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What is a top-level domain (TLD)?

A Top-Level Domain (TLD) is the last part of a domain name, coming right after the final dot. For example, in example.com, the TLD is .com. You have most likely typed a TLD into your browser and...

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Google URL Shortener

Google launched its URL shortener, Goo.gl, on December 14th, 2009 for their Google Toolbar and FeedBurner. Since Twitter had gained in popularity, they saw the importance of sharing short links. The s...

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How Small Can a QR Code Be?

Did you know that QR code size depends on how much data is within the QR code? If you were to try to resize a QR code with a lot of data, it may make the QR code unreadable by smartphones. If you have...

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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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Introducing the T.LY Laravel URL Shortener API Package

When building web applications, it’s often necessary to provide users with shortened links—be it for social sharing, measuring clicks, or simply tidying up long URLs. The T.LY API makes it simple and...

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Pros and Cons of URL Shorteners

Picture this: you’re curating a series of social media posts for your latest marketing campaign, and you want every element to look clean, consistent, and trackable. Instead of dropping a long link in...

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How to Scan a QR Code from a Picture

It’s rare but I’ve seen QR codes online that are embedded in images and I need to know where they link to. Or someone sends me a QR code that they have issues with and I need to debug it. I could pull...

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Supercharge Your Social Media Marketing

With organic search traffic on the decline due to users using AI to answer their questions, social media is more important now than ever before. I would predict traffic from Social Media sites will co...

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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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