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| 1o2.ir
| 1o2.ir || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| site is in Arabic (I think); seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
| site is in Arabic (I think); seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
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| 2tag.nl
| 2tag.nl || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
|  
| seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
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| 9en.us
| 9en.us || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| appears to charge for creating shorturls; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
| appears to charge for creating shorturls; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
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| ad7.biz
| ad7.biz || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| pays short URL creators; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
| pays short URL creators; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
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| adf.ly
| adf.ly || 2015-11-10
| 2015-11-10
| 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)) (alias q.gs )
| 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)) (alias q.gs )
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| adfoc.us
| adfoc.us ||
|  
| displays interstitial ads; appears to block curl; so requires custom code
| displays interstitial ads; appears to block curl; so requires custom code
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| asso.in
| asso.in || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
|  
| seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
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| at5.us
| at5.us || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
|  
| seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
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| at.cmt.com
| at.cmt.com ||  
|  
| Country Music Television - Appears to be a vanity domain hosted on ow.ly infrastructure.
| Country Music Television - Appears to be a vanity domain hosted on ow.ly infrastructure.
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| b23 dot ru
| b23 dot ru || 2016-01-02
| 2016-01-02
|  
| seems alive as of 15:05, 2 January 2016 (EST)
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| bc.vc
| bc.vc ||
|
| displays interstitial ads ; Example: http://bc . vc/8nCbMs
| displays interstitial ads ; Example: http://bc . vc/8nCbMs
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| bernie.to
| bernie.to || 2016-03-21
| 2016-03-21
| No public method for creating shortcodes. Homepage redirects to campaign homepage. 307 Proxy Redirect for (vaild) bernie.to/pb and /vol and same status code for invalid shortcode. Seems to all be custom names, according to those used on reddit: http://reddit.com/domain/bernie.to As of 17:24, 21 March 2016 (EDT)
| No public method for creating shortcodes. Homepage redirects to campaign homepage. 307 Proxy Redirect for (vaild) bernie.to/pb and /vol and same status code for invalid shortcode. Seems to all be custom names, according to those used on reddit: http://reddit.com/domain/bernie.to As of 17:24, 21 March 2016 (EDT)
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| budurl.com
| budurl.com || 2015-12-06
| 2015-12-06
| Appears non-incremental, apparently all custom names; only paying clients allowed to create URLs (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
| Appears non-incremental, apparently all custom names; only paying clients allowed to create URLs (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
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| buff.ly
| buff.ly || 2015-12-07
| 2015-12-07
| Buffer App ; ex: http://buff . ly/1fPIjQf (301 - existing; 404 - non-existing), non-incremental (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
| Buffer App ; ex: http://buff . ly/1fPIjQf (301 - existing; 404 - non-existing), non-incremental (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
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| buzurl.com
| buzurl.com || 2015-12-19
| 2015-12-19
| Example: http://buzurl . com/li04 ; link broken, home page is blank as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
| Example: http://buzurl . com/li04 ; link broken, home page is blank as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
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| canurl.com
| canurl.com || 2016-01-02
| 2016-01-02
| Contains various random essays on URL shortening & spam; not clear if the shortener still exists as of 15:05, 2 January 2016 (EST)
| Contains various random essays on URL shortening & spam; not clear if the shortener still exists as of 15:05, 2 January 2016 (EST)
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| cl.ly
| cl.ly ||  
|  
| CloudApp ; requires application to create short URLs
| CloudApp ; requires application to create short URLs
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| cur.lv (CoinURL.com)
| cur.lv (CoinURL.com) ||  
|  
| Subdomains include: bit, go, in, jump, link, me, my, n, name, now, to.
| Subdomains include: bit, go, in, jump, link, me, my, n, name, now, to.
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| decenturl.com
| decenturl.com || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| Makes human-readable URLs from page titles; not at all easy to scrape. Requires one-time payment and registration to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| Makes human-readable URLs from page titles; not at all easy to scrape. Requires one-time payment and registration to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| del.ly
| del.ly ||  
|  
| sprinklr
| sprinklr
|-  
|-  
| dfl8.me
| dfl8.me || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| previously had an archive of created URLs; requires a (broken) captcha to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| previously had an archive of created URLs; requires a (broken) captcha to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| digbig.com
| digbig.com || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| no longer accepting new users as of March 1, 2014; site appears to still be up as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| no longer accepting new users as of March 1, 2014; site appears to still be up as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| dlvr.it
| dlvr.it || 2015-11-02
| 2015-11-02
| Requires free login; then requires connecting to another service; URLs are shortened when sent through. ( as of 01:36, 2 November 2015 (EST))
| Requires free login; then requires connecting to another service; URLs are shortened when sent through. ( as of 01:36, 2 November 2015 (EST))
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| dogeurl.com
| dogeurl.com || 2015-12-21
| 2015-12-21
| 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
| 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
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| doiop.com
| doiop.com || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| Appears non-incremental ; allows unicode in short codes; appears alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| Appears non-incremental ; allows unicode in short codes; appears alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| durl.me
| durl.me || 2015-11-21
| 2015-11-21
| appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
| appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
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| easyurl.net
| easyurl.net || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| (alias: atu.ca , readthis.ca , clickthru.ca , redirects.ca ) Appears non-incremental; only available to customers of easyDNS.com ; Ex: http://easyurl.net/afd2f ; seems alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| (alias: atu.ca , readthis.ca , clickthru.ca , redirects.ca ) Appears non-incremental; only available to customers of easyDNS.com ; Ex: http://easyurl.net/afd2f ; seems alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| fav.me
| fav.me ||  
|  
| Used by DeviantArt. Ex: http://fav . me/d31sfml
| Used by DeviantArt. Ex: http://fav . me/d31sfml
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| filoops.info
| filoops.info || 2016-01-29
| 2016-01-29
| Appears to allow public shortening; seems alive as of 01:15, 29 January 2016 (EST)
| Appears to allow public shortening; seems alive as of 01:15, 29 January 2016 (EST)
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| firsturl.de
| firsturl.de || 2016-02-17
| 2016-02-17
| Appears alive and allowing public shortening as of 01:20, 17 February 2016 (EST)
| Appears alive and allowing public shortening as of 01:20, 17 February 2016 (EST)
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| flip.it
| flip.it ||  
|  
| Flipboard
| Flipboard
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| flpbd.it
| flpbd.it ||  
|  
| Flipboard
| Flipboard
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| fnd.us
| fnd.us ||  
|  
| (See offical shorteners)
| (See offical shorteners)
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| fos.hu
| fos.hu ||  
|  
| incremental alphanumeric, but shares pattern with an image sharing service
| incremental alphanumeric, but shares pattern with an image sharing service
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| gkurl.us
| gkurl.us || 2015-11-21
| 2015-11-21
| appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
| appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
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| gdurl.com
| gdurl.com ||  
|  
| allows public shortening of Google Drive public-linked files, example http://gdurl.com/s3tF , not sequential (jumped from http://gdurl.com/8T-v to http://gdurl.com/s3tF when tried two different files seconds after each other), 236,285 urls shortened as of 18:29, 24 February 2016 (EST) , has a public list of "all" permalinks - note this appears to be inaccurate (there is an option to not make the link public in the list when it is created)
| allows public shortening of Google Drive public-linked files, example http://gdurl.com/s3tF , not sequential (jumped from http://gdurl.com/8T-v to http://gdurl.com/s3tF when tried two different files seconds after each other), 236,285 urls shortened as of 18:29, 24 February 2016 (EST) , has a public list of "all" permalinks - note this appears to be inaccurate (there is an option to not make the link public in the list when it is created)
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| -H-
| -H- ||  
|  
| none that start with h
| none that start with h
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| idek.net
| idek.net || 2016-03-13
| 2016-03-13
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
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| ity.im
| ity.im || 2015-12-19
| 2015-12-19
| shows adverts, not clear if it still works as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
| shows adverts, not clear if it still works as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
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| -J-
| -J- ||  
|  
| none that start with j yet.
| none that start with j yet.
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| kics.it
| kics.it ||  
|  
| Restricted access to shourturl creation
| Restricted access to shourturl creation
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| l9k.net
| l9k.net || 2016-03-13
| 2016-03-13
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
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| lien2.com
| lien2.com || 2015-11-29
| 2015-11-29
| http://lien2 . com/go/a6cx ; seems-non-incremental, only 583 shortened urls (as of 02:27, 29 November 2015 (EST) )
| http://lien2 . com/go/a6cx ; seems-non-incremental, only 583 shortened urls (as of 02:27, 29 November 2015 (EST) )
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| linkbucks.com
| linkbucks.com ||
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| linkbun.ch
| linkbun.ch || 2016-03-14
| 2016-03-14
| combines multiple URLs into one short URL, probably requires custom code -- 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
| combines multiple URLs into one short URL, probably requires custom code -- 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
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| lin.io
| lin.io || 2015-12-07
| 2015-12-07
| uses frame/toolbar (site is alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST))
| uses frame/toolbar (site is alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST))
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| ln.is
| ln.is || 2015-12-12
| 2015-12-12
| 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))
| 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))
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| lnq.me
| lnq.me || 2015-11-21
| 2015-11-21
| 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) )
| 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) )
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| lt.tl
| lt.tl || 2015-12-09
| 2015-12-09
| site is up, says "Service will be back soon..." as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST)
| site is up, says "Service will be back soon..." as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST)
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| ly.my
| ly.my || 2015-12-07
| 2015-12-07
|  
| alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST)
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| m112.hu
| m112.hu ||  
|  
|  
|  
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| me2.hu
| me2.hu ||  
|  
|  
|  
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| macte.ch
| macte.ch || 2016-03-14
| 2016-03-14
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
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| mcaf.ee
| mcaf.ee || 2016-04-29
| 2016-04-29
|  
| seems alive as of 03:08, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
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| merky.de
| merky.de || 2016-03-14
| 2016-03-14
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
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| mgnet.me
| mgnet.me ||  
|  
| for torrent magnet URIs.
| for torrent magnet URIs.
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| miniurl.hu
| miniurl.hu ||
|  
|  
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| MinURL.fr || 2015-12-09
|  
|  
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| MinURL.fr
| moourl.com || 2016-03-14
| 2015-12-09
| site alive as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
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| moourl.com
| 2016-03-14
| Random (alive as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT))
| Random (alive as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT))
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| my.dot.tk/tweak
| my.dot.tk/tweak ||  
|  
| Appears non-incremental
| Appears non-incremental
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| nblo.gs
| nblo.gs || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
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| nbx.ch
| nbx.ch || 2015-12-09
| 2015-12-09
| private shortener; appears up as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
| private shortener; appears up as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
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| news.me
| news.me || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
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| nohref.hu
| nohref.hu ||  
|  
| Allows custom shorturl & deletes links after a specified time period (or 1 year without use)
| Allows custom shorturl & deletes links after a specified time period (or 1 year without use)
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| notlong.com
| notlong.com || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| 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)
| 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)
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| nutshellurl.com
| nutshellurl.com || 2016-03-20
| 2016-03-20
| Appears incremental. 301s to a redirector script, which then 301s you to the destination. Seems alive as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
| Appears incremental. 301s to a redirector script, which then 301s you to the destination. Seems alive as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
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| -O-
| -O- ||  
|  
| none that start with o, yet
| none that start with o, yet
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| p.pw
| p.pw || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
| sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
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| pear.ly
| pear.ly || 2015-12-05
| 2015-12-05
| 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))
| 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))
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| pnut.co
| pnut.co ||  
|  
| see nutshellurl.com Ex: http://pnut.co/3a (returns 200 on a HEAD request; will need to use GET requests)
| see nutshellurl.com Ex: http://pnut.co/3a (returns 200 on a HEAD request; will need to use GET requests)
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| po.st
| po.st || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| "social sharing platform"; no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
| "social sharing platform"; no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
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| poeurl.com
| poeurl.com || 2015-12-21
| 2015-12-21
| 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
| 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
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| prettylinkpro.com
| prettylinkpro.com || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| "Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress"; doesn't seem to provide public shortening; unclear what the short URLs look like; site appears alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| "Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress"; doesn't seem to provide public shortening; unclear what the short URLs look like; site appears alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| prsm.tc
| 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
| 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
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| ptiturl.com
| ptiturl.com || 2016-03-20
| 2016-03-20
| appears to be in French; seems alive and allowing public shortening as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
| appears to be in French; seems alive and allowing public shortening as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
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| qik.li
| qik.li || 2015-12-12
| 2015-12-12
| site appears to allow public shortening as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST)
| site appears to allow public shortening as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST)
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|-
| qr.net
| qr.net || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| has a redirect from http://3.ly (but other pages on 3.ly seem to redirect to a parking page, http://www.threely.com ) ex: qr.net/bpEjJ & qr.net/bitdo ; allows public shortening; 6,270,241 made as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| has a redirect from http://3.ly (but other pages on 3.ly seem to redirect to a parking page, http://www.threely.com ) ex: qr.net/bpEjJ & qr.net/bitdo ; allows public shortening; 6,270,241 made as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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| qurl.com
| qurl.com || 2015-12-10
| 2015-12-10
| site appears to allow public shortening as of 01:03, 10 December 2015 (EST) (also runs a image sharing service)
| site appears to allow public shortening as of 01:03, 10 December 2015 (EST) (also runs a image sharing service)
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| r.ebay.com
| r.ebay.com ||  
|  
|  
|  
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| rlu dot ru
| rlu dot ru || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 15:48, 15 May 2016 (EDT) - Allows creation of new shortlinks, does not appear to allow custom shortlinks. Currently issues 4 characters, older links use 3 characters, appears to use [a-zA-Z0-9]*, seems to be sequential: http://rlu . ru/TDzw http://rlu . ru/TDzz Valid returns 301 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 404 (GET and HEAD). (as of 17:18, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
| seems alive as of 15:48, 15 May 2016 (EDT) - Allows creation of new shortlinks, does not appear to allow custom shortlinks. Currently issues 4 characters, older links use 3 characters, appears to use [a-zA-Z0-9]*, seems to be sequential: http://rlu . ru/TDzw http://rlu . ru/TDzz Valid returns 301 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 404 (GET and HEAD). (as of 17:18, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
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| s7y.us
| s7y.us || 2016-03-20
| 2016-03-20
| seems alive and allowing public shortening as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
| seems alive and allowing public shortening as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
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| safe.mn
| safe.mn || 2016-04-03
| 2016-04-03
| Claims to provide archive of shortened URLs at safe.mn/static/safemn.zip ; seems alive as of 01:12, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
| Claims to provide archive of shortened URLs at safe.mn/static/safemn.zip ; seems alive as of 01:12, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
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| sdai.ly
| sdai.ly ||  
|  
| Allows custom shorturl
| Allows custom shorturl
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|-
| shadyurl.com
| shadyurl.com || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| Complex, Valid: 301 (Location header correct), Invalid: 301 (Empty location), ex.: http://www.5z8 dot info/trojan_sunz http://www.5z8 dot info/how-to-stop-immigration-for-good.pdf_w7g7no_yourdick (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| Complex, Valid: 301 (Location header correct), Invalid: 301 (Empty location), ex.: http://www.5z8 dot info/trojan_sunz http://www.5z8 dot info/how-to-stop-immigration-for-good.pdf_w7g7no_yourdick (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
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| shorl dot com
| shorl dot com || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| <s>Doesn't appear guessable</s>, 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. Random, Valid: 200 (No Location header), Invalid: 404, http://shorl dot com/[a-z]{13}, ex.: http://shorl dot com/tisikestibahu http://shorl dot com/stugipenefife (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| <s>Doesn't appear guessable</s>, 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. Random, Valid: 200 (No Location header), Invalid: 404, http://shorl dot com/[a-z]{13}, ex.: http://shorl dot com/tisikestibahu http://shorl dot com/stugipenefife (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| shorte.st
| shorte.st ||  
|  
| sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape
| sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape
|-
|-
| shorturl.com
| shorturl.com || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| Random, Valid: 302 (Location header correct), Invalid: 200, http://alturl dot com/[a-z0-9]{5}, ex.: http://alturl dot com/j5vmv (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| Random, Valid: 302 (Location header correct), Invalid: 200, http://alturl dot com/[a-z0-9]{5}, ex.: http://alturl dot com/j5vmv (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| shrinkurl.us
| shrinkurl.us ||  
|  
| Still resolves, but does not allow creating new URLs ("The URL you entered was not valid or did not exist.")
| Still resolves, but does not allow creating new URLs ("The URL you entered was not valid or did not exist.")
|-
|-
| smallr.net
| smallr.net || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| Likely sequential, Allows custom URLs, Must include trailing '/', Valid: 301 (Location correct), Invalid: 404, http://smallr.net/[a-z0-9]{1-4}/, ex.: http://smallr.net/5em/ (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| Likely sequential, Allows custom URLs, Must include trailing '/', Valid: 301 (Location correct), Invalid: 404, http://smallr.net/[a-z0-9]{1-4}/, ex.: http://smallr.net/5em/ (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| smarturl.eu / joturl.com
| smarturl.eu / joturl.com ||  
|  
| Doesn't appear guessable, HTML redirect.
| Doesn't appear guessable, HTML redirect.
|-
|-
| smarturl.it
| smarturl.it ||  
|  
| smartURL
| smartURL
|-
|-
| smurl.name
| smurl.name || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| 60 seconds ads, Random, ex.: http://smurl.name/yMuzr (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| 60 seconds ads, Random, ex.: http://smurl.name/yMuzr (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| soa.li
| soa.li ||  
|  
| Gigya inc.
| Gigya inc.
|-
|-
| soc.li
| soc.li ||  
|  
| Gigya inc.
| Gigya inc.
|-
|-
| soli.dm
| soli.dm || 2015-12-16
| 2015-12-16
| 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.
| 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.
|-
|-
| sp2.ro
| sp2.ro || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| Likely random, Valid: 301 (Location header correct), Invalid: 302, http://sp2.ro/[a-f0-9]{6}, ex.: http://sp2.ro/d05889 (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| Likely random, Valid: 301 (Location header correct), Invalid: 302, http://sp2.ro/[a-f0-9]{6}, ex.: http://sp2.ro/d05889 (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| spnsr.tw
| spnsr.tw ||  
|  
| sponsoredtweets.com
| sponsoredtweets.com
|-
|-
| surl.co.uk
| surl.co.uk ||  
|  
| Many shortening options.
| Many shortening options.
|-
|-
| t1p.de / ogy.de / 0cn.de / kurzelinks.de
| t1p.de / ogy.de / 0cn.de / kurzelinks.de || 2016-03-15
| 2016-03-15
| Alive as of 11:17, 15 March 2016 (EDT); http://t1p(dot)de/ggl, non-sequential, custom URLs possible; Valid returns HTTP 302 with Location set; Invalid returns HTTP 301 to error page with requested shortener URL in Location header
| Alive as of 11:17, 15 March 2016 (EDT); http://t1p(dot)de/ggl, non-sequential, custom URLs possible; Valid returns HTTP 302 with Location set; Invalid returns HTTP 301 to error page with requested shortener URL in Location header
|-
|-
| techme.me
| techme.me ||  
|  
| Techmeme
| Techmeme
|-
|-
| tinyarrows.com / ta.gd / ri.ms / ➡.ws / ➨.ws / ➯.ws / ➔.ws / ➞.ws / ➽.ws / ➹.ws / ✩.ws / ✿.ws / ❥.ws / ›.ws / ⌘.ws / ‽.ws / ☁.ws
| 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)
| Appears non-incremental: uses user-defined words for URLs (e.g. http://➡.ws/URLTEAM)
|-
|-
| tiny.cc
| tiny.cc || 2015-12-12
| 2015-12-12
| Appears non-incremental (alive as of 18:21, 12 December 2015 (EST))
| Appears non-incremental (alive as of 18:21, 12 December 2015 (EST))
|-
|-
| tiny.ly
| tiny.ly || 2016-01-01
| 2016-01-01
|  
| Appears alive as of 04:09, 1 January 2016 (EST)
|-
|-
| totesz.hu/x
| totesz.hu/x ||  
|  
| Allows custom shorturl
| Allows custom shorturl
|-
|-
| trib.al (alias: gizmo.do )  
| trib.al (alias: gizmo.do ) ||  
|  
| Does not appear to allow public creation of new short-URLs; owned by SocialFlow
| Does not appear to allow public creation of new short-URLs; owned by SocialFlow
|-
|-
| twitthis.com
| twitthis.com || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| requires a Twitter account to create shortURLs (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
| requires a Twitter account to create shortURLs (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
|-
|-
| twiturl dot de
| twiturl dot de || 2016-04-12
| 2016-04-12
| Custom urls only?, goes via two redirects, Valid: 302 (Location ends with '&loc=LINK', LINK is the original URL), Invalid: 302 (Location ends with '&loc=http://www dot twiturl.de'), ex.:http://twiturl dot de/gudet (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
| Custom urls only?, goes via two redirects, Valid: 302 (Location ends with '&loc=LINK', LINK is the original URL), Invalid: 302 (Location ends with '&loc=http://www dot twiturl.de'), ex.:http://twiturl dot de/gudet (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| trunc.it
| trunc.it || 2015-12-12
| 2015-12-12
| 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
| 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
|-
|-
| untiny.me
| untiny.me || 2016-04-29
| 2016-04-29
|  
| seems alive as of 03:08, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
|-
|-
| url.az
| url.az || 2016-04-29
| 2016-04-29
| Pays for URLs shortened through it (presumably with ads, thereby likely more difficult to scrape) as of 02:37, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
| Pays for URLs shortened through it (presumably with ads, thereby likely more difficult to scrape) as of 02:37, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
|-
|-
| url.ie
| url.ie || 2016-04-29
| 2016-04-29
| Returns 302 with URL in Location header for valid URLs. Returns 404 for invalid URLs. Sequential lowercase alphanumeric. Namespace has reached 4 characters. Alive as of 02:37, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
| Returns 302 with URL in Location header for valid URLs. Returns 404 for invalid URLs. Sequential lowercase alphanumeric. Namespace has reached 4 characters. Alive as of 02:37, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
|-
|-
| urlcut.com
| urlcut.com || 2015-12-05
| 2015-12-05
| "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))
| "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
| usite.hu/link.php ||  
|  
| Numeric incremental, public database
| Numeric incremental, public database
|-
|-
| u.to
| u.to || 2015-12-19
| 2015-12-19
| 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)
| 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)
|-
|-
| viralurl.com (alias vur.me , viralurl.biz , vurl.bz , virl.ws )
| viralurl.com (alias vur.me , viralurl.biz , vurl.bz , virl.ws ) ||
|
|
|
|-
|-
| vk.cc
| vk.cc || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
|-
|-
| vzturl.com
| vzturl.com || 2016-02-10
| 2016-02-10
| example: http://vzturl.com/apa83 ; appears to allow public shortening, alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
| example: http://vzturl.com/apa83 ; appears to allow public shortening, alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
|-
|-
| wapurl.co.uk
| wapurl.co.uk || 2016-04-29
| 2016-04-29
| seems alive as of 02:44, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
| seems alive as of 02:44, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
|-
|-
| wowurl.com
| wowurl.com || 2016-04-29
| 2016-04-29
| Returns 302 with URL in Location header for valid URLs. Returns 200 for invalid URLs. Sequential lowercase alphanumeric. Namespace has reached 5 characters. They supposedly have 540373 urls. Alive as of 03:08, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
| Returns 302 with URL in Location header for valid URLs. Returns 200 for invalid URLs. Sequential lowercase alphanumeric. Namespace has reached 5 characters. They supposedly have 540373 urls. Alive as of 03:08, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
|-
|-
| xurl.es
| xurl.es || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 02:37, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - Allows creation of new shortlinks, currently 5 characters (lowercase + digits), appears to be random. http://xurl . es/7dnv0 Allows converting a shortlink into a custom link. Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 302 with Location: http://xurl . es for both GET and HEAD. (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
| seems alive as of 02:37, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - Allows creation of new shortlinks, currently 5 characters (lowercase + digits), appears to be random. http://xurl . es/7dnv0 Allows converting a shortlink into a custom link. Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 302 with Location: http://xurl . es for both GET and HEAD. (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| xxsURL.de
| xxsURL.de || 2016-04-14
| 2016-04-14
|  
| seems alive as of 02:37, 14 May 2016 (EDT)
|-
|-
| y2u.be
| 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)
| 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)
|-
|-
| yatuc.com
| yatuc.com || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - "temporarily disabled" but still resolves shortlinks. Shortlinks appear to be 3 characters (lowercase + digits + "_") (may be random judging from gaps) http://yatuc . com/u_k http://yatuc . com/vr0 Doesn't appear to allow custom shortlinks. Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 302 with Location: http://yatuc . com for both GET and HEAD (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
| seems alive as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - "temporarily disabled" but still resolves shortlinks. Shortlinks appear to be 3 characters (lowercase + digits + "_") (may be random judging from gaps) http://yatuc . com/u_k http://yatuc . com/vr0 Doesn't appear to allow custom shortlinks. Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 302 with Location: http://yatuc . com for both GET and HEAD (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
|-
|-
| yep.it
| yep.it || 2015-11-07
| 2015-11-07
| 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))
| 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))
|-
|-
| zi.ma
| zi.ma || 2016-04-14
| 2016-04-14
| DNS didn't resolve at one point, but seems alive (although it's not totally clear it offers url shortening) as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) Appears to combine multiple URLs into one short URL (see linkbun.ch)
| DNS didn't resolve at one point, but seems alive (although it's not totally clear it offers url shortening) as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) Appears to combine multiple URLs into one short URL (see linkbun.ch)
|-
|-
| zurl.ws
| zurl.ws || 2016-05-15
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - Currently cannot create account/shortlinks, resolves existing. Shortlinks appear to be 3 character (lowercase + digits), appears to be sequential (judging from patterns in sequential shorturls). Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 200 with error page. GET and HEAD (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
| seems alive as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - Currently cannot create account/shortlinks, resolves existing. Shortlinks appear to be 3 character (lowercase + digits), appears to be sequential (judging from patterns in sequential shorturls). Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 200 with error page. GET and HEAD (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
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| ask.fm
| ask.fm ||  
|  
| Ex: http://ask.fm/a/40k05kgp -> http://ask.fm/Q7Niki/answer/42128504404 ; seems non-incremental
| Ex: http://ask.fm/a/40k05kgp -> http://ask.fm/Q7Niki/answer/42128504404 ; seems non-incremental


Revision as of 06:29, 17 May 2016

Can anyone think of any additional fields that would be useful to sort on?

Alive

Shortener Last Checked on Notes
1o2.ir 2016-05-15 site is in Arabic (I think); seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
2tag.nl 2016-05-15
9en.us 2016-05-15 appears to charge for creating shorturls; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
ad7.biz 2016-05-15 pays short URL creators; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
adf.ly 2015-11-10 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)) (alias q.gs )
adfoc.us displays interstitial ads; appears to block curl; so requires custom code
asso.in 2016-05-15
at5.us 2016-05-15
at.cmt.com Country Music Television - Appears to be a vanity domain hosted on ow.ly infrastructure.
b23 dot ru 2016-01-02
bc.vc displays interstitial ads ; Example: http://bc . vc/8nCbMs
bernie.to 2016-03-21 No public method for creating shortcodes. Homepage redirects to campaign homepage. 307 Proxy Redirect for (vaild) bernie.to/pb and /vol and same status code for invalid shortcode. Seems to all be custom names, according to those used on reddit: http://reddit.com/domain/bernie.to As of 17:24, 21 March 2016 (EDT)
budurl.com 2015-12-06 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 2015-12-07 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 2015-12-19 Example: http://buzurl . com/li04 ; link broken, home page is blank as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
canurl.com 2016-01-02 Contains various random essays on URL shortening & spam; not clear if the shortener still exists as of 15:05, 2 January 2016 (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 2016-02-10 Makes human-readable URLs from page titles; not at all easy to scrape. Requires one-time payment and registration to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
del.ly sprinklr
dfl8.me 2016-02-10 previously had an archive of created URLs; requires a (broken) captcha to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
digbig.com 2016-02-10 no longer accepting new users as of March 1, 2014; site appears to still be up as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
dlvr.it 2015-11-02 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 2015-12-21 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 2016-02-10 Appears non-incremental ; allows unicode in short codes; appears alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
durl.me 2015-11-21 appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
easyurl.net 2016-02-10 (alias: atu.ca , readthis.ca , clickthru.ca , redirects.ca ) Appears non-incremental; only available to customers of easyDNS.com ; Ex: http://easyurl.net/afd2f ; seems alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
fav.me Used by DeviantArt. Ex: http://fav . me/d31sfml
filoops.info 2016-01-29 Appears to allow public shortening; seems alive as of 01:15, 29 January 2016 (EST)
firsturl.de 2016-02-17 Appears alive and allowing public shortening as of 01:20, 17 February 2016 (EST)
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 2015-11-21 appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
gdurl.com allows public shortening of Google Drive public-linked files, example http://gdurl.com/s3tF , not sequential (jumped from http://gdurl.com/8T-v to http://gdurl.com/s3tF when tried two different files seconds after each other), 236,285 urls shortened as of 18:29, 24 February 2016 (EST) , has a public list of "all" permalinks - note this appears to be inaccurate (there is an option to not make the link public in the list when it is created)
-H- none that start with h
idek.net 2016-03-13 seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
ity.im 2015-12-19 shows adverts, not clear if it still works as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
-J- none that start with j yet.
kics.it Restricted access to shourturl creation
l9k.net 2016-03-13 seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
lien2.com 2015-11-29 http://lien2 . com/go/a6cx ; seems-non-incremental, only 583 shortened urls (as of 02:27, 29 November 2015 (EST) )
linkbucks.com
linkbun.ch 2016-03-14 combines multiple URLs into one short URL, probably requires custom code -- 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
lin.io 2015-12-07 uses frame/toolbar (site is alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST))
ln.is 2015-12-12 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 2015-11-21 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 2015-12-09 site is up, says "Service will be back soon..." as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST)
ly.my 2015-12-07
m112.hu
me2.hu
macte.ch 2016-03-14 seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
mcaf.ee 2016-04-29
merky.de 2016-03-14 seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
mgnet.me for torrent magnet URIs.
miniurl.hu
MinURL.fr 2015-12-09
moourl.com 2016-03-14 Random (alive as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT))
my.dot.tk/tweak Appears non-incremental
nblo.gs 2015-11-07 no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
nbx.ch 2015-12-09 private shortener; appears up as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
news.me 2015-11-07 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 2015-11-07 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 2016-03-20 Appears incremental. 301s to a redirector script, which then 301s you to the destination. Seems alive as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
-O- none that start with o, yet
p.pw 2015-11-07 sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
pear.ly 2015-12-05 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 2015-11-07 "social sharing platform"; no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
poeurl.com 2015-12-21 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
prettylinkpro.com 2016-02-10 "Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress"; doesn't seem to provide public shortening; unclear what the short URLs look like; site appears alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
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
ptiturl.com 2016-03-20 appears to be in French; seems alive and allowing public shortening as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
qik.li 2015-12-12 site appears to allow public shortening as of 02:24, 12 December 2015 (EST)
qr.net 2016-02-10 has a redirect from http://3.ly (but other pages on 3.ly seem to redirect to a parking page, http://www.threely.com ) ex: qr.net/bpEjJ & qr.net/bitdo ; allows public shortening; 6,270,241 made as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
qurl.com 2015-12-10 site appears to allow public shortening as of 01:03, 10 December 2015 (EST) (also runs a image sharing service)
r.ebay.com
rlu dot ru 2016-05-15 seems alive as of 15:48, 15 May 2016 (EDT) - Allows creation of new shortlinks, does not appear to allow custom shortlinks. Currently issues 4 characters, older links use 3 characters, appears to use [a-zA-Z0-9]*, seems to be sequential: http://rlu . ru/TDzw http://rlu . ru/TDzz Valid returns 301 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 404 (GET and HEAD). (as of 17:18, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
s7y.us 2016-03-20 seems alive and allowing public shortening as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
safe.mn 2016-04-03 Claims to provide archive of shortened URLs at safe.mn/static/safemn.zip ; seems alive as of 01:12, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
sdai.ly Allows custom shorturl
shadyurl.com 2016-04-12 Complex, Valid: 301 (Location header correct), Invalid: 301 (Empty location), ex.: http://www.5z8 dot info/trojan_sunz http://www.5z8 dot info/how-to-stop-immigration-for-good.pdf_w7g7no_yourdick (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
shorl dot com 2016-04-12 Doesn't appear guessable, 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. Random, Valid: 200 (No Location header), Invalid: 404, http://shorl dot com/[a-z]{13}, ex.: http://shorl dot com/tisikestibahu http://shorl dot com/stugipenefife (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
shorte.st sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape
shorturl.com 2016-04-12 Random, Valid: 302 (Location header correct), Invalid: 200, http://alturl dot com/[a-z0-9]{5}, ex.: http://alturl dot com/j5vmv (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
shrinkurl.us Still resolves, but does not allow creating new URLs ("The URL you entered was not valid or did not exist.")
smallr.net 2016-04-12 Likely sequential, Allows custom URLs, Must include trailing '/', Valid: 301 (Location correct), Invalid: 404, http://smallr.net/[a-z0-9]{1-4}/, ex.: http://smallr.net/5em/ (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
smarturl.eu / joturl.com Doesn't appear guessable, HTML redirect.
smarturl.it smartURL
smurl.name 2016-04-12 60 seconds ads, Random, ex.: http://smurl.name/yMuzr (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
soa.li Gigya inc.
soc.li Gigya inc.
soli.dm 2015-12-16 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.
sp2.ro 2016-04-12 Likely random, Valid: 301 (Location header correct), Invalid: 302, http://sp2.ro/[a-f0-9]{6}, ex.: http://sp2.ro/d05889 (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
spnsr.tw sponsoredtweets.com
surl.co.uk Many shortening options.
t1p.de / ogy.de / 0cn.de / kurzelinks.de 2016-03-15 Alive as of 11:17, 15 March 2016 (EDT); http://t1p(dot)de/ggl, non-sequential, custom URLs possible; Valid returns HTTP 302 with Location set; Invalid returns HTTP 301 to error page with requested shortener URL in Location header
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 2015-12-12 Appears non-incremental (alive as of 18:21, 12 December 2015 (EST))
tiny.ly 2016-01-01
totesz.hu/x Allows custom shorturl
trib.al (alias: gizmo.do ) Does not appear to allow public creation of new short-URLs; owned by SocialFlow
twitthis.com 2015-11-07 requires a Twitter account to create shortURLs (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
twiturl dot de 2016-04-12 Custom urls only?, goes via two redirects, Valid: 302 (Location ends with '&loc=LINK', LINK is the original URL), Invalid: 302 (Location ends with '&loc=http://www dot twiturl.de'), ex.:http://twiturl dot de/gudet (21:46, 12 April 2016 (EDT))
trunc.it 2015-12-12 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
untiny.me 2016-04-29
url.az 2016-04-29 Pays for URLs shortened through it (presumably with ads, thereby likely more difficult to scrape) as of 02:37, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
url.ie 2016-04-29 Returns 302 with URL in Location header for valid URLs. Returns 404 for invalid URLs. Sequential lowercase alphanumeric. Namespace has reached 4 characters. Alive as of 02:37, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
urlcut.com 2015-12-05 "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 2015-12-19 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)
viralurl.com (alias vur.me , viralurl.biz , vurl.bz , virl.ws )
vk.cc 2015-11-07 no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
vzturl.com 2016-02-10 example: http://vzturl.com/apa83 ; appears to allow public shortening, alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
wapurl.co.uk 2016-04-29 seems alive as of 02:44, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
wowurl.com 2016-04-29 Returns 302 with URL in Location header for valid URLs. Returns 200 for invalid URLs. Sequential lowercase alphanumeric. Namespace has reached 5 characters. They supposedly have 540373 urls. Alive as of 03:08, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
xurl.es 2016-05-15 seems alive as of 02:37, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - Allows creation of new shortlinks, currently 5 characters (lowercase + digits), appears to be random. http://xurl . es/7dnv0 Allows converting a shortlink into a custom link. Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 302 with Location: http://xurl . es for both GET and HEAD. (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
xxsURL.de 2016-04-14
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)
yatuc.com 2016-05-15 seems alive as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - "temporarily disabled" but still resolves shortlinks. Shortlinks appear to be 3 characters (lowercase + digits + "_") (may be random judging from gaps) http://yatuc . com/u_k http://yatuc . com/vr0 Doesn't appear to allow custom shortlinks. Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 302 with Location: http://yatuc . com for both GET and HEAD (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
yep.it 2015-11-07 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))
zi.ma 2016-04-14 DNS didn't resolve at one point, but seems alive (although it's not totally clear it offers url shortening) as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) Appears to combine multiple URLs into one short URL (see linkbun.ch)
zurl.ws 2016-05-15 seems alive as of 02:50, 14 May 2016 (EDT) - Currently cannot create account/shortlinks, resolves existing. Shortlinks appear to be 3 character (lowercase + digits), appears to be sequential (judging from patterns in sequential shorturls). Valid returns 302 with destination in Location header, invalid returns 200 with error page. GET and HEAD (as of 01:39, 15 May 2016 (EDT))
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ask.fm Ex: http://ask.fm/a/40k05kgp -> http://ask.fm/Q7Niki/answer/42128504404 ; seems non-incremental
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