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Bitly Showing Ads

Starting in February, anyone who clicks on a free Bitly short link will land on a new “interstellar” preview page with ads before being sent to the final destination. In my opinion, this will cause a...

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How to Edit a QR Code

You’ve probably seen those square barcodes on menus or posters—those are QR codes, and they’re great for sharing things like website links or Wi-Fi passwords. But what happens when the information lin...

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Link Tracking: The Ultimate Guide

Tracking links helps you to know if your content and marketing are working. Without knowing the engagement of URLs, you are effectively flying blind. When sharing a link on social media, email, or eve...

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How to Make a Link Shorter

Long URLs can be a hassle to share and look unattractive in emails, social media posts, or printed materials. T.LY URL Shortener makes it incredibly easy to transform those long links into short, slee...

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How Does a URL Shortener Work?

A URL shortener is a tool that converts a long URL into a short one. The long URL and short URL are stored in a database. When the short URL is clicked on, the server looks up the long URL and redirec...

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Build Your Own URL Shortener

Building a URL shortener is a classic project that many software developers tackle, mainly because it starts as a simple API but can quickly become complex when you need to scale it. In fact, designin...

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How to Share Spotify Links with QR Codes

How cool would it be to have a QR code as a bumper sticker that links to your favorite playlist on Spotify? While riding around town other cars could scan the QR code and discover your playlist. With...

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Top Chrome Extensions Every Marketer Needs

Browser extensions enhance how we navigate the web by helping us improve our writing, adding shortcuts to save time, or even removing annoying ads. Below is a list of extensions we find useful for mar...

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Firebase Dynamic Links Deprecation

Google has announced the deprecation of Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL), effective August 25, 2025. Introduced over seven years ago, FDL aimed to enhance URLs by dynamically altering link destinations ba...

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