We have heard of Tiny URL and Dwarf URL - two services that let you convert really long URLs into short ones, so you can include said URLs in your Twitter and other SMS messages. These URL-shortening services are indispensable for Twitter. A new player on the block - cli.gs -transforms your long URLs into short URLs with detailed click-through statistics.

Cligs is a URL service that provides users with detailed information as regards traffic statistics of short URLs. It is set apart from typical URL shortening services because it employs an HTTP 301 permanent redirect when it comes to forwarding cligs to their destinations, as well as a wealth of traffic analytics that paint a more comprehensive picture. Cli.gs doesn’t stop there: any time someone mentions your clig in social media, be it a blogger, on Twitter, or via delicious, the source is also calculated and treated as coming from “social media.” So use cli.gs instead of Tiny URL or Dwarf URL, and set up analytics for each URL you send throuh SMS & Twitter.  Because in our expericence no two analytics tools give the same results. To boot, there’s no evidence that the typical tools such as Google Analytics give accurate cell-phone traffic data.

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 pm | by Kur-nia-one |