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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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How to Fix ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR

If you’ve stumbled upon the ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR while browsing the web, you’re not alone. This error can be frustrating, but understanding what and how to fix it can help you return to surfing the...

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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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The End of Google URL Shortener

In 2018, Google announced the deprecation and transition of Google URL Shortener (goo.gl) to Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL). This decision was driven by the evolving ways people find online content and...

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Why T.LY is the World’s Shortest URL Shortener

Have you ever wondered how a URL shortener works? At its core, they take a long, link and assign it a unique ID. This ID acts as a shortcut: when someone clicks the short URL, the system looks up the...

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