Comments on: Why are URL shorteners blocked by some content filters, websites, and wifi providers? http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/12/06/why-are-url-shorteners-blocked-by-some-content-filters-websites-and-wifi-providers/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Collins http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/12/06/why-are-url-shorteners-blocked-by-some-content-filters-websites-and-wifi-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-115825 Ryan Collins Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:18:42 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3957#comment-115825 Oh the irony Tim of using a Tinyurl link! I second the use of using your own. I whipped up a url shortner in PHP/MySQL and use it on my personal site (http://ryancollins.org/) and on our school site. Our district domains are kenton.k12.oh.us and kentoncityschools.org, which are both a little long, so this past year I also registered kcs.me for the district. Now we can make shortened links that have a pretty good chance of not being blocked by any filters. Oh the irony Tim of using a Tinyurl link!

I second the use of using your own. I whipped up a url shortner in PHP/MySQL and use it on my personal site (http://ryancollins.org/) and on our school site. Our district domains are kenton.k12.oh.us and kentoncityschools.org, which are both a little long, so this past year I also registered kcs.me for the district. Now we can make shortened links that have a pretty good chance of not being blocked by any filters.

]]> By: Tim Tyson http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/12/06/why-are-url-shorteners-blocked-by-some-content-filters-websites-and-wifi-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-115706 Tim Tyson Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3957#comment-115706 I recently discovered Lessn (http://tinyurl.com/ycpa2qx) by Shaun Inman and have installed it on my personal site for experimentation. Lessn is a simple, personal url shortener that runs on your own server. So the shortened URL begins with your own domain name, a subfolder (he recommends calling it "x") and a number assigned by your server to the URL you shortened. So, if it were installed on your site, Wes, your shortened URLs would look something like: speedofcreativity/x/123. I really like this notion as it has the potential to give you more information about your own links usage, affords some personal branding of links, and has a bookmarklet for shortening your URL and tweeting it right from your browser toolbar. Maybe such a solution would be viable for school districts worried about the things school districts worry about? I'll post more about this on my blog after I've had the chance to play more with Lessn implementation schemes. I recently discovered Lessn (http://tinyurl.com/ycpa2qx) by Shaun Inman and have installed it on my personal site for experimentation. Lessn is a simple, personal url shortener that runs on your own server. So the shortened URL begins with your own domain name, a subfolder (he recommends calling it “x”) and a number assigned by your server to the URL you shortened. So, if it were installed on your site, Wes, your shortened URLs would look something like: speedofcreativity/x/123.

I really like this notion as it has the potential to give you more information about your own links usage, affords some personal branding of links, and has a bookmarklet for shortening your URL and tweeting it right from your browser toolbar.

Maybe such a solution would be viable for school districts worried about the things school districts worry about?

I’ll post more about this on my blog after I’ve had the chance to play more with Lessn implementation schemes.

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