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New service: QLNK.net

Posted by natetrue 1 year ago

So lately I've been somewhat unsatisfied with URL tiny-ifying services such as TinyURL and URLTea, and decided that it was about time I made my own.

I wanted to do something a little different, so thus was birthed QLNK - named because it was a short-ish domain name that I found and registered.

The basic deal is the same - head over to http://qlnk.net with your long URL, and it will spit out a short URL for your linking pleasure.

The difference, though, is that the unique part goes at the beginning. For example, a link to my blog is http://re.qlnk.net - so it's technically a subdomain rather than a path.

Additionally, if you feel like it, you can claim a custom subdomain, with as many dots in it as you like. For example, you could claim this.is.a.test.qlnk.net just by going to it. If it's free, you can claim it by throwing your URL in there. If it's not, you'll be whisked away to some random site on the Internet.

It's got a couple nice features, like a bookmarklet that simplifies the creation of a QLNK, and an API that's compatible with TinyURL's API.

And of course, since I coded it, I can bend it to my will by adding features whenever the fancy strikes me. So make with the requests. If I like your request I will add it to QLNK.net.

What are you waiting for? Go try it out!