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URL Shortener That Doesn’t Expire

One of the biggest frustrations I’ve heard from people who use URL shorteners is discovering that their shortened links suddenly stop working. Some services only keep links active for a few hours, day...

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QR Codes Correction Levels

You’ve seen them everywhere: stickers, receipts, posters, business cards. QR Codes live in the real world, where scuffs, dirt, folding, fading, glare, and even accidental stickers can occur. Yet mostl...

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8 Free Tools Every Marketer Should Use

Here at T.LY, our goal is to provide users with tools that make their jobs easier. That’s why we’ve created a wide range of free, easy-to-use tools designed specifically for marketers, business owners...

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Redirects, Cache, and Short Links

When you shorten a link with T.LY, you’re creating a redirect. That little redirect does more work than most people realize. It not only determines how browsers and search engines treat your link, but...

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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. More minor...

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T.LY Mobile App

We're excited to share that T.LY now has a native mobile app! Update July 26, 2026: The native T.LY app is now live for iPhone and iPad and Android. You'll need a T.LY account to use it, so register f...

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T.LY Node URL Shortener API Package

We're excited to introduce the T.LY Node.js URL Shortener API, a simple package to shorten URLs directly from your Node.js applications. This package makes it easy for developers to integrate T.LY’s p...

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Bitly Showing Ads

Bitly is now showing ads on all free short links. When someone clicks a free Bitly link, they're first taken to an "interstellar" preview page with ads before being redirected to the final destination...

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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 not e...

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