly cookie, and DNS resolving the address shows the IP addresses are the same as bit.ly. The homepage may be different however.

• abcn.ws - ABC News (examples: abcn.ws/1aOoijH ; abcn.ws/okiWbi )
• 1.usa.gov - USA Government
• 4sq.com - Foursquare
• 757live.ga
• ada.ms
• aje.me - Aljazeera
• amzn.to - Amazon
• arfo.sk
• atfp.co - Foreign Policy
• bbc.in - BBC
• bbnew.be
• bbybgrl.com
• binged.it - Bing (bonus points for being longer than bing.com)
• bnkrpt.am - Bankrupting America
• bzfd.it - Buzzfeed
• calltrack.es
• canva.link
• carrot.cr - Carrot Creative
• cb.com - Career Builder
• chzb.gr - Cheezeburger
• cmplx.it - Complex Magazine
• cnet.co - CNET
• cnnmon.ie - CNN Money
• conta.cc - Constant Contact Inc.
• corb.is - Corbis Images
• cot.ag
• cpurl.net - Current Photographer.com
• curbed.cc - Curbed.com
• dag.gy
• dennysd.in - Denny's Restaurants
• dtoid.it - Destructoid
• dwqn.me
• econ.st - The Economist
• emarketee.rs - Emarketeers
• engri.sh - Engrish.com
• eonli.ne - E! Online
• es.pn - ESPN
• fakes.pn - The Fake ESPN (at lockerdome.com)
• fanpa.ge - Fanpage.it
• feedly.com/k/ - redirect, see below for their own
• fencetimesweep.com
• flts.tk
• fltsim.me
• gaw.kr - Gawker
• geekiss.im - Geekismo
• grd.to - The Grid TO
• grn.bz - GreenBiz
• gtg.lu - GetGlue
• hoblu.es - House of Blues
• hub.am - HubSpot
• huff.to - Huffington Post
• ift.tt - IFTTT
• j.mp - bit.ly
• joga.bo
• jrnl.to - thejournal.ie
• kck.st - Kickstarter
• kore.us
• m.ly
• marsdd.it - MaRS Discovery District
• mbist.ro - MediaBistro
• mojo.ly - Mother Jones
• muo.fm - MakeUseOf
• mwne.ws - MarketWired News
• ncl.uz
• nie.mn - Neiman Journalism Lab
• nilegui.de
• njlle.me
• nokia.ly - Nokia
• nyti.ms - New York Times
• onforb.es - Forbes
• onion.com - The Onion
• pops.ci - Popular Science
• popu.pe - Pop-Up Pantry
• proof.ly
• propub.ca - ProPublica
• psxs.us
• read.bi - Business Insider
• rnk.me - as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• rseo.co - realseo
• s831.us - Studio831 - whatever that is
• saggia.me
• sbn.to - sbnation
• sens.sc
• shr.li
• skygrid.me - SkyGrid
• slackers.co - slackers.com
• smle.us
• squid.us - Laughing Squid
• s.shr.lc - shareaholic - Naive, redirects any shortcode to bit.ly
• stay.am
• stjo.es - St. Joseph Media
• tag.my
• tcrn.ch - Techcrunch
• theatln.tc - The Atlantic
• tnw.co - The Next Web
• tom.hn - Tom Hillenbrand
• toms.sh - TOMS Shoes
• tvt.ag - tvtag.com
• txpr.de - TexasStore
• unr.ly - Unruly media
• usat.ly - USA Today Newspaper
• vrge.co - The Verge
• wkdb.it
• yhoo.it - Yahoo! (not to be confused with y.ahoo.it, their non-bitly public url shortener)
• zite.to - Zite

Dead or Broken

(please keep list alphabetized)

• 1link.in - Website dead
• 1url.com - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• 2big.at - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• 301.to - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• 307.to - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• 6url.com - HTML redirect, Error 500

• abcurl.net - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• abra.me - server down as of 21:52, 21 November 2015 (EST)
• adcrun.ch - parking page as of 18:06, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• ad.vu - mirror of adjix.com, application not found; DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• arm.in - domain for sale as of 21:44, 21 November 2015 (EST)
• arst.ch - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• aurls.info - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)

• bacn.me
• be.vc
• biglnk.com - dead, replaced with unrelated blog
• Buk.me - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• bwtm.co - DNS fails to resolve.

• calyp.co - Server error. 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
• canurl.com - Website dead
• catchylink.com - Advertising a mutual fund as of 01:31, 13 December 2015 (EST)
• catchyurl.co
• cf.ly (CashFly.com) -- redirects to happydaydeals4you.com as of 02:04, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• chod.sk - Appears non-incremental, not resolving
• cli.gs - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST); Appears non-incremental
• clk.my - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• cl.lk - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• clop.in -- domain parked as of 21:52, 21 November 2015 (EST)
• Crum.pl - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• come.to - (wayback of homepage) Related to various .to shorteners. Started in 1997, killed in 2013 after parent company died.
• coge.la -- just a logo as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)

• da.co - Parked.
• dft.ba - Server gone as of 01:11, 17 November 2015 (EST) ; site had shutdown message (claiming links would continue to work), from July 2015 through Sept 2015.
• digg.com - discontinued - [1]
• dopen.us - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• dwarfurl.com - Website dead/Numeric, appears incremental: http://dwarfurl.com/08041

• easy.tc - DNS not resolving.
• easyuri.com - Website dead/Appears hex incremental with last digit random/checksum: http://easyuri.com/1339f , http://easyuri.com/133a3
• eqent.me - Improper redirect to bitly.

• feedzil.la - Domain parked.
• fon.gs - server down as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST); DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• freak.to - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• fuzzy.to - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• fwd4.me - redirects to a site about traffic cameras as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)

• go2cut.com - Website dead
• gob.li - Golbin Ridge Limited. Timed out
• gonext.org - not resolving
• go.to - sold its domains on Sedo apparently.
• go2.me - everything 404s
• g.ro.lt - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• gx.si
• gyar.eu - Server gone as of 01:07, 17 November 2015 (EST) (examples: http://gyar.eu/c8 ; http:// gyar.eu/agB)

• hao.jp - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• hashonomy.com - Timed out
• hj.to -- server requests HTTP Basic auth as of 22:05, 21 November 2015 (EST)~
• href.hu
• href.in - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• htcdev.net - DNS not resolving.
• hurl.no - Shut down sometime between March 5, 2011 and May 29, 2011 due to an influx of spam. As of 02:24, 3 December 2015 (EST), the domain appears to be owned by someone else.

• iawtp.me - DNS not resolving
• icymi.me - DNS not resolving
• iKr.me - Asian-script spam site as of 02:24, 3 December 2015 (EST)
• ilix.in - domain parked
• imfy.us - requires a recaptcha to get to the linked site, and avast goes nuts. DNS fails to resolve.
• inspr.in - Inspired Beta. Can't find server
• irt.me - DNS not resolving as of 02:24, 3 December 2015 (EST)
• ix.it - Not resolving

• jijr.com - Doesn't appear to be a shortener, now parked
• joomlagyar.hu/usb - DNS not resolving
• jump.to - dead as of February 1, 2013

• keTKP.in - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• Kots.Nu - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• kissa.be - "Kissa.be url shortener service is shutdown"
• kl.am - "kl.am Closes its Shell"
• krz.ch - redirects to idealizer.ch (SEO company) as of 02:24, 3 December 2015 (EST)
• kuijt.nu - replaced with unrelated site
• kurl.us - Parked.
• k.vu - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)

• l.gg - server not responding as of 01:31, 13 December 2015 (EST)
• liltext.com - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• linkee.com - shut down with a notice on July 23, 2014
• liurl.cn - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• lk.to
• ln-s.net - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• ln-s dot ru - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• LNK.by - Cyrillic domain parking page as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• lnk.gd - "This account has been suspended. Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran out of resources." as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• lnk.ly - DNS not resolving as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• lnk.ms - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• lnk.nu - parking page as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• lnkurl.com - Website dead
• l.pr - LinksPreadeR (review from TechCrunch^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}) - DNS not resolving as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST)

• mangk.us - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• marv.ly - DNS fails to resolve.
• mash.to - Cannot connect ; Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• memurl.com - Pronounceable. Broken.
• me.lt - Connection refused.
• mens.hm - Not responding (timeout)
• micURL.com - parking page as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• miklos.dk - Doesn't appear guessable: http://miklos.dk/!z7bA6a - "Vi arbejder på sagen..."
• min2.me - now a CDN called bit2me (?) as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• mindless.co
• minilien.com - Doesn't appear guessable: http://minilien.com/?9nyvwnA0gh - Website dead
• minilink.org - parking page as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• minim.in - Times out
• minurl.org - Presently in ERROR 404
• ms.me - Parked.
• msplinks.com - Used by Myspace[2]
• mtw.tl - everything 403s
• muhlink.com - Not resolving
• myloc.me - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• MySp.in - parking page as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• mytinyurl.com - redirects to an unrelated image
• myurl.us - cpanel frontend
• MyURL.in - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• myv.bz - Not resolving

• ndurl.com - redirects to site offering "Minecraft for Free" as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• nm.ly - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• nn.nf - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• not.my - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• nyturl.com - NY Times (bonus points for being longer than nyt.com, which they own). Taken by squatters

• oc1.us - parking page as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• omf.gd - DNS not responding as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST) ; Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• om.ly - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• onvzi.com - DNS fails to resolve.
• otf.me - Empty WordPress site

• para.pt - parking page as of 01:31, 13 December 2015 (EST)
• Pendek.in - parking page as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• Pic.gd - appears to be an image sharing site as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• Piko.me - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• PiURL.com - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• ping.fm - Fails to resolve.
• pli.gs - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• pln.so - Not working.
• Plo.cc - parking page as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• plzretwt.me - Fails to resolve.
• pp.gg - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• pt2.me - default server page as of 02:09, 9 December 2015 (EST)
• pulsene.ws - Expired. Parked by GoDaddy.
• Puke.It - parking page as of 02:09, 9 December 2015 (EST)

• qlnk.net - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• qu.tc - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• qurlyq.com - Javascript redirect. Appears sequential: http://qurlyq.com/5nf. Domain parked.
• qux.in - Parking page as of 01:04, 10 December 2015 (EST)

• rb6.me - redirects to "coming soon" page as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• RDE.me - GoDaddy parking page as of 01:04, 10 December 2015 (EST)
• re.ad - Fails to resolve.
• readthis.ca - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• redir.ec - 403 Forbidden as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• redirx.com - Lowercase alpha only, appears sequential or guessable - Ex: http://redirx.com/?wyok. Website still online but does not resolve existing URLs nor does it allow creating new ones (responds with the message: blame the spammers)
• retwt.me - Server fails to respond as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• r.im - page is blank (but contains title) as of 01:04, 10 December 2015 (EST)
• riz.gd - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• RT.nu - parking page as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• RubyURL.com - DNS not responding as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST) ; Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• rww.tw - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)

• s3nt.com - Probably sequential. http://s3nt.com/aa goes somewhere different from /ab . Domain parked.
• s4c.in - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• Sai.ly - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• sameurl.com - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• say.ly - redirects to unrelated site
• sdut.us - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• see.sc - Fails to resolve.
• Short.ie - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• shortlinks.co.uk - Working again. Maybe not. ; DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• short.nr - DNS not responding as of 01:31, 13 December 2015 (EST)
• short.to - Domain is parked - Probably sequential/loweralpha: http://short.to/msmp ; DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• Short.Url - DNS not responding as of 01:26, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• shout.to - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• shrt.st - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• shrinklink.co.uk - Doesn't appear sequential: http://www.shrinklink.co.uk/45bmx , www.shrinklink.co.uk/npk6xp . Domain parked.
• Shrtn.com - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• shrtn.us - myshorturls.appspot.com. 404, does not resolve
• Shw.me - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• simurl.com - Doesn't appear guessable - Ex: http://simurl.com/panpes. Website is blank; does not resolve URLs ("This SimURL is now inactive") ; parking page as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• siteo.us - returns "521 Origin Down" as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• sl.ly - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• s.me - Domain parked.
• smf.is - DNS not resolving.
• sns.mx - SNS Analytics, domain parked
• song.ly - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• spedr.com - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• sq.com - Now redirects to Singapore Airlines.
• surl.hu – Last contact on 2014-07-16, nearly 2M sURLs gone. Domain taken but idle now ; DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• SwU.me - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)

• TimesURL.at - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• tini.us - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• tiny.ly - DNS not resolving.
• TinyPl.us - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• tinyuri.ca - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• tllg.net - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• tm.to - Twtmore has "flown away"
• tnij.org - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• to.gg - Global Giving, everything 503s
• traceurl.com - DNS fails to resolve.
• tr.im (1st generation) - "Be back soon!"
• tpm.ly - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• twitterurl.net - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• twitterurl.org - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• tw6.us - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• tweetburner.com / twurl.nl - Appears incremental, everything 404s
• twixar.com - "Estamos fora do ar por algum tempo, mas estamos trabalhando para voltar a oferecer o serviço para encurtar URLs longa em breve!"
• twthpr.co - DNS not resolving.
• Twip.us - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• twitpwr.com - Domain parked.
• twitt.hu
• twurl.nl - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)

• u76.org - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• u.mavrev.com - Stopped accepting new urls. Now times out
• unfaker.it - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• u.nu - "The shortest URLs. period." Website dead since at least 1st of october 2010 (http://web.archive.org/web/20100104023208/http://u.nu/)
• urizy.com - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• url360.me - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• url9.com - Sequential, alphanumeric. Leading 0s are significant. "The site is working correctly."
• URL.AG - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• urlborg.com - 404 Not Found.
• url.co.uk - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• urlcover.com - Domain parked.
• urlG.info - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• urlhawk.com - Domain parked.
• url-press.com - Suspended by web host.
• urlsinn.com - DNS not resolving.
• urlsmash.com - DNS not resolving.
• urltea.com - Dreamhost's coming soon page.
• urlu.ms - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• urlvi.be - Domain parked.
• urlx.org - Owner has agreed to share his database
• ur.ly - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• uxp.in - still resolves URLs, but site just shows blank page. Domain parked.

• vb.ly - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST) (but see above)
• vibemag.co - Vibe Magazine. Times out
• vi.ly - DNS not responding as of 01:36, 7 December 2015 (EST)
• vl.am - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• vsb.li / links.visibli.com/links/ - The latter uses truncated md5 hex string. See sharedby.co.

• w3t.org - 403 Forbidden.
• wipi.es - DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• wlink.us - Domain parked.
• wl.tl - DNS not resolving.
• wwy.me

• xaddr.com - Domain parked.
• xil.in - Under construction.
• x.se - Cannot resolve, but www.x.se works.
• xym.kr - Gibberish (?) Korean text blog.

• y.ahoo.it - Yahoo
• yweb.com - Suspicious iframe with long url and fake loading gif image.

• zi.ma - DNS not resolving.
• zip.li - parking page as of 17:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
• zip.sm - was a redirect to joturl.com. Now times out
• ZipMyURL.com - Server not responding as of 16:36, 12 December 2015 (EST)

Discontinued

• adjix.com - Still resolves URLs, but site does not work: "The requested application was not found on this server." - Is static host on AWS service.
• feedly.com/e/ - realized that URL shorteners were bad . Non-cooperative.
• icanhaz.com -- shut down sometime around June 2010; IA dump that should be un-darked.
• lks.uk.to -- no DNS as of 03:01, 15 December 2015 (EST) ; has a dump on IA in 301Works; need to ping them about un-darking it.
• metamark.net / xrl.us - no longer allowing new urls to be shortened, existing urls still work (Ex. http://xrl.us/bfabog). Uploaded a database dump to Internet archive.
• pnt.me - Doesn't appear guessable, too big a space to bruteforce: http://pnt.me/FzAblc (DNS not responding as of 16:15, 12 December 2015 (EST)) IA dump that should be un-darked.
• s.tt - shortener of http://repost.us^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}. There is a dump on IA: https://archive.org/details/stt-7-18-14 -- but it is still restricted, contrary to 301works rules ("a closing company will agree to allow 301Works to publish the mappings", as stated here). Someone should ping IA about this.
• urlbrief.com - supposedly co-operated with 301Works.org -- but the collection is empty, and DNS doesn't respond as of 02:44, 15 December 2015 (EST). Someone should ping IA and ask them to un-dark the collection, if there is anything, per the 301works rules.
• va.mu - server is down as of 23:04, 15 December 2015 (EST); 16 items on IA that should be un-darked.
• Zapt.In - 404's as of 23:10, 15 December 2015 (EST) ; https://archive.org/details/ZaptinShortedUrlsIn20113110 should be un-darked

External lists to integrate

(not yet checked or de-duplicated, please move them (and comment with at least the date) when you do check them)

shortenurl/wiki/URLShorteningServices and longurl.org/services

From: http://code.google.com/p/shortenurl/wiki/URLShorteningServices^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]} From http://longurl.org/services^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

(filtered out ones with no DNS, or a server that didn't respond with status code 200)

ar.gy
atu.ca

b23 dot ru
bloat.me
bsa.ly

canurl.com
chilp.it
cliccami.info
clickthru.ca
cutt.us

decenturl.com
dfl8.me
digbig.com
disq.us
dld.bz
doiop.com
do.my

easyuri.com
easyurl.net
eepurl.com

fa.by
fff.to
fire.to
firsturl.de
fly2.ws
Fly2.ws
fwib.net

gizmo.do
gl.am
gurl.es
Gurl.es

hex.io
hiderefer.com
hmm.ph
Hop.im

icanhaz.com
idek.net
is.gd
its.my

jijr.com

Kisa.Ch
kissa.be
kl.am

l9k.net
linkbun.ch
lnkurl.com
lru.jp
lurl.no

macte.ch
merky.de
migre.me
miniurl.com
moourl.com
mrte.ch

notlong.com
nsfw.in
nutshellurl.com
nxy.in

omoikane.net
orz.se
o-x.fr

ptiturl.com

reallytinyurl.com
redirects.ca
rt.nu

s7y.us
safe.mn
Safe.mn
ShadyURL.com
shorl.com
shortn.me
shorturl.com
show.my
shrinkify.com
shrten.com
slki dot ru
smallr.com
Smallr.net
SMFU.in
smsh.me
smurl.name
Snipie.com
snipr.com
snipurl.com
snkr.me
snurl.com
sp2.ro
srnk.net
srs.li

tgr.me
tighturl.com
tiny.ly
tiny.pl
tl.gd
tmi.me
to.je
to.vg
trumpink.lt
tsort.us
tweet.me
twiturl.de
twtr.us
twurl.cc

ub0.cc
Uiop.Me
ulu.lu
u.mavrev.com
u.nu
updating.me
ur1.ca
url4.eu
url.az
URLCorta.es
url.ie
urlx.ie
URLZ.at
urlzen.com
use.my

Virl.co
vm.lc
VTC.es

W3T.org
w55.de
wa.la
wapurl.co.uk

XiY.net
xr.com
XR.com
xrl.in
xrt.me
xurl.es
xxsURL.de

y.ahoo.it
yatuc.com
ye.pe
yiyd.com

zi.ma
Zi.ma
Z.PE
zud.me
zurl.ws
zz.gd
ZZ.GD

(here's a list of ones from the above sources whose servers returned non-200; the status code is prefixed)

301  aa.cx
301  all.fuseurl.com
301  b2l.me
301  bizj.us
301  budurl.com
301  clck dot ru
301  cl.ly
301  cort.as
301  dai.ly
301  dlvr.it
301  fbshare.me
301  ff.im
301  firsturl.net
301  flq.us
301  fuseurl.com
301  fwd4.me
301  go.ign.com
301  goshrink.com
301  hulu.com
301  hurl.me
301  hurl.ws
301  Hurl.ws
301  ir.pe
301  J2j.de
301  klck.me
301  lnkd.in
301  minurl.fr
301  moby.to
301  nbc.co
301  ow.ly
301  post.ly
301  profile.to
301  pub.vitrue.com
301  redirx.com
301  ri.ms
301  SFU.ca
301  shrinkr.com
301  starturl.com
301  ta.gd
301  tnw.to
301  togoto.us
301  to.ly
301  to.ly
301  toysr.us
301  tra.kz
301  tra.kz
301  tr.im
301  tr.im
301  twhub.com
301  urlborg.com
301  urlBorg.com
301  urlcut.com
301  vgn.am
301  Voizle.com
301  x.vu
301  X.vu
301  yfrog.com
301  yuarel.com
301  zi.mu
302  2su.de
302  4url.cc
302  eweri.com
302  fav.me
302  fb.me
302  flic.kr
302  go.9nl.com
302  Good.ly
302  goo.gl
302  go.usa.gov
302  hsblinks.com
302  ix.lt
302  liip.to
302  linkbee.com
302  lt.tl
302  ooqx.com
302  qy.fi
302  r.im
302  shrt.fr
302  shrt.ws
302  surl.co.uk
302  tinylink.in
302  t.lh.com
302  twitclicks.com
302  URLoo.com
302  wp.me
302  xrl.us
302  xurl.jp
302  youtu.be
302  z0p.de
302  Zi.pe
403  adjix.com
403  bacn.me
403  clop.in
403  htxt.it
403  ilix.in
403  ping.fm
403  rickroll.it
403  shink.de
403  shrunkin.com
403  twirl.at
403  Twirl.at
403  urlcover.com
403  urli.nl
403  URLi.nl
403  urlshorteningservicefortwitter.com
403  zzang.kr
404  ctvr.us
404  ru.ly
404  shar.es
404  totc.us
404  urlenco.de
405  4ms.me
405  4sq.com
405  amzn.to
405  azc.cc
405  bcool.bz
405  binged.it
405  bit.ly
405  bravo.ly
405  chzb.gr
405  conta.cc
405  cot.ag
405  crks.me
405  digg.com
405  huff.to
405  lat.ms
405  nblo.gs
405  n.pr
405  nyti.ms
405  onforb.es
405  on.mktw.net
405  politi.co
405  qte.me
405  read.bi
405  slate.me
405  tbd.ly
405  tcrn.ch
405  tgr.ph
405  tny.com
405  urls.im
405  usat.ly
405  wapo.st
405  yhoo.it
406  krunchd.com
406  tiniuri.com
503  mke.me
503  rurl.org
503  t.cn
503  yep.it

Mashable

From http://mashable.com/2008/01/08/url-shortening-services^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

Not copied in yet

bit.do/list-of-url-shorteners

From http://bit.do/list-of-url-shorteners.php^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

q.gs
viralurl.com 	Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com "Instantly Harness the Power of ViralURL"
vur.me 	The worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com
cutt.us 	CUTTUS | URL Shortening Service, URL Shortener
Example: http://cutt.us/url-shortener and http://cutt.us/bitdo
u.bb 	
yourls.org 	YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener
crisco.com 	CRISCO is Cooking - Recipes, Cooking Tips, Baking Ideas, Recipe Videos, and Product information: Olive Oils, Cooking Sprays, Cooking Oils, Shortening - Crisco®
x.co 	URL Shortener | X.co URL Redirection Service by Go Daddy
Example: http://x.co/5PSLK
prettylinkpro.com 	Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress: Pretty Link Pro
viralurl.biz 	Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com
adcraft.co 	AdCraft.co - Shorten links, Make money
virl.ws 	Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com
scrnch.me 	Powered Exclusively by the scrnch.me URL Shortening Service
filoops.info 	Filoops - Shorten Your Long URLs for net surfing pleasure (too many banners)
vurl.bz 	Frank Bauer recommends the worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com
vzturl.com 	VztURL.com - Free URL shortening, tracking, rotator & cloaking!
Example: http://vzturl.com/apa83
lemde.fr 	bitly | shorten, share and track your links
qr.net 	QR Code Generator URL shortener
Example: http://qr.net/bitdo
1url.com 	1URL.com - Your #1 URL Shortening & Redirection Service!
tweez.me 	Tweez.me - Free Premium URL Shortening Service
7vd.cn 	7vd.cn - Baidu Short URL service
Example: http://7vd.cn/rjtS
dft.ba 	DFT.BA is a url shortener submitted by Michael Mattice. "Don't forget to be awesome - custom shortened name", by DFTBA Records.
Examples:
http://dft.ba/-aWOr
http://dft.ba/-bitdo
http://dft.ba/-urlshortener
aka.gr 	AKA GR is a Greek url shortener, submitted by Konstantinos Botonakis. With sponsored ads. Powered by Botonakis. Sample short url: http://aka.gr/bit
tr.im

vanityurlshorteners.com

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Archives

Check out Audit2014 and help audit the archives. In particular, the stuff not on Internet Archive needs to be uploaded.

• See the latest torrent release for URLs before Tinytown. A copy is available at URLTeamTorrentRelease2013July
• Tinytown results are uploaded to the Internet Archive. They are incremental, so you will need to download them all to get all URLs.
  • They are formatted as follows:
    • Each IA item (which can be downloaded in full via BitTorrent or as a zip file) contains multiple zip files, named PROJECT_NAME.TIMESTAMP.zip (where PROJECT_NAME is the warrior project name (as listed in the table below, and on http://tracker.archiveteam.org:1337/status) and TIMESTAMP is a dash-separated timestamp matching the name of the item.
    • Each zip file contains a subdirectory matching the PROJECT_NAME, which contains a file named PROJECT_NAME.meta.json.xz and one or more files whose names start with one or more underscores, followed by .txt.xz.
    • The xz files can be decompressed with the wikipedia:XZ Utils.
    • The meta.json file is a copy of the project settings (as linked from the table below) at the time the dump was made.
    • The txt files contain the actual URLs, in BEACON format.
    • The simple description of BEACON format is that each line (except for a few header lines) consists of the shortcode, followed by a vertical bar, followed by the original URL.

Weblinks

• urlte.am
• 301works.org
• Why URL shortening services and shortURLs are bad

Common URL shortening software

Ha-ha! Please don't run a URL shortening service.

• YOURLS