Enter the original URL in the "Original URL" input form and
click the "Make" button
URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) may be made substantially shorter
and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using
a redirect, often on a domain name that is even shorter than the
original one, which links to the web page that has a long URL.
For example, the URL
"http://example.com/assets/category_B/subcategory_C/Foo/" can be
shortened to "https://example.com/Foo", and the URL
"http://example.com/about/index.html" can be shortened to
"https://goo.gl/aO3Ssc". This is convenient for any of the
reasons why a friendly URL may be desired, such as for messaging
technologies that limit the number of characters in a message
(for example, SMS), for reducing the amount of typing required if
the reader is copying a URL from a print source, for making it
easier for a person to remember, or for the intention of a
permalink. In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL
shortening service Bitly were accessed 2.1 billion times. Other
uses of URL shortening are to "beautify" a link, track clicks, or
disguise the underlying address. Although disguising of the
underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or
personal reasons, it is open to abuse[2] and for this reason,
some URL shortening service providers have found themselves on
spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by
sites trying to bypass those very same blacklists. Some websites,
such as is.gd, prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted.