url shortener are useful for any time you need to send a link in text form. Most sites are terrible at making good urls, and tend to make them huge and complica

url shortener are useful for any time you need to send a link in text form. Most sites are terrible at making good urls, and tend to make them huge and complicated. URL shortener help with that. url shorteners are also fairly bad for the web and should be avoided in all cases where you have another option.