url shortener

I have been aware of Silex for a while as a nice microframework based on Symfony2, and have looked into it a couple of times to see if it would be useful for a project.

So far though, the projects I was working on seemed to need more than just Silex, so I picked Symfony2 instead.

This morning, I decided to dig into Silex a bit more with a real-world project I still wanted to develop myself: A URL shortener.

In an effort to remove the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.

Bit.ly, as the world’s largest URL shortener and default for Twitter messages, has thousands of links passing through its doors every day.

Last month, Bit.ly surpassed TinyURL to become the Web’s most popular URL shortener.

This month, the story is about separating from the pack.

The URL shortening market has been experiencing a renaissance ever since Twitter’s 140 character limit spurred the necessity of shorter URLs.

Earlier today, we reported that Bit.ly launched a new URL shortener: J.mp.

Essentially, it’s exactly the same service, but with a domain name that’s two characters shorter.

The most popular URL shortener on Twitter just teamed up with Imageshack’s Yfrog.

Could this spell trouble for TwitPic?

Digsby, the IM client that recently passed one million users, is adding a host of interesting new features today that should appeal to those th

As Twitter and its 140 character limit has skyrocketed to popularity, another type of service rode grew exponentially as well: URL shorteners.

Retweets have quickly become the best way to share great links on Twitter.

And as we explained in our guide to retweeting, there are many ways to retweet and to track retweets.

The most recognized brand in this area though is Tweetmeme, which is what powers the retweet buttons seen on many websites, including Mashable.